Yeah what a shock, make a treaty with a bunch of jihadis, and they break it when it suits them. It is not often I see muslims feed other muslims taqqiya. But hey, there is a first time for everything, right?
Humanitarian disaster looms in Pakistan
CTV.ca News Staff
Hundreds of thousands of civilians who have fled fighting in Pakistan’s Swat Valley are crowding under-equipped refugee camps and hospitals, which has sparked fears of a pending humanitarian disaster in the conflict-riddled region.
Thousands of people, either on foot or on donkey-pulled carts, continued their exodus from the valley Sunday after officials briefly lifted a curfew despite ongoing fighting that has killed at least 180 suspected militants in the previous 24 hours.
The Pakistani army has been battling Taliban militants in the valley for more than a year, but the conflict has ramped up over the past several weeks.
This week, the government urged residents to leave the area while military planes hammered the region, which has led to casualties among militants and civilians.
The UN estimates that by the end of this week, as many as half a million people will have fled the area, joining another half million who have fled previous fighting in the area, said CNN correspondent Reza Sayah.
“There’s not enough refugee camps; those that are up and running are overflowing,” Sayah told CTV Newsnet Sunday in a telephone interview from Islamabad. “There’s not enough hospitals; those that are there are under-equipped and under-staffed. So a real humanitarian crisis is emerging.”
The challenge for the Pakistani army, Sayah said, is to distinguish Taliban fighters from civilians.
The Taliban don’t wear uniforms, and can easily blend in with local residents simply by setting down their weapons.
“That’s why we’re seeing a lot of civilian casualties,” Sayah said. “So the Pakistani military strategy has been to clear the area from as many civilians as possible.”
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Typical jihadi tactic, using human shields. I recall we had some commie jackass on here last year claiming that terrorists didn’t target civilians, they targeted terror. I wonder what he would say if he read this post, and all the ones we had about Hamas using the Palestinians as human shields back in DEC/JAN when Israel was wiping the ground with Hamas jihadis.
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