timesonline.co.uk - 7/30/2009
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When Lord Curzon was Viceroy of India at the turn of the last century, he delivered the following verdict on the rebellious tribesmen of Waziristan: No patchwork scheme will settle the Waziristan problem. Not until the military steamroller has passed over the country from end to end will there ...
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Chalmers Johnson: Three Good Reasons to Liquidate Our Empire
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... The region known today as the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan is administered directly by Islamabad, which -- just as British imperial officials did -- has divided the territory into seven agencies, each with its own "political agent" who wields much the same powers as his colonial-era predecessor. Then as now, the part of FATA known as Waziristan and the home of Pashtun tribesmen offered the fiercest resistance. ...
Three Good Reasons To Liquidate Our Empire
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... and fighting among themselves when no comers were available, plagued attempts to extend the Pax Britannica into their mountain homeland." An estimated 41 million Pashtuns live in an undemarcated area along the Durand Line and profess no loyalties to the central governments of either Pakistan or Afghanistan. The region known today as the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan is administered directly by Islamabad, which — just as British imperial officials did — has divided the territory into seven agencies, each with its own "political agent" who wields much ...
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