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Swat Violence termed ‘Near Civil War’; Obama Slammed in Pakistan

Juan Cole 08/05/2008

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The Pakistani Army, in fierce fighting with tribal forces organized by the Tehrik-i Taliban, claims to have killed some 90 of the enemy in the past week, as the Swat Valley was engulfed in something close to a civil war.

Meanwhile, the Tehrik-i Taliban seems to be behind the burning of girls’ schools in Swat.

Aljazeera International reports:

Many Pakistanis blame the fighting in Swat on US pressure, and to the extent that Barack Obama has taken up that pressuring, he is getting heat in Pakistani editorials.

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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