Fighting between the Pakistan army and the Taliban in the Swat Valley has
left millions homeless. Donations from this event will go towards the Edhi
Foundation’s relief work in Pakistan.
left millions homeless. Donations from this event will go towards the Edhi
Foundation’s relief work in Pakistan.
7pm
Friday 17th July 2009
rampART, 15 -17 Rampart Street, London E1 2LA (near Whitechapel, off
Commercial Rd)
Bands include:
W€$T €$$€X INQ@£@B ÇäÞáÇÈ West Essex Inqalab
http://www.myspace.com/westessexinqalab
S.L.A.P.P.E.R.
http://www.myspace.com/slappertime
Revolutionary Discipline
http://www.myspace.com/revolutionarydiscipline
COGS Collapse of Geographical Significance
http://www.myspace.com/cogsartmusic
OFF GROUND TOUCH
http://www.myspace.com/offgroundtouch
ABSTRAKT
http://www.myspace.com/absorbatron
+more
"As for the offensive, the military has not cared a fig for the people of
Swat, using heavy artillery, helicopter gunships and the air force to
blast their way into the Valley from three directions at the cost of three
million people’s displacement. These people fled for their lives in the
face of this indiscriminate bombardment, which arguably saved many
soldiers’ lives, but at the cost of so many tragic stories of local people
killed, children and the old having to be abandoned, and the continuing
misery of the displaced in camps and amongst host communities. The
military advanced behind this heavy bombardment into Swat from the south,
east and west. Despite this, they failed to cut off the escape routes of
the Taliban (an inherently difficult task in such mountainous terrain).
The result is that the Taliban leadership has by and large escaped,
probably into surrounding mountains and FATA. That is the harbinger of a
protracted war, especially since the military is now planning an offensive
into South Waziristan, the stronghold of Baitullah Mehsud, the head of the
Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan.
The Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) will have a tough time even after
returning to their shattered homes, with no economic opportunities,
smashed infrastructure and a huge reconstruction and rehabilitation task,
which on the evidence of the government’s capabilities of looking after
the IDPs promises to be another disaster to add to the long list of
Pakistan’s miseries."
http://reddiarypk.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/
see also
http://swatvalley.org
http://www.edhifoundation.com/
Friday 17th July 2009
rampART, 15 -17 Rampart Street, London E1 2LA (near Whitechapel, off
Commercial Rd)
Bands include:
W€$T €$$€X INQ@£@B ÇäÞáÇÈ West Essex Inqalab
http://www.myspace.com/westessexinqalab S.L.A.P.P.E.R.
http://www.myspace.com/slappertime Revolutionary Discipline
http://www.myspace.com/revolutionarydiscipline COGS Collapse of Geographical Significance
http://www.myspace.com/cogsartmusic OFF GROUND TOUCH
http://www.myspace.com/offgroundtouch ABSTRAKT
http://www.myspace.com/absorbatron +more
"As for the offensive, the military has not cared a fig for the people of
Swat, using heavy artillery, helicopter gunships and the air force to
blast their way into the Valley from three directions at the cost of three
million people’s displacement. These people fled for their lives in the
face of this indiscriminate bombardment, which arguably saved many
soldiers’ lives, but at the cost of so many tragic stories of local people
killed, children and the old having to be abandoned, and the continuing
misery of the displaced in camps and amongst host communities. The
military advanced behind this heavy bombardment into Swat from the south,
east and west. Despite this, they failed to cut off the escape routes of
the Taliban (an inherently difficult task in such mountainous terrain).
The result is that the Taliban leadership has by and large escaped,
probably into surrounding mountains and FATA. That is the harbinger of a
protracted war, especially since the military is now planning an offensive
into South Waziristan, the stronghold of Baitullah Mehsud, the head of the
Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan.
The Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) will have a tough time even after
returning to their shattered homes, with no economic opportunities,
smashed infrastructure and a huge reconstruction and rehabilitation task,
which on the evidence of the government’s capabilities of looking after
the IDPs promises to be another disaster to add to the long list of
Pakistan’s miseries."
http://reddiarypk.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/ see also
http://swatvalley.org http://www.edhifoundation.com/
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This looks really weird!
13.07.2009 13:32
Arthur Craven