Taliban Claims Victory In Buner, 60 Miles From Islamabad, Pakistan

I'm telling you all this ... I'm waiting for the morning that we all get up and read this headline:

" Taliban attack Islamabad, capital of Pakistan...Officials fear city will be lost "

That will get your attention, won't it? The facts on the table at the moment is that the Taliban are claiming victory in Buner district in Pakistan and that district is only 60 miles from the capital city. I have NO IDEA what in the world the Pakistani government is doing at this point in time. Here's some of the details from the report at CNN:

Taliban militants who implemented Islamic law in Pakistan's violence-plagued Swat Valley last week have now taken control of a neighboring district.

Control of the Buner district brings the Taliban closer to the capital, Islamabad, than they have been since they started their insurgency. Islamabad is 96 kilometers (60 miles) from the district.
"Our strength is in the hundreds," said Moulana Mohammad Khalil, as heavily armed men openly patrolled the roads in pickup trucks, singing Islamic anthems.
The militants had taken control of the area to ensure that Islamic law, or sharia, is properly imposed, Khalil said.
The government called the advance into Buner a breach of a recently-signed peace agreement.

See that? The Pakistani government is whining that the Taliban are breaching peace agreements! Well, no shit! Have I not said that from the start here? A peace agreement with the Taliban is like a handshake with Lucifer.

I want to point out that the photo that you see above, is of a Pakistani paramilitary soldier patrolling THE STREETS OF ISLAMABAD. If the government of Pakistan thinks they will be able to fortify Islamabad and stave off the Taliban, they are simply nuts. The government's only chance is to unlease some hellish artillery and air strikes in Buner right now, and follow with an offensive to move the Taliban back.

This is the real deal folks. This is the "test" that Joe Biden warned would befall President Obama....times ten.

Taliban claims victory near Islamabad

"Now Taliban are violating the peace agreement, and if they continue the government will take strict action and not allow the Taliban to create a parallel government in that area," said Mian Iftikhar, a spokesman for the regional administration in the North West Frontier Province, where Buner is located.
Last week, the Taliban imposed sharia law in Swat Valley as part of a peace deal with the government. Under the Taliban's strict interpretation, the law prevents women from being seen in public without their husbands or fathers.
Earlier this month, the militant movement made forays into Buner and clashed with locals before withdrawing.
Now the Taliban appear to have returned in force -- a move that indicates the recent government concessions may have emboldened the militants to expand their reach.
The Pakistani government appears unable or unwilling to stop the Taliban's steady advance deeper into the territory of this nuclear-armed country.
In the days after the government's April 13 decision to implement sharia law in Swat, pro-Taliban clerics have staged rallies in Swat and Islamabad. They have demanded the imposition of Islamic law across Pakistan and beyond.
Speaking before an audience of tens of thousands in the Swat Valley town of Mingora on Sunday, cleric Sufi Muhammed declared democracy and Pakistan's judicial system "un-Islamic."
A Taliban spokesman in Swat went a step further Tuesday, calling anyone opposed to his strict interpretation of Islam a non-Muslim. IReport:Should the U.S. interfere in Pakistan?
"Let the judges and the lawyers go to Islamic university," Muslim Khan said. After "they learn Islamic rules, Islamic regulation, they can continue to work."

The rise of the Taliban in Swat has alarmed and frightened some members of local civil society there.
"This is a time bomb for the country," said Aftab Alam, the head of the lawyers' association in Swat district.