Pakistani tribal chiefs threaten to join Taliban

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· US warned of uprising if armed incursions continue
· New counter-terror policy backfires on Washington
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/15/pakistan.usforeignpolicy

A controversial new US tactic to mount counter-terrorist operations inside Pakistan has met with fresh hostility, it emerged yesterday, as Pakistani tribesmen representing half a million people vowed to switch sides and join the Taliban if Washington does not stop cross-border attacks by its forces from Afghanistan.

Reacting to American missile attacks in north Waziristan last week, which followed an unprecedented cross-border ground assault earlier this month, tribal chiefs from the area called an emergency meeting on Saturday.

"If America doesn't stop attacks in tribal areas, we will prepare a lashkar to attack US forces in Afghanistan," tribal chief Malik Nasrullah announced in Miran Shah, north Waziristan's largest city. "We will also seek support from the tribal elders in Afghanistan to fight jointly against America."

The development threatens to widen the conflict, with previously moderate people from Pakistan's tribal border region with Afghanistan in danger of joining Taliban militants based in the area. They have reacted furiously to intensified American missile attacks on targets in the tribal territory in recent weeks.

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1. Send RICE in there ASAP....She can do it ...restore the peace

and get permission to get the Al Quaida at the same time....

If anyone can do it....its her..

.....on 2nd thought......nah....fuck it....

we go eat...