NYT, WAPO, BBC All Confirm: GOP loses Terror War - Pakistan Peace w/OBL!!!

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Wed Sep-06-06 10:36 AM
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NYT, WAPO, BBC All Confirm: GOP loses Terror War - Pakistan Peace w/OBL!!!

Edited on Wed Sep-06-06 10:52 AM by Dems Will Win

WHO ARE THE APPEASERS NOW?? (pic from Dood Abides)

This is the worst defeat in American foreign policy and war since Vietnam and the Yalu River capture of 50,000 American soldiers in North Korea.

There is no doubt about that. The GOP enablers in Congress up for re-election now look like the biggest MORANS I've ever seen.

Bush said he couldn't go into Waziristan because of Pakistani "sovereignty". So now what???

Osama Bin Laden is now free to re-take Afghanistan with the Taliban, he is free to re-organize. Mushareff was soundly defeated in battle and has pulled out ALL troops and checkpoints from the region, except for official border crossings.

Bush's only option is an ongoing Special Forces attack in the province, which would likely fail as there are now tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of armed fighters there waiting for them!

We need to shout this from the rooftops as the media covers this story in complete shock today:

BUSH AND HIS REPUBLICAN ENABLERS JUST LOST THE WAR ON TERROR.

Now the same Pakistani official who said he would excuse Osama is taking it back. But there is now confirmation the peace agreement has been SIGNED and there will no longer be Pakistan troops in Waziristan so whatever he takes back now is moot, his original statement was the truth.

All this while Bush is declaring the War on Terror a "SUCCESS" today!!

Pakistan denies Bin Laden 'gaffe'

ABC News recorded the interview after Pakistan struck a deal with pro-Taleban militants on the Afghan border.

Bin Laden and other al-Qaeda leaders are thought to be hiding in the area.

"Pakistan is committed to its policy on war on terror, and Osama caught anywhere in Pakistan would be brought to justice," Gen Sultan told the Associated Press news agency on Wednesday.

He rejected suggestions that the deal meant that Taleban and al-Qaeda leaders had in effect carved out a sanctuary inside Pakistan.

"As long as one is staying like a peaceful citizen, one would not be taken into custody"

Maj-Gen Sultan's interview with ABC was broadcast hours after the controversial deal was signed in the tribal region of North Waziristan.

Under the accord, tribesmen promise to expel foreign militants and end cross-border attacks in return for a reduced military presence.

Tribesmen have agreed that foreigners who do not leave will have to respect the peace agreement.

But many observers doubt the accord can be enforced, pointing to similar deals in neighbouring South Waziristan which strengthened the hand of Taleban supporters.

Transcript

ABC News is carrying carried a transcript of part of the interview, in which Gen Sultan appears to contradict himself, on its website:

Q. ABC News: If Bin Laden or Zawahri were there, they could stay?

A. Gen Sultan: No-one of that kind can stay. If someone is there he will have to surrender, he will have to live like a good citizen, his whereabouts, exit travel would be known to the authorities.

Q. ABC News: So, he wouldn't be taken into custody? He would stay there?

A. Gen Sultan: No, as long as one is staying like a peaceful citizen, one would not be taken into custody. One has to stay like a peaceful citizen and not allowed to participate in any kind of terrorist activity.

Maj-Gen Sultan's latest comments were followed up by a statement from the Pakistani embassy in Washington.

It said he had been "grossly misquoted" and that Pakistan was as committed as ever to apprehending Bin Laden.

"If he is in Pakistan, today or any time later, he will be taken into custody and brought to justice."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5320116.stm

Pakistan 'Taleban' in peace deal

The BBC's Barbara Plett in Islamabad says some observers believe the deal offers the government an exit from a military strategy that has largely failed.

Dozens of soldiers have been killed in North Waziristan over the past year and local support for the Taleban seems to have increased rather than decreased, she says.

Meanwhile, a major offensive by Nato-led forces in the Panjwayi district in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar is pushing Taleban fighters into a corner, Nato officials say.

Tuesday saw more artillery barrages and air strikes, although the fighting is less intensive than over the weekend when Nato says 200 militants were killed - a figure disputed by the Taleban, who say many of the casualties were civilians.

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'Strategy failed'

The agreement brokered by a grand council (jirga) of tribal elders in North Waziristan comes five years after Pakistani troops went after Taleban and al-Qaeda elements on the Afghan border.

Senior army officers and militants hugged and congratulated each other after signing the agreement at a college football ground in Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan region.

Details of the deal signed by the two sides were given in a brief speech by local MP Haji Nek Zaman, a member of the council of elders which was authorised to negotiate on behalf of the Pakistani government.

Under the accord, the Pakistani military promises to end major operations in the area.

It will pull most of its soldiers back to military camps, but will still operate border check-points.

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They also point to similar deals in neighbouring South Waziristan which did stop attacks on Pakistani soldiers but strengthened the hand of local Taleban supporters.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5315564.stm

The American voter will know this contradiction is a lie, the War on Terror is lost. Stay the Course now definitely means a DRAFT in '07, as we would have to invade Pakistan and chase OBL all over the mountains...

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