Posted on 05/28/2007 6:08:16 PM PDT by Flavius
SWAT, Pakistan - In this valley of orchards near Afghanistan, 90 police hid along the banks of a riverbed in March, preparing to arrest the powerful Pakistani cleric Maualana Fazlullah. Informants said the target, charged with terrorism, would soon appear with a modest contingent of followers. Instead, Mr. Fazlullah rode into sight on a white horse, surrounded by hundreds of people.
When the officers advanced, brandishing tear gas and batons, word flew through the town. Thousands more supporters turned out to further protect Fazlullah. The officers backed off in an incident that shocked the country, exposing as it did the state's powerlessness to apprehend a wanted terrorist.
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Sounds like the false idol Mahomet.
They should have gotten all their people out of the immediate area and used guided munitions ...
You would think this is the one town in Pakistan that might have a S.W.A.T. team...
would that be irony
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