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Dirty Little Secrets
Pakistani Islamic Radicals Don't Want to Win
by James Dunnigan
June 20, 2003
Peace talks over Kashmir,
and other disputes between India and Pakistan, are off to a slow start. Most of
the activity so far has consisted of the two sides hurling accusations of
non-cooperation at each other. Pakistan is trying, but they have three different
sources of terrorism to deal with. First, there are the Islamic radicals
(including pro-Taliban Pushtun tribesmen in the northwest) who want an Islamic
state. Then there are the Kashmiri Islamic radicals and their Pakistani allies,
who want the Indians, and all non-Moslems, out of Kashmir. Finally, there is al
Qaeda, who want Islam to rule the world. All three of these groups have some
overlap, all are opposed to the government and all have some allies in the
government. But none of these radical groups can run a government. Check out
Afghanistan, Sudan and Iran for recent examples of this. What the radicals can
do is keep the pot boiling indefinitely, and that suits them just fine.
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