Maybe the Peshawar jihad massacre really has awakened the Pakistani leadership, and maybe the Pakistanis really will take effective action against the Taliban now. But the jury is still out. After all, Pakistan’s ISI spy service planned jihad terror attacks on U.S. and Israeli consulates in India, and has been involved with other jihad attacks. Is the ISI now neutralized? If not, it will likely prevent any real action against jihad terrorism.
“Pakistan agrees on new antiterrorism plan, pledges to ‘eradicate Taliban,'” RT, December 25, 2014:
Pakistan’s leadership overnight agreed on a comprehensive antiterrorism action plan. They will revamp the criminal system, crackdown on terrorist hideouts, communications and sources of income, and establish a 5,000-strong counter-terrorism force.
The nation is still reeling from the terrorist attack on a Peshawar school on December 16, which claimed 149 lives, 133 of them children. The atrocity underscored the urgent need for the special meeting and the formulation of a political and military strategy.
Officials deliberated overnight, coming to a unanimous agreement on the 20-point National Plan of Action, which Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called a “defining moment” in the fight against Taliban insurgents. Parts of the new plan have already taken root with the lifting of a six-year moratorium on executions, which is to see 500 prisoners executed in the coming weeks. They are set to continue, as other points are implemented, including a special force of several thousand that will be deployed throughout Pakistan to track down and eradicate the armed insurgents.
Speaking to the nation in a televised address on Wednesday night, following an 11-hour meeting of parliamentary heads, Pakistan’s leader was resolute. He said that the terrorist act had drawn a line between, on the one hand, “coward terrorists”, and on the other, the Pakistani nation, and swore that the groups will be eradicated and not allowed to re-appear.
“The Peshawar atrocity has changed Pakistan. We need to eradicate the mindset of terrorism to defeat extremism and sectarianism.”
“This horrendous attack has shaken the nation… the terrorists struck the future of this country, when they murdered those children,” he added.
According to the strategy, every volatile corner of the country will become a battle ground, especially Baluchistan, Punjab and Karachi, where zero tolerance for terrorism will be given. Baluchistan province borders Afghanistan, and has seen a surge in militant attacks in recent months. Terror has been notoriously difficult to root out in this tribal region, as militants operate across borders, which include southeastern Iran. There is the question of regional independence, but also a fight for supremacy among the many groups operating there. With the new strategy, a program of political reconciliation will take place with the aid of Baluchistan’s regional government. Sharif sees everyone’s participation as the only way to wipe out extremism….
duh_swami says
‘The land of the Pure’ turns out to be not so pure after all. But as long as the US keeps sending buckets of cash, the gov will try really hard to establish purity by pretending to wipe out Taliban.
jewdog says
Pakistan will now proceed to implement moderate Sharia, build runways for flying pigs, and retrain Taliban mujahideen in unicorn farming.
Angemon says
Goos luck ferreting out the talibans and taliban sympathizers in the current government and military structures.Otherwise all attempts will be met with failure.
Dave J says
A poor country enmeshed in a domestic civil war between religious extremists unfortunately also contains a store of nuclear weapons. Once the type of people who will kill 134 schoolchildren and defend that act get their hands on these weapons they will not hesitate for a millisecond to use them against anyone who displeases them.
cs says
At some point in the near future, we, the west, may get so pissed with this f@$kers that we may cut all help, from all those nations, then they will suddenly, will crawl back, and start rethinking they dear Islam, eating dust and drinking pee.
Buraq says
It’s a bit like Dr Faust: Pakistan sells its soul to Islam, but despite accomplishing tricks like draining the US treasury of billions of dollars, must face damnation when Islam drags it into Hell — in this case, the hell of a civil war in which 1,000s of innocents die.
What happened at Peshawar was the sound of the clock striking midnight! Grisly Islam has come to claim Pakistan’s soul.
Clowns!
Charli Main says
Every time there is a civil war in some Muslim shit hole or the other, the end result is always millions of “poor Muslim refugees” and ” poor Muslim asylum seekers” heading to the Christian countries of Europe, Canada, Australia et al. bringing all their Muslim shit with them.
Why don’t all these “poor Muslims” go and live with their “brothers” in the Islamic paradise of Saudi Arabia.??? There is plenty of land for them there.
particolor says
Never seen it put Better !!..
Saudi Welfare Queue Swells to Biblical Proportions !!
Salah says
“He said that the terrorist act had drawn a line between, on the one hand, “coward terrorists”, and on the other, the Pakistani nation, and swore that the groups will be eradicated and not allowed to re-appear.”
I’d rather wait and see. Let’s be optimistic. The same happened in Egypt, and the Muslim Brotherhood thugs have indeed been defeated and will never again be allowed to re-appear.
Let’s hope the Pakistani people achieve the same results.
sidney penny says
Pakistan and Egypt are different.
Pakistan was set up to be pro jihad and anti India.
The children are all brainwashed towards jihad.
The secret service ISI supports the Taliban.
The military runs the country and the country is corrupt to the core.
It the center of terrorism-the real axis of evil.
sidney penny says
No hope until we stop giving billions in military aid and non military aid to pakistan without any condition.
simple: we are not giving you any money (and remember it taxpayers money) until you stop supporting the terror organisations and do something serious.
particolor says
Fairy Floss is basically Sugar with Tornado !!
thomas pellow says
Supplementary.
“Pakistan to set up military courts for terror cases”
http://www.mumbaimirror.com/articleshow/45643063.cms?
Universal Soldier Of Freedom says
Stop all Muslim Terrorists by any means necessary! For all Taliban, ISIS, Hamas, Hezbollah, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, P.L.O., Black September and all other Muslim Terrorists and their front groups for recruits and financial or material support do, These bullets, bombs, missiles and lasers are for you! Courtesy of Israel, the U.S.A., E.C., Australia and Canada!
Vote with your money and Boycott all Muslim Countries goods and services as they are the enemies of Western Democracies, Separation of Religion and Government, Western Freedoms, Equalities and Human Rights! They use their children and civilians as Human Shields, Kill innocent children, women and men all over the world for not being Muslims or their brand of Muslim, practice Polygamy (up to 4 wives for men), practice child marriages from age 9 to 18, practice Female Genital Mutilation (no orgasms), treat women and non-Muslims as second-class citizens, practice Honor Killings (for dating or marrying Non-Muslims), practice killings for Apostasy (anyone leaving Islam or refusing to acknowledge they are Muslim by having a birth parent who is Muslim), practice wife and child beatings and have vowed to fight Israel, Jews & Christians and all other Religions until they conquer us! The Koran and Sharia Law teaches that they can Lie, Cheat, Steal, Rape and Murder non-Muslims to further Islam’s conquering the world! If the Taliban take over Pakistan they also take over their Nuclear/ Chemical/ Biological Weapons Systems! The Taliban in Pakistan and Afghanistan are also funding their military by sales of heroin and opium to Western Democracies ruining our citizens! We need to spray their poppy flower fields (source of the opium used in heroin) with defoliants from drones, planes and helicopters!
Coolio says
I don’t see anything in this story about closing down madrasses, where children are taught to hate non-Moslems, and how their highest duty is jihad…
duh_swami says
Pakistan can wipe out the Taliban, but it will take at least 50 more years of American cash and aid to do it.
Alicia says
Pakistani extremists which includes all aspects of government are financed by Saudi Arabia and other mid-east countries. Pakistan will never know peace. Pakistan was created from violence and it will always live in violence because it was created for Islam and Islam loves violence.