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US Military Escalation Gets Underway In Pakistan

Posted by Anders den januar 7, 2008

Tom Hayden, CommonDreams.org: US Military Escalation Gets Underway In Pakistan

    The US government is considering direct military intervention in the tribal areas of Pakistan, risking an escalated conflict with Pashtun nationalism in the name of crushing al Qaeda.

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    The consequences of the possible escalation are extremely unpredictable. The alleged al-Qaeda militants are embedded in complex tribal networks in a remote mountainous area. Military action could inflict severe casualties and damage to these traditional communities and inflame anti-American sentiment across Muslim Pakistan. It might accelerate the disintegration of the US-backed Musharraf dictatorship which currently possesses nuclear weapons. (…)

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