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    Kol mi shena`asa rahaman bimqom akhzari Sof shena`asa akhzari bimqom rahaman

    All who are made to be compassionate in the place of the cruel In the end are made to be cruel in the place of the compassionate.

    More colloquially translated: "Those who are kind to the cruel, in the end will be cruel to the kind."

    Online Source: http://www.rishon-rishon.com/archives/044412.php

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September 07, 2008

Pakistan: Where War Happens: Mingora

A fast check through Google tells Mingora has been in the war news frequently over the past two years:

"October 26, 2007: "Clashes in NW Pakistan valley after suicide attack."  Reuters: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL293994.htm

August 4, 2008: "Ninety-four militants and 14 troops killed in Pakistan." International Herald Tribune, from Reuters' Junaid Ali: http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/08/04/asia/OUKWD-UK-PAKISTAN-VIOLENCE.php

August 23, 2008: "Pakistani troops kill 35 militant in clash: military."  News Daily, Junaid Khan: http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/isl87099-pakistan-violence/

Wikipedia on Mingora is yet young, with the latest posted August 28, 2008: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mingora.

For a look at the town and surrounds:

"Mingora, Pakistan emerald."

Swat Valley Main Page: Mingora

TravelPod.  "Mingora, Pakistan: Travel Blog Photos."

With emeralds and mountains for western bait and a location to die for, pun intended, in one of the perhaps most overlooked but critical venues in the Islamic Small Wars, Mingora has become a front line in the war on terror.

The following two paragraphs come from South Asia, July 8, 2008, "The hills of Mingora are alive with the sound of gunfire":

"Alyas Khan, the once proud promoter of rich Pashtu musical tradition through his music shop in Mingora, capital of Pakistan’s terror-hit Swat valley, is now a disillusioned man.

"The business he launched back in the 1990s by selling his inheritance for $7,500 is on the verge of collapse as followers of Maulana Fazlullah, a firebrand pro-Taliban cleric, regularly bomb music and video shops."

Where have we seen the same news? Lal Masjid, Islamabad, perhaps--also Kabul, Afghanistan under Taliban rule.

I've seen hints of a report for today's fighting in Mingora (September 7, 2008), but haven't been able to access titles--these are coming through fast portals where the up-to-the-minute headlines are also gone inside of minutes, disappeared back of the information deluge.

One may assume nothing has been settled over this weekend in Mingora, and yet it may be the place most crucial to the reestablishment of security under the firmest state rule.

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Posted on September 07, 2008 at 01:19 PM in Conflict Culture |

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