Re: 12,000 troops sent at request of NWFP govt to check militants
hahah, I hope you must be satisfied now, the death toll is increasing with each passing day, and all the casualties belong to security forces, none of the militants has yet been killed. Probably you are unaware about the traditions in tribal areas. You cannot deal the matter through force, and if it is tried, it is destined to be a big failure. There, matters are dealt through jirga and that is the only and amicable solution to the problem. By using the force you can appease the west but you cannot achieve victory rather you have to face more and more casualties.
While we sit in Jirgas and "talk" to these people, they go around expanding their networks, killing pro govt elders, sending people to commit murder in Afghanistan, commit suicinde bombings all over NWFP...
What would you suggest we do? Few months ago the BBC was talking to people in Tank who said they felt let down by the security forces as the Taliban had free reign over the whole area... Im sure troops will die, but atleast this will slow down the parasite taliban expansion.