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Apart from his desiring to re-establish a base in Lebanon, the fighting serves Arafat's purposes by obscuring the differences between his branch of the P.L.O. and the Palestinian groups based in Syria. Says Arafat's deputy Khalil Wazir, who is better known by his nom de guerre, Abu Jihad: "All fighters from all factions are fighting in the same trench for survival." In recent weeks Abu Jihad has met with rival Palestinian Leader George Habash in Moscow, Prague and Algiers in an effort to achieve a reconciliation among the Palestinian groups. The Soviet Union has strongly backed...
...against terrorists and al-Qaeda, Pakistan should do what's best for Pakistan. After all, the U.S. does what is good for the U.S. Why are we Pakistanis expected to destroy our country and kill our own people to please the U.S.? If Pakistan goes against the Wazir tribal people with force rather than negotiate with them, the result will be the destruction of more mosques and churches and the deaths of more Pakistanis. The Pakistani military entered this troubled area only last year. You can't expect things to change so fast. It will take time. Be patient. Fawwad...
...Pakistani army officials call their truce with Mohammed and the Wazir a "reconciliation" and rate their abortive tribal-area campaign a success. Hussain said he had secured the "allegiance" of Mohammed and his band to Pakistan. As part of the cease-fire deal, the army agreed to halt all military operations against the Wazir, release most of the 163 alleged terrorists rounded up in March, rebuild dozens of abodes destroyed in misguided raids on suspected terrorist safe houses, and give amnesty to Mohammed and four other warrior leaders. In exchange, Mohammed promised to refrain from launching or helping to launch...
...Pakistan's long-term solution is to register foreigners living among the Wazir tribesmen as a way of monitoring their activities. The Pakistanis want photos and passport details of the foreigners, some of them hardened al-Qaeda fighters, others Afghan war veterans who settled down as tenant farmers after fighting the Soviets. Mohammed rejects the plan, arguing that Pakistan would turn this data over to Washington and other governments. So far, two deadlines for registration have come and gone, the latest on May 7, and no one has come forward. Americans say the scheme is useless. "We certainly...
...does the U.S. expect the Wazir to have a change of heart and kick al-Qaeda warriors out of their impoverished villages, because the foreigners bring in money. One tribal official in Jamrud told TIME he knew of an al-Qaeda fighter living in the hills of Waziristan who was paying $750 a month for a simple, mud-walled house that ordinarily rented for less than $80. Mohammed and his tribesmen also earn cash selling supplies to other Muslim militants?Arabs, Chechens and Uzbeks, according to the official?and by providing al-Qaeda with fresh recruits and guides to assist...