Taliban Finds Fertile Recruiting Ground in Pakistan's Tribal Refugee Camps
According to Jan, the Taliban do not have to work all that hard to persuade the young men residing in the camps to join them. He blames both the indiscriminate bombings and the lack of basic human facilities in refugee camps, saying they have left "negative" psychological effects on the youths. "Our youths have become bitterly angry. The courageous among them have joined Taliban, no matter whether they agree with their philosophy or not," he adds.
Most of the refugee camps lack basic health, education, and food facilities. Women have to stand in long lines to get potable water for various hours. Only a few clinics have been set up in such camps by the government, where several nongovernmental organizations provide medical treatment to hundreds of thousands of refugees suffering from diarrhea and other waterborne diseases because of contaminated water and substandard food provided by the government agencies.
Refugees are living in low-quality makeshift tents, which are unable to protect them from the northern chilly winds. Each family, no matter its size, is allocated one tent. In several cases, more than 15 people inhabit a single tent.
Pneumonia and diarrhea are the most common diseases these days, said Abdul Hameed, a doctor volunteer for the Al Khidmat Foundation, one of Pakistan's largest charities, which has been running three temporary clinics at the camp. "We are trying our level best, but we cannot cope with such a huge number of refugees here. The government must focus on that," Hameed says.
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I Just Want to throw this into the Pot about Detainees
In the meantime, US-based lawyers are mobilizing. Some of the same lawyers and human rights activists who fought successfully to bring judicial oversight to Guantánamo are now pushing for similar oversight at Bagram.
It's a development accurately predicted by some US Supreme Court justices. They made the predictions in a string of high court decisions since 2004 establishing for the first time that Guantánamo detainees are entitled to challenge the legality of their military detention.
"From this point forward, federal courts will entertain petitions from these prisoners, and others like them around the world, challenging actions and events far away, and forcing courts to oversee one aspect of the executive's conduct of a foreign war," Justice Antonin Scalia wrote in his June 2004 dissent in a case called Rasul v. Bush.
At the heart of a looming legal showdown at Bagram is the same fundamental question asked in the Guantánamo litigation: Are detainees in a US military prison overseas entitled to any legal rights?
This is an article that I thought also fits this whole thing. These poor poor terrorist. Being held by the big bad American Army. They only killed American soldiers and some citizens and a beheading here and there! Do you know what type of legal system they have? It's called the tribe! Here's a good one for you they don't have attorneys and they don't have jails. But they do have the stone and they do have the sword. Use your imagination. Let's ask if judge and attoreny who helps these guys to house them or at least put them up in thier community. Let's see there little reaction then. If the terrorist don't kill them their neighbors will.These judges and attorneys haven't spilled one ounce of there own blood to defend this country. There best defense is we need to set the example. What BS! Why don't they set the example and suite up and come out to the field of combat to face these guys on their own grounds! Why because they are just like the terrorrist they hide behind the law. Where were these guys when the Germans were killing 6 million jews and 20 million Germans. Where were these guys when the Serbian were killing milllions. They are suites and know nothings. If they hate our country so much leave. Lincoln would have been a war criminal during the civil war according to these guys. Drastic times call for Drastic measures and we are no where close to being like the 3rd world, Nazi Germany,Land of the Rising Sun, China nad Iran. Why don't they move to China or Iran and help also those polical prisoners. Know why? They would get their asses kicked, spend 1 year in jail and be deported! These folks will get your family members killed!
Testing the Obama's Metal
First I just want to say that there are no terrorists in Pakistani! Just ask the Indian's. Obama is already starting to faulture. What does Obama think these guys don't watch TV!. First it was 30,000 then it went down to 5,000 now it's in day or so a decsussion will be made and it might not be the full amount. What, so we might not be able to win? Let do some math here because if Obama would have servered in the military he might actually have know this info. For every soldier you put in the field to fight, you need at least 5 in support of that soldier. So let's stay he really puts 30,000 more into the field which would take B's on his part. Let's say 10,000 are foot soldiers, that means in support you will need 50,000 in support. The only other way not to do it that way is contractors. OOP's did I say a bad word Mr. Obama? Mr. Obama you can't play it both ways. You can't send in 30,000 troops who in turn wouldn't be able to support themselves because you haven't deployed enough soldiers. The only other answer is contractors.
Can you see Obama flip flopping here! Oh we won't let the Talbain have an operating area to attack America but he doesn't want to send in the amount of troops it will take to finish the job. Here's a news flash folks these guys aren't the Vet Cong. Once we leave they aren't going to say we won, we won and go on there merry way. They hate us, they will hurt us 911 and they will come after us. Hunting a wounded animal. Not only that they will turn their attention to Pakistani. A country with Nuke Weapons! Who wants to live in Pakistani? Why do you think the US called the general in charge of the Nukes when they changed Presidents to ensure he had control of them? Think of the Talbain with a Nuke! And once we pull out they will be right back in Somlia too not that they left! Long War folks do you think they wee BSing. Even with our economy in the dumps they hate us for what we stand for and what we have. They hate us for our freedoms most of all! That out of everything is intolerable to them. Granted Pakistani is playing a game just like Iran. They just like the US and Russia are using these guys to fight a proxy war against us. What you think we are the only ones that can do it! They watched and learned. So what goes around comes around. Now do we have the back bone to put up or shut up. If it's the later than every time you get on a plane go on vacation and go up a tall building you better be looking over you shoulder! It's over ther or over here you pick. But remember this as your burying your family memeber because of a terrorist attack on US soil you decided to fight them at home. No this is no scare tactic the only ones saying that are the ones who don't know the enemy. I have seen these people work first hand. Life means nothing to them insignificant. Just Google beheadings!You can't enjoy a good economy if yor scared shitless.
Taliban Finds Fertile Recruiting Ground in Pakistan's Tribal Refugee Camps
Please keep in mind that a report by Pakistan's intelligence agencies about the Taliban (their own creation) is as good as a report to prevent smoking by Tobacco companies.
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