Monday, June 29, 2009

Pakistan Rejects Talks With Militants, Says Army Taking Action

Good news ! Pakistan is not going to soften up on the Taliban ! (YET!)


June 29 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said there will be no talks with militants as the army is taking decisive action against terrorists in the tribal region and in the Swat Valley.

“Our army is fighting very efficiently against cowardly people,” the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan cited Gilani as saying in Lahore yesterday. It’s not the time for dialogue with terrorists and extremists, he said.

The army is engaged in a guerrilla fight, not a conventional war, Gilani said. “Elements who are against Pakistan are terrorists,” he said.
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