Sunday, July 15, 2007

"Creative Destruction" Spreads to Pakistan


Pakistan militants end truce deal

"In a statement issued in Miranshah, the main town, the militants accused the government of breaking the agreement.

It came as Pakistan deployed more troops in the area, fearing "holy war" after the storming of the militant Red Mosque last week left 102 dead.

More than 60 Pakistanis, including soldiers and police recruits, have died in three attacks in the past two days.

Growing tension

Last September's truce had ended two years of clashes and was aimed at stopping cross-border attacks into Afghanistan."We are ending the agreement today," the Taleban Shura or Council said in pamphlets distributed in Miranshah, the capital of North Waziristan......"

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