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Swat Taliban summon government officials to sharia courts
Swat Taliban summon government officials to sharia courts
Mullah Fazlullah. Click image to view the slideshow of the Taliban Leadership in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The leader of the Taliban-controlled district of Swat in Pakistan's northwest has ordered more than 50 political and tribal leaders to appear before a sharia court ...
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Bill Roggio: Swat Taliban summon government officials to sharia courts
Victory Caucus -- All Content — ... Sunday, 25 January 2009 Mullah Fazlullah has ordered more than 50 political leaders to stand trial in front of a Taliban court and warned of "dangerous consequences" if they fail to show up. read ...

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HERSCHEL SMITH on the Swat Taliban. Plus, more from Bill Roggio. Alas, there may be no real fixing…
Instapundit — HERSCHEL SMITH on the Swat Taliban. Plus, more from Bill Roggio. Alas, there may be no real fixing Afghanistan without fixing Pakistan. ...

Not Good Omens
Daily PunditSwat Taliban summon government officials to sharia courts - The Long War Journal Pakistani forces have been fighting forces aligned with Fazlullah, a radical cleric of the outlawed Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM - the Movement for the Implementation of Mohammad’s Sharia Law) for almost two years. The TNSM is known as the “Pakistani Taliban” and is the group behind the ideological inspiration for the Afghan Taliban. The TNSM sent more than 10,000 fighters into Afghanistan to fight US forces during Operation Enduring ...

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Pakistan relaunches Swat operation
longwarjournal.org 1/27/2009 — The Pakistani Army has launched another operation in the Taliban controlled district of Swat after the Taliban reportedly rampaged in the main city and ordered government officials to appear before a sharia court. Today the military declared a ...