Posted on 07/02/2009 2:13:49 AM PDT by neverdem
More than 80% of Pakistanis view the Taliban and Al Qaeda as a critical threat to the country, according to an opinion poll released Wednesday, marking a turn in public opinion that stands to bolster the army's ongoing offensive against militants close to the Afghan border.
The findings will be welcomed by Washington, which is pressing Islamabad to take the fight to insurgents blamed for scores of bloody bombings in nuclear-armed Pakistan in recent years as well as attacks on NATO and US troops in Afghanistan.
The army has been battling militants in the Swat Valley in the country's northwest since April, a campaign that has driven some 2 million civilians from their homes. In recent weeks, it has made initial forays into the mountainous tribal region of South Waziristan, where top Taliban and Al Qaeda leaders are believed to be hiding...
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Pakistan — being murdered by the cockroaches they created.
There IS justice in the real world..
That justice is very sweet, but this poll is lying.
What the Pakistanis have turned against is not what we all know as Al Qaeda or Taliban.
Pakistanis believe the non-Mullah Omar faction of the Taliban is backed, funded and trained by India, Israel and America, and the people and logistics provided by Afghanistan.
As for the Mullah Omar faction that is active in Afghanistan, the Pakistanis only have love and admiration for them.
Misleading poll. I doubt that AQ/Taliban has ever had widespread support among the largest ethnic groups (Punjabi, Sindh) in Pakistan. In the tribal areas where the support of the people really matters I’m sure they remain popular.
The Pashtu and Balochs, who live in the tribal areas, only make up about 19% of the population of Pakistan.
This poll is delivered right on time to the Obamsky White House by the ISI there and state-run media here so that the US can now be seen as “winning” the war on man-made disasters in Afghanistan. Obamsky is committed to restoring that nation to its rightful place as a Soviet satellite. To do that, the US must stay. And to stay, “we” must be seen as “winning.”
Yeah, they're finally getting it through their thick heads that they can be on the hit list next? These killers never stop.
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