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The truth to the fact is that we had very poor marketing skills---we---means the govt of Gen Musharraf---market means the pakistani public---pakistani public didnot get the right information to make a better judgement---the General didnot have a better group of people and media savy personale to show a better picture to the public.

The general should have hired an outside source to play the media and the public---nobody with any political afiliations---and paid them well to portray a better image of his government and sell the public on the idea of fighting the taliban and portraying the al qaeda as an enemy.

That is where the american business savy should have come in worked their media magic---.

My disappointment arises from the fact that the americans never used their media skills in pakistan and never got together with the paks to further their goals and make life easy for the paks---paks ( govt reps ) were absolutely clueless in how to talk and confront talk show hosts like Dr Masood , Mr Mir and others.

This battle was lost by the media---those peole should also pass on the blame to Dr Shahid Masood, Hamid Mir and The botomline is the Gen Musharraf failed to take the taliban to task---at the end of the day---he will be solely held responcible for the job left incomplete.

The nation gave him its confidence for the longest period of time---at the end---he didnot deliver. Got too far above his head into issues that were beyond on beneath him---got mired in the muck---and left us holding the cards---sayonara.

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Updated at: 2131 PST, Thursday, June 04, 2009
Banned NSM confirms Maulana Sufi’s arrest ISLAMABAD: Banned Nifaz Shariat-e-Muhammadi has confirmed arrest of its Amir Maulana Sufi Muhammad and other leaders.

According to sources, Maulana Sufi Muhammad was arrested in Amandarra who along with other leaders were shifted to unknown place. Maulana Sufi’s sons have also been apprehended, sources added.

The latest reports say the arrested also include Maulana Sufi’s spokesman Maulana Ameer Izzat, Syed Wahab, Salman and Maulana Muhammad Alam.

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Most young men joing the taliban are joining for the thrill of the kill. It is not due to unemployment---people seek a great pleasure in killing other human beings and none more so than weak and un-armed---human beings love to toture and mayhem other human beings just to see them squirm and scream---that is the way they feel their power---.

And then add to it the self-righteousness and give the RUBBER STAMP OF AUTHORIZED BY ALLAH---and here you have a recipe of large scale murder, mayhem and torture.

These taliban skinned the pakistani soldiers alive---in the name of allah---they cut the throats of the pakistani soldiers in the name of allah---they committed all and every sundry atrocity IN THE NAME OF THE MERCIFUL, THE BENEVOLENT, THE KIND, THE FORGIVING, THE LORD OF THIS UNIVERSE, THE MASTER OF THE LIFE AS WE KNOW OF IN THIS WORLD AND THE LIFE HERE AFTER---THEY COMMITTED ALL THOSE HEINIOUS CRIMES IN 'HIS' NAME---and that is the most degrading part.

They could have gone and done their jihad against anyone either by a war or by the word of mouth---but the atrocities that they followed through with were beyond any sense of conscience.

Poverty is no excuse to commit the murders that these people committed in the way they did.

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SOURCE: with held for security reasons.

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