Pak Human Rights Commission criticises Wana Operation

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Apparently MNA’s have been denied access to the region as well:

Pakistan army accused of abuses

By Paul Anderson
BBC correspondent in Islamabad

Pakistan’s top independent human rights organisation has called for access to a tribal area where it accuses the army of human rights abuses.
The military is six months into a campaign in the South Waziristan area, close to the Afghan border, against foreign militants linked to al-Qaeda.

The militants are being sheltered there by rebellious tribal chieftains.

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan says civilian casualties go unreported because the area has been sealed off.

The divisional commander in the area, Major General Niaz Khattak, told a group of visiting journalists recently that the army uses precision strikes to keep civilian casualties to a minimum.

But the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) says there have been hundreds of civilian casualties, including women and children.

“The humanitarian aspect of the crisis has been totally ignored,” the HRCP’s Afrasiab Khattak told the BBC.

** "Reports tell us of up to 50,000 people who have been displaced. But the government has not taken a single step to rehabilitate them or provide relief, food, medicine, anything.

"It’s not allowing the [International Committee of the Red Cross] or any other agency in. **

“It is an armed conflict, but the government is in a total state of denial,” Mr Khattak said.

** The international media rights watchdog, Reporters Sans Frontiers (RSF), has condemned what it calls the continuing government ban on journalists from entering South Waziristan.

“Despite the government’s promises, the Pakistani armed forces maintain an unacceptable de facto news blackout in South Waziristan,” RSF said in a statement. **

BBC

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Re: Pak Human Rights Commission criticises Wana Operation

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Apparently MNA's have been denied access to the region as well

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These beardo MNA had many years since 9/11 to clean up the area. They failed. Now why do they want to visit the area. Get their pictures taken with the dead body of Naiku?

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Pakistan's top independent human rights organisation has called for access to a tribal area

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I really appreciate what Asma Jenhangir has done for our country. For now the WANA area should be cordoned until the elections in Afghanistan. After that we can slowly open this up while mopping up the Jihadi elements.

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funny how u sit thousands of miles away and support this mission, when a pakistani soldier who died in this "operation" his body was taken home, his father refused to take part in his Janaza!!

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funny how u sit thousands of miles away and support this mission, .....
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No Sir-ee. We are right in the middle of our beloved country. We have our family members on the line. Several tours of duty to Siachin, and now we are defending our homeland against the MAToo terrorists in Wana.

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.... when a pakistani soldier who died in this "operation" his body was taken home, his father refused to take part in his Janaza!!
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Care to post a link? or just relying on Jihadi bhonpoos (loud speakers).

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no son, no speakers hear, i rely on word of mouth from the real Patriot Imran Khan, he told me this happened in Mianwali where he is from!!!

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I talk to people every day who come from Pakistan and actually have several relatives in the army.
I've never once heard anybody speak in favour of these operations. Pakistanis almost completely reject the stupdidity of making war on your own people to please the Americans. This idiot Musharraf is doing more damage to Pakistan than anyone can imagine. I thought it was gret when he was arresting terrorists in Lahore/Karachi/Pindi,,,,,,,, but attacking villages and this nonsense is garbage.

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I talk to people every day who come from Pakistan and actually have several relatives in the army.
I've never once heard anybody speak in favour of these operations. Pakistanis almost completely reject the stupdidity of making war on your own people to please the Americans. This idiot Musharraf is doing more damage to Pakistan than anyone can imagine. I thought it was gret when he was arresting terrorists in Lahore/Karachi/Pindi,,,,,,,, but attacking villages and this nonsense is garbage.
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The majority of pakistan is against these stupid operations everybody knows it is an amerikkan order and moosharaff is telling army to do amerikkas dirty work.

The few imbeciles who are supporting this killing of muslims in pakistan by the army are in the very small minority and they should be exposed and shamed!

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MNAs need to shut up, what did they do for this region when they were in power? Infact, they let these foriegn terrorist MATooz play in the first place. When the Pak Army is done with its cleanup operation, the human rights commission people can do whatever they want over there.

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*Originally posted by Jazba_pk: *
.... i rely on word of mouth from the real Patriot Imran Khan, he told me this happened in Mianwali where he is from!!!
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That pipsqueak Imran didn't have courage to state it in the paper. Yet he found some guppie to mouth-to-mouth this news. Wow! Man! We need to award some guppies for their "journalistic" courage.

Carry on! Carry on your work for spreading rumors like leftie-Egyptian-Islamic media. Those **-** followers of Al-Zaya-hiri-hira.

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antibol is really a 'MAToo' wan-a-be

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I talk to people every day who come from Pakistan ....
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Oh really! Care to pay a visit to Pakistan Ya Elahi?

Hmm! Followers of Al-Zaya-hiri are not welcome anymore. They will promptly be put on a plane to either Gitmo or Cairo.

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Yeah you are right Elahi, Imran Khan has come out openly against Operation: Wana

PTI Demands Parliamentary Probe into Killings in Tribal Areas
http://insaf.org.pk/press/2003Jan/press_release_2004Sep9.htm

Islamabad (September 9, 2004)

Imran Khan, Chairman PTI has condemned the massacre of tribals by the use of indiscriminate force including air power and demanded a parliamentary committee to probe into the events that led to the carnage in South Waziristan. He termed the killings extra judicial for which the present rulers would be held accountable.

In a statement released to the press on Thursday, the PTI Chief said that the very foundations of the federation are being destroyed brick by brick just to appease the foreign masters of the Military Junta ruling the country. If certain criminal activity is taking place then evidence should be collected and the alleged criminals should be arrested and prosecuted according to the prevalent law. He said military action against fellow citizens should never be an option as it leads to the destruction of the federation. For generations, people have endured poverty just to pay for a
strong army that can protect them from external aggression. Instead of protecting the people, the military junta is forcing the army to act like the US occupation army in Iraq and the Israeli army in occupied Palestine.

Imran Khan reminded General Musharraf that his spokespersons are calling tribals “miscreants” a term that was used to describe Bengalis killed by the army in East Pakistan. At that time also the official media misled people and now again irreversible damage is being done to the federation. The military junta has not learnt any lessons from our tragic past when half the country was lost just because a military despot was not willing to hand over power and the transition to democracy ended with the separation of East
Pakistan.

PTI Chief stated that our dire predictions that the on-going military operations in the tribal areas would lead to a full-scale insurgency in the tribal areas are coming true. This is an intolerable situation with grave consequences for the federation. He said events have proved that the military junta is neither competent nor qualified to rule. A leadership that cannot take pressure is unfit to rule. The doctrine of “Supreme National Interest” is a cover used by successive dictators and autocratic rulers to perpetuate their rule at the cost of rule of law through institutions. Each day of their continuing hold over power would mean further erosion of national cohesion.

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Old news. :yawn:

I am glad Mullah Imran has made reference to East Pakistan. I guess Mullah Imran is the new Mujib.

Or he may be competing with Fazlu (props to Sokoon) to be the brand spanking new Sheikh.

These MAToos were sitting on their compfy behinds when tribal hideouts were used to bomb Pakistani-Shia mosques in Karachi, gunning down of scores in Pakistani-Shia mosques in Quetta, Harassment of Ahmadis, and persecution and incarceration of Pakistani-Christians.

May Allah save us from these MAToo terrorists! Ameen.

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May Allah give you a voculabary bigger than 'MAToo'

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Lets get this right anti..according to you Asma Jehangir, Imran Khan and the MMA are all on the same side?

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What is a Matoo?
So everyone who disagrees with you is a mullah?
Let me tell you something, Imran Khan is the furthest thing from a Mullah…
How do innocent people in the tribal areas have anything to do with attacks on shias?

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The situation is terrorists are able to melt away in the tribal areas. No federal law here. Action needed to be taken against them but it seems more like Pakistan who has been doing what is needed for the national security of the country but is causing pain, misrey and ocasionaly death to Pakistanis hwo live thier. Noticed a rise in number of guerila style attacks on the army. Pakistan has to win the hearts and minds in order to be succesful against kicking out foregin and local terrorists but if we turn the locals against the army looks like a bleak situation soldiers killed and locals turn support to terrorists. Terrorists find it easier to operate.

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....Imran Khan is the furthest thing from a Mullah.......

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Yes Sir-eee. With one illegal kid in California, a run-away wife in London, he sure is the "farthest" thing from a Mullah.

OK he will now be known as "Un-Molah". Happy now?

So Un-Molah Imran had all the time to share secrets with Jazba_pk. But he had no time since 2001 to checkout Wazirastan and help kick the MAToos out?

Pakistani-Shias got bombed, Pakistan-Ahmadis got harassed, and Pakistani-Christians got gunned down. Un-Molah Imran was nowhere to be found. Now that Pak-Gov. woke up and kicked some of the MAToos, our Un-Molah Imran is up in arms?

What kind of leader he wants to be? May be the Pakistani version of Mr. Flip/Flop?

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What antiOBL is trying to say is that politicians (like Imran) would only dig up things and create 'shor' when it suits their own political (anti-musharraf) agenda, and I think hes very right.

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz announced an unconditional lifting of economic sanctions on South Waziristan’s Ahmedzai Wazir tribes while addressing a tribal Jirga at the Governor House in Peshawar on Sunday.

The sanctions were imposed on the said tribes on February 28 this year for not assisting the government in military operations against foreign Al-Qaeda elements in the region.

Reacting to the lifting of the sanctions, a Wana-based journalist Dilawar Khan Wazir told the BBC that people are very happy over lifting of economic sanctions.

However they also ask, who will compensate their losses during the entire period of sanctions.

Dilawar said, scouts and forces are still present in the Wana Bazaar and the bunkers in the area are also in their possession. The people will open their shops as soon as the scouts and forces leave the area he stated. To a question Dilawar pointed out that the people of the area were facing enormous difficulties due to the sanctions but now after opening of the markets and waiving off the sanctions, their problems have been solved to some extent, he observed.

About the extent of losses due to the sanctions, Dilawar said there have been losses of millions of rupees due to economic sanctions in the area since February this year. Not only the markets were closed but all routes and roads approaching Wana were also cordoned off, he pointed out and added, people as well as things were not allowed to enter or leave Wana. “There are many vegetable farms and orchards in the area and the people earn their livelihood through their sale to other areas,” he stated.

The vegetables and fruits were destroyed due to economic sanctions, Dilawar added. About law and order situation in the area, the journalist said attacks on the security forces are still going on. According to reports rocket attacks were made on the scout and military camps last night he revealed. “I thing the attack will not end due to waiving off economic sanctions” he opined. Rather the attacks will continue because the economic sanctions were imposed on common people, the journalist maintained.

On one hand, the government imposes restrictions on the people of the area while on the other it is saying that they are with us Dilawar argued. “I think that unless the security forces deployed in the area are not withdrawn, the attacks on them will continue he stated.
economic sanctions on people of Wana

Economic sanctions, military operations, and another lie that the people of this area are with the people bombing them another fine mess Musharaff the killer of his own people has got into is this kashmir or pakistan :mad2: