January 10, 2009
ALL WE NEED IS A PRETEXT:
Pak tribals threaten to fight India (Times of India, 10 Jan 2009)
Tribal elders in Pakistan's restive tribal belt on Saturday warned they would "strike back" if war was imposed on the country by India in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, saying six million tribesmen would not "bear Indian threats".These views were expressed by prominent elders of North and South Waziristan tribal regions, a stronghold of Pakistani Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud, while addressing a jirga. More than 100 elders from different tribal regions attended the council.
The tribal elders were quoted by the state-run APP news agency as saying that they would strike back if war was imposed on Pakistan by India. They said six million tribesmen would fight alongside the Pakistan Army in the event of any eventuality as the tribesmen would not bear Indian threats.
A nice round number anyway. Posted by Orrin Judd at January 10, 2009 11:25 AM