In the tribal regions of Pakistan are some of the most dangerous criminals in the world. They covet the lives of innocent people to seek control in the name of god. That isn't what I call a free society.
Dr. Afridi was a man dedicated to human life, yet, a tribal council saw him as a danger to the sovereignty of their region and Pakistan. But, these others, the ones that kill are not dangerous to the sovereignty of Pakistan? That is no understanding of a value system the global community recognizes as equitable or even humane. This is pure brutality and while some of Pakistan like to think the tribes are valuing their sovereign nation, they are very mislead.
I realize Pakistan is a dangerous place for people of peace, but, there is a reason why that is so. It astounds me the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was accused wrongly for a murder and blamed for the nuclear power that Kahn later sold to rouge nations. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was just as murdered as the man he was wrongly accused of killing. We still don't know who actually killed the man.
Pakistan has many, many internal struggles over power and to protect the sovereignty of tribal lands that seek power over the freely elected government is wrong. That is treason, so why aren't the criminals in the tribal areas held for trial as well? They aren't. They are allowed to brutalize and demean the lives of the very people of that region with impunity and then export it to Afghanistan and if the potential comes together, the world faces danger. It is hideous.
The Pakistan government/legislature has to ask what they want, a country that is sincerely sovereign the rest of the global community respects for the peace it holds dear including a quality of life for the people, or a tribal region wrongly protected that give comfort to those of al Qaeda. In the case of Osama bin Laden; he was living in a military complex. I mean you have got to be joking. There was a reason he was there and that was to seek power to take over the nuclear capacity of Pakistan even if he had to educate others in the academy to do it. It was no mistake he was there.
Pakistan is still not looking hard enough for the remnants of Osama's plans for that country. If they are worrying about their sovereignty from the USA, then they need to look internally to where the next treasonist is coming from. The tribal regions are not safe. They are not safe for Pakistani citizens that live in them, they have no loyalty to the sovereign government and they are not safe for global security. Sooner or later, the Pakistan legislature has to move to bring about peace in the tribal regions and secure their citizens from the violence of those trying to overthrow the government. It is not the global community, including the USA, that seeks to end the sovereignty of Pakistan. Follow the violence and Pakistan will find their traitors. Outlawing weapon production in the tribal regions would be a good start.
Pakistan is still not looking hard enough for the remnants of Osama's plans for that country. If they are worrying about their sovereignty from the USA, then they need to look internally to where the next treasonist is coming from. The tribal regions are not safe. They are not safe for Pakistani citizens that live in them, they have no loyalty to the sovereign government and they are not safe for global security. Sooner or later, the Pakistan legislature has to move to bring about peace in the tribal regions and secure their citizens from the violence of those trying to overthrow the government. It is not the global community, including the USA, that seeks to end the sovereignty of Pakistan. Follow the violence and Pakistan will find their traitors. Outlawing weapon production in the tribal regions would be a good start.
"Within 48 hours, our team plastered the same sites with altered versions ... that showed the toll al-Qaeda attacks have taken on the Yemeni people" ... Hillary Clinton. Photo: AFP
Ellen Nakashima
May 25, 2012
US cyber experts have hacked into websites being used by al-Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen and substituted material that bragged about killing Americans with information about civilians killed in terrorist strikes, Hillary Clinton has confirmed.
In a rare public admission of the covert cyber war against extremists, the US Secretary of State says experts based at the US State Department hacked Yemeni tribal websites.
When al-Qaeda recruitment propaganda appeared on tribal sites in Yemen, Mrs Clinton said, ''within 48 hours, our team plastered the same sites with altered versions … that showed the toll al-Qaeda attacks have taken on the Yemeni people''.
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The revelation provided an unusual window into low-level cyber-warfare activities that the US government rarely discusses....
