Remote-controlled roadside bomb kills two tribal elders in Bajur, Pakistan
Militants have tried to weaken the long-standing tribal leadership structure in the northwest, killing scores of elders so they could impose their own reign.
The roadside bomb that killed two elders Sunday in the Bajur tribal region also left two other tribesmen wounded, local government official Jamil Khan said. The two dead elders were on foot, leaving a mosque in the Malangi area after prayers.
Meanwhile, over at the Hizb ut-Tahrir website, the Blackwater conspiracy theory is being perpetuated:
…in order to incite Pakistan’s armed forces to fight in Waziristan, America employed lowly tactics to discredit the Muslim resistance. US private military organizations, that supervised explosions and assassinations in Iraq and Afghanistan, now undertake their activities in Pakistan. And US intelligence has infiltrated some elements of the loosely gathered Taleban fighters, enticing some of them to turn their weapons away from the crusader occupying forces and onto their Muslim brothers in the armed forces.
Yet, America’s campaign of explosions and assassinations would never have been possible, if it were not for Zardari’s regime.
Riiiight. So wiping out the local tribal elders that are an alternative source of guidance and leadership to the Taliban is also a clever American plot?
