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Pakistan Will Give Arms to Tribal Militias
Alternate headline: "Pakistain to give weapons to beturbanned beauzeaux".Pakistan plans to arm tens of thousands of anti-Taliban tribal fighters in its western border region in hopes -- shared by the U.S. military -- that the nascent militias can replicate the tribal "Awakening" movement that proved decisive in the battle against al-Qaeda in Iraq. Posted by: Fred 2008-10-24 |
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