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Tribesmen volunteer to avenge Nato strike
[Dawn] Tribesmen of Kohat division on Monday said they could take Dire Revenge™ of the killing of around 28 Mighty Pak Army men in a NATO...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... cross-border air strike with the government and the army's consent. During a news conference here on Monday, tribal elders from  Kurram Agency...home of an intricately interconnected web of poverty, ignorance, and religious fanaticism, where the laws of cause and effect are assumed to be suspended, conveniently located adjacent to Tora Bora... , Orakzai Agency ... crawling with holy men, home to Darra Adam Khel, the world's largest illegal arms bazaar. 14 distinct tribes of beturbanned primitives inhabit Orakzai agency's 1500 or so square kilometers... and Frontier Region of Kohat condemned the NATO attack and said eight million people of the mountainous region were ready to give a befitting reply to the aggressor if the government and the army asked them to do so. They said the rustics won't tolerate violation of the country's airspace or border by the NATO or US forces in future. The tribal elders accused the NATO and the US of criminally undermining the gains of the Pak security forces against terrorism and said provocative attacks by Afghanistan-based foreign forces were killing innocent people and soldiers. They said instead of acknowledging Pakistain's sacrifices against terrorism, the US had been blaming its defeat in Afghanistan on Mighty Pak Army for political gains at home. On the occasion, elders from Darra Adam Khel complained that political administration charged a primitive Rs570 for national computerised identity card, Rs500 for domicile and Rs2,000 for transfer of Rs100,000 worth of land but didn't ensure provision of health, education, water and sanitation facilities in the area. In Mardan, activists of Awami National Party (ANP) and Islami Jamiat Talba (IJT) on Monday took to streets against the NATO strike in  Mohmand... Named for the Mohmand clan of the Sarban Pahstuns, a truculent, quarrelsome lot. In Pakistain, the Mohmands infest their eponymous Agency, metastasizing as far as the plains of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar, Charsadda, and Mardan. Mohmands are also scattered throughout Pakistan in urban areas including Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. In Afghanistan they are mainly found in Nangarhar and Kunar... Agency. Led by district president Dr Farooq Akram Khan, ANP workers staged a demonstration in front of Mardan Press Club, while IJT activists marched through the city's different bazaars from the College Chowk to the press club. They held banners and placards inscribed with slogans against the NATO and the US, and demanded a strong response from Pakistain to the NATO. The protestors said the NATO attacked the illusory sovereignty of Pakistain and violated the UN charter and international law. They said Pakistain had given more sacrifices than the US and NATO in the war against terrorism but unfortunately, they all had gone unacknowledged. In Nowshera, people from different walks of life on Monday condemned the deadly NATO strike on a border post in Mohmand Agency and urged the government to permanently cut supplies to the foreign forces in Afghanistan. Lawyers boycotted court proceedings against the attack declaring it a violation of the country's illusory sovereignty. They appealed the people to pressure the government not to restore NATO supplies passing through Pakistain. Leaders of political parties also condemned the attack and demanded an apt response from the government and its security forces. Posted by: Fred 2011-11-30 |
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