16 Feb 2009
Islamic law to be imposed in parts of NW Pakistan

Just ask the first woman stoned to death under the new code for not dressing correctly if the violence has ended. The violence hasn't ended at all: it's been enshrined into law. So much for the "War on Terror" in northwest Pakistan: we lose, terror wins.

Pakistan (and the people of Swat) need a Patrick Henry: "Is life so dear, is peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!"

Residents celebrate Taleban deal as 'end of violence'

(link) [BBC News]

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