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Islamist Overreach.(International Edition; PAKISTAN)(Brief article)
Byline: Sami Yousafzai And Ron Moreau
Last week yet another militant victory in Pakistan had many fretting that the country's capital could also soon fall to the Taliban. After Islamists swept into the populous Buner district, just 60 miles northwest of Islamabad, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared it posed a "mortal threat" to the world, and Fazlur Rehman, a Pakistani parliamentarian, predicted that the Taliban would soon be perched on the hills overlooking the capital.
But the rumors of Pakistan's demise have been exaggerated. The Islamists are on a roll--this victory was made possible by a peace deal the government signed with them in the nearby Swat valley earlier this year--but they may ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Islamist Overreach.(International Edition; PAKISTAN)(Brief article)