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...real life be criminal," says Frida Castillo, the author of the report "Playing by the Rules." "It's different from sitting on a couch, eating popcorn and watching a movie." In addition to torture, the report documented extra-judicial executions, the shooting of injured soldiers and attacks against civilian targets, including mosques and churches. (See the top video games...
...attack on the volleyball tournament, says retired army brigadier Mehmood Shah, a former head of security in the tribal areas, was an attempt by militants fleeing the South Waziristan offensive to punish the civilian population and apply pressure on Islamabad to negotiate a truce. "But it is making the people more adamant, more convinced in what the army is doing against the militants," he says. Still, for that resolve to hold, the government will have to do more to stem the tide of terror. (See pictures of Pakistan's vulnerable North-West Frontier Province...
...Last month, the Ministry of Interior established the National Counterterrorism Authority, a partly European Union-funded civilian government body. Even though it is headed by Tariq Parvez, one of the country's most esteemed former police officers, analysts such as Siddiqa worry that it will be toothless. "It was set up far too late, there are many bureaucratic problems holding up progress, and there are pressures on the Ministry of Interior that are not allowing it work freely," she adds...
...Some analysts believe sections of the armed forces could provide a more effective alternative to civilian law-enforcement agencies in combating terrorism. The army, air force and navy all have élite units, known collectively as the Special Services Group, that are currently being underutilized. But others dismiss that suggestion as an intrusion into civilian affairs that will only delay the development of more effective law-enforcement institutions...
...force it to retreat. The agency has vowed to fight on all the harder, and it will do so. But the attack in Khost will force the CIA to draw back farther and farther behind the wire in order to protect its officers. The CIA is a civilian organization that's not built to sustain casualties like this, no matter how willing its employees are to serve in dangerous places like Afghanistan. And replacing the expertise of some of those lost in the bombing will take many years. (See pictures of General Stanley McChrystal in Afghanistan...