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http://frontierpost.com.pk/main.asp?id=3&date1=5/1/2002 The Frontier Post (Pakistan) May 1, 2002 Pak-US operation in tribal areas troubles Islamabad Naveed Miraj Islamabad: Pakistan’s cooperation with USA in the ‘war against terrorism’ will enter into more treacherous waters with preparations for operations in the tribal areas complete that could include air strikes on some targets that are inaccessible. The most worrisome aspect for the government of Pakistan is that if it allows the US troops to enter tribal areas that can lead to serious unrest in the area. Sources in the government said that the tribes in South Waziristan had already expressed their resentment over the raid on a madrassa in Miram Shah Friday. There were reports that a few US nationals were also present in the operation. Now the tribesmen are threatening that they will put armed resistance to any operations. Reports arriving from South Waziristan said that local people were apprehending other operations in the area and on Monday had gathered in large numbers to defend on of the madrassas. ‘About five hudred tribesmen had gathered to resists operations” sources said. Government officials when approached said that tribal maliks were cooperating with them and had promised that they could provide every help to the forces sent by the government of Pakistan. The madrassa that was seracehd a few days back was established by an Afghan Taliban leader Jalal ud din Haqqani. Other religious schools that are said to be the targets of impending operations are also associated with the same group. Pakistan has been trying to keep any such developments as secret as p[possible to ensure that its fall out does not effect the internal situation. President Musharraf’s bid to seek presidency through referendum once finally out of the way he will be in much stronger position on the issue of Pakistan –US joint operations to root out Al Qaeda. Although neither US or Pakistan government has not released any details of the people arrested after the raid on Friday, some of the sources said that five people were arrested in that operation. But none of them was an Arab national and all were Afghans having links with Taliban leadership. Meanwhile sources said that the US teams had been patrolling some key cities suspected of Al Qaeda presence and were trying to intercepts communication between different cells. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
