Speaking the truth (about Taliban)
Monday, June 8, 2009
Dawn, Pakistan
By Moazzam Husain
Monday, 08 Jun, 2009
THE view was panoramic from atop Peochar from where the operational commander of the Special Forces contingent informed a private TV channel that “the militants’ leadership had fled by the time we got here”.
He moved on to speculate on the sources of arms and funds for the Swat Taliban alluding to a “foreign hand”. Within hours, rightwing blogs and discussion groups on the Internet were ablaze with activity. “See we told you, it was the Indians”. We finally have “proof”. Stop the operation … stop fighting America’s war, the noises came.
I tread with caution here before jumping to any conclusions. The guns are of Russian, American and Indian origin we are told. This is one data point. The source of funds is a question mark and thereby potentially another data point. Now let’s consider a few more and then see if we can join the dots.
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By Moazzam Husain
Monday, 08 Jun, 2009
THE view was panoramic from atop Peochar from where the operational commander of the Special Forces contingent informed a private TV channel that “the militants’ leadership had fled by the time we got here”.
He moved on to speculate on the sources of arms and funds for the Swat Taliban alluding to a “foreign hand”. Within hours, rightwing blogs and discussion groups on the Internet were ablaze with activity. “See we told you, it was the Indians”. We finally have “proof”. Stop the operation … stop fighting America’s war, the noises came.
I tread with caution here before jumping to any conclusions. The guns are of Russian, American and Indian origin we are told. This is one data point. The source of funds is a question mark and thereby potentially another data point. Now let’s consider a few more and then see if we can join the dots.
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Labels: India, Malakand Operation, Military Operation, Russia, Swat Operation, Taliban, War on Terror
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