Wonder why this sounds familar?

[radfringe]

article/link below - see the snippet...

Pakistan's Push in Border Areas Is Said to Falter
By CARLOTTA GALL and MOHAMMAD KHAN
NY Times: January 22, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/22/international/asia/22pakistan.html?th&emc=th

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jan. 19 - Two years after the Pakistani Army began operations in border tribal areas to root out members of Al Qaeda and other foreign militants, Pakistani officials who know the area say the military campaign is bogged down, the local political administration is powerless and the militants are stronger than ever.
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here's the interesting snippet:

The tribal areas are off limits to foreign journalists, but the Pakistani officials, and former residents who did not want to be identified for fear of retribution, said the militants - who call themselves Taliban - now dispensed their own justice, ran their own jails, robbed banks, shelled military and civilian government compounds and attacked convoys at will. They are recruiting men from the local tribes and have gained a hold over the population through a mix of fear and religion, the officials and former residents said.

geeee, wonder why that sounds sooooo familiar?

[awoke_in_2003]

1. To quote Yogi Berra

"It's deja vu all over again"

[Surya Gayatri]

2. Pakistan is being destabilized...

with this defacto "autonomous Taliban region" within its borders. Will Musharaf's regime withstand the test? SG

[mwb970]

3. Fear and religion will eventually combine to end humanity.

Hard to tell how long we have. Enjoy it while it lasts!

[malaise]

4. If you know Pakistan's colonial history

then you know that these Tribal regions have autonomous power rather like the Maroons in Jamaica or indigenous peoples in many parts of our hemisphere.

[radfringe]

5. all well and true

but I wonder if bush* learned it from them or visa-versa...

through a mix of fear and religion

[f-bush]

6. Boy bush sure saved us from the taliban! (sarcasm)