Saturday, March 7, 2009

GWOT Update

A few disturbing articles over at the Long War Journal.

Pakistan agrees to more Islamic rules in Swat
MINGORA, Pakistan (AP): Pakistani authorities have agreed to close shops at prayer times and crack down on prostitution and drug dealers as part of a proposed peace deal with militants that will impose Islamic law in a northwest valley. ...


Of course according to the Koran and Islamic teachings a truce is only a time to strengthem your forces so we shouldn't have to wait long before we hear of new attacks....
Not long at all...
Taliban violate Swat truce, kill two soldiers
The Swat Taliban have again violated the indefinite ceasefire they signed with the government, with the ambush of a military convoy by Taliban fighters. The Taliban took credit for the ambush that killed two soldiers killed and wounded one officer, and blamed the military for the attack. ...


Report: Syria will not allow IAEA inspections
Syria’s delegate to the International Atomic Energy Agency said his country will no longer allow inspection visits. Syria has demanded an end to the investigation of its nuclear program and requested the IAEA inspect Israeli nuclear sites instead....


Yemen: New terror camps as a city falls to jihadists
...Along with establishing new terror training infrastructure, Yemen has seen a marked uptick in fundamentalist attacks on minorities as autonomous pockets of Taliban-like authority have sprung up across Yemen. The state has taken little action to protect its citizens in these cases, and by passivity may expect to strengthen its grip on power as Southern and Zaidi communities are intimidated along with intellectuals and modernists.
In Jahr, Abyan Jihadists declared an Islamic Emirate....

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