DERA ISMAIL KHAN, PAKISTAn
Prison guards (click here) said Tuesday that they were totally overwhelmed when around 150 heavily armed Taliban fighters staged a late-night attack on their jail in northwest Pakistan, freeing over 250 prisoners including over three dozen suspected militants.
It was the second such attack by the Taliban on a prison in the northwest within the last 18 months. But even so, the security forces were totally unprepared for the raid, despite senior prison officials having received intelligence indicating an attack was likely. Over a dozen people were killed in the assault.
The incident in the town of Dera Ismail Khan raises serious questions about state institutions' capacity to battle a domestic Taliban insurgency that has raged for years and killed tens of thousands of security personnel and civilians....
This is near Kashmir. Everyone knows how long and intense the instability in that regions has been. It just seems to me the problem with vermin such as the Taliban is more opportunistic than organized. Instability is the enemy, not the people. Ironing out the instability will cause the people to admire far less a military regime that brutalizes it's citizens. I am quite confident the people would rather peace over the Taliban, but, they do not yet have that choice available to them.
Instability inspired by 'threat' breeds radicalization. I believe long standing ethnicity has to have a homeland. Something to value and call their own to defend and hold dear. Bringing down the numbers of those radicalized and/or willing to be radicalized is the real challenge. Killing them in a war won't do it, it only makes it worse. Their tangible reality is what is important; measurable and real provided FOR PEACE.
For as much as Israel may or may not regret the reality of Gaza, it still is working to provide loyalty and hope for the people. Radicalization has lasted so long with Hamas they know little of any other peaceful existence. Giving up the hate means feeling vulnerable. It is far easier to be armed and willing to kill for a homeland than to live in peace among all others. NATIONALISM and it's violent definition is the danger Hamas has defined as a political expression. There is no confidence in violence. There is no confidence in the willingness to be radicalized. Violence is a desperate state and not a stable one.
Instability inspired by 'threat' breeds radicalization. I believe long standing ethnicity has to have a homeland. Something to value and call their own to defend and hold dear. Bringing down the numbers of those radicalized and/or willing to be radicalized is the real challenge. Killing them in a war won't do it, it only makes it worse. Their tangible reality is what is important; measurable and real provided FOR PEACE.
For as much as Israel may or may not regret the reality of Gaza, it still is working to provide loyalty and hope for the people. Radicalization has lasted so long with Hamas they know little of any other peaceful existence. Giving up the hate means feeling vulnerable. It is far easier to be armed and willing to kill for a homeland than to live in peace among all others. NATIONALISM and it's violent definition is the danger Hamas has defined as a political expression. There is no confidence in violence. There is no confidence in the willingness to be radicalized. Violence is a desperate state and not a stable one.
