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Pakistan Surrenders
This is a rightwing proof that Bush is losing Af-Pakistan. It says Daniel Perle's murderers were set free. Is there a reason to not beat the shit out of the neo-Cons over this? It's much bigger than the Allen story.
In the Oct. 2nd edition, there is an article co-authored by Bill Roggio, the conservative intelligence commentator who has been quoted at DKos about Pakistan's recent deal with the Taliban.
In conjunction with the NIE report we've just seen, and President Clinton raising the question of "what did Bush do for eight months before 9/11 about bin Laden" it is imperative that we discuss Pakistan's release of Daniel Pearl's murderers, along with 2,500 other jihadists.
Read more for quotes:
Pakistan Surrenders
INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS woke up on September 5 to unsettling news. The government of Pakistan, they learned, had entered into a peace agreement with the Taliban insurgency that essentially cedes authority in North Waziristan, the mountainous tribal region bordering Afghanistan, to the Taliban and al Qaeda. Just ten days later, the blow was compounded when the government of Pakistan released a large number of jihadists from prison. Together, these events may constitute the most significant development in the global war on terror in the past year--yet the media have taken little notice.
There's a lot there at the link, but to quote a little more
...this new agreement, known as the Waziristan Accord, is surprising. It entails a virtually unconditional surrender of Waziristan.
The agreement is, to put it mildly, a boon to the terrorists and a humiliation for the Pakistani government. Even the circumstances under which it was signed point to Pakistan's impotence in the face of a determined adversary. Taliban fighters searched government negotiators and military officers for weapons before allowing them to enter the meeting, which took place in a soccer stadium in the North Waziristan capital of Miranshah. According to three separate intelligence sources, heavily armed Taliban were posted as guards around the ceremony, and al Qaeda's black flag hung over the scoreboard. ...
....The Taliban and al Qaeda will operate with impunity. They have already repeatedly broken their brand new agreement with Pakistan without facing consequences. ...
...Intelligence sources indicate that the released prisoners represent a broad cross-section of the jihadist movement, including computer ex perts, WMD experts, and low-level grunts. Some of the notables released include ....several of the murderers of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
Just the release of Daniel Pearl's murders is a major defeat for the War on Terror. That our media has yet to comment on this is a dereliction of duty beyond comprehension.
UPDATE The Telegraph reports Mullah Omar role in truce reinforces fears that Pakistan 'caved in' to Taliban . (The URL is too long apparently so I'm trying a space after the first equal sign http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid= SVBFJ4JFAHWAVQFIQMFSFF4AVCBQ0IV0?xml=/news/2006/09/24/wafg24.xml)
This is the man who lead the Taliban on September 11.
The fugitive Taliban commander Mullah Omar has emerged as the key player behind the movement's controversial peace deal with Pakistan.
The Taliban's one-eyed spiritual leader, who has a $10 million price on his head for refusing to hand over Osama bin Laden after the September 11 attacks, signed a letter explicitly endorsing the truce announced this month. The deal between the Pakistani authorities and pro-Taliban militants in the tribal provinces bordering Afghanistan was designed to end five years of bloodshed in the area....