Chieftans of the Northern territories are nhot pleased at all.


PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pashtun tribal chiefs, who for centuries have held sway in the Hindu Kush mountain range along the border with Afghanistan, say they are being thrust into an Iraq-style war between violent Islamists and the Pakistani army.

"It's there. Bombs going off every day," said Haroon-ur-Rasheed, one of eight tribal leaders who drove for hours to the regional capital of Peshawar to speak with a reporter and photographer for The Washington Times.


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Some experts are seeing a breakdown in the Pakistani resolve.


As a widening political crisis distracts President Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's army appears to be folding in the face of a mushrooming Taliban insurgency sweeping down from the Afghan border, diplomats and Western military officials say.

"I am very concerned that they are sort of throwing in the towel because it's something the people don't support and since Musharraf is also on the ropes," a Western military official told ABC News.


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That's a scary thought. If their Army folds anything can happen.

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It's impossible to be an effective leader of a country when everyone thinks you are stupid.

Scary, it is and that should be a more concern than some of the other crap they worry about. Elections will not change things too much. It will probably increase the amount of antaganists.

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