http://noblesseoblige.org/wordpress/2006/09/22/waziristan-pact-update/ Shadows stand tall at the dusk and the dawn of the day Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:26:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://noblesseoblige.org/wordpress/2006/09/22/waziristan-pact-update/comment-page-1/#comment-1252 NoisyRoom.net » Blog Archive » al-Qaeda, Taliban behind the Waziristan Accord Sun, 24 Sep 2006 16:17:54 +0000 http://noblesseoblige.org/wordpress/?p=538#comment-1252 [...] First, the backers of the Waziristan Accord. The Frontier Times provides the details on the who’s who behind the ‘tribal jirga’ the Pakistani government has been touting as the real power brokers. (Note: the Frontier Times website appears to be hacked during certain times, but Noblesse Oblige has the full text, a portion which is excerpted here). According to the sources close to this scribe, Qari Tahir Jan, Haji Umar and Abdullah Mehsud have got the support of al-Qaeda leaders like Sheikh Isa, Abu Hamam, Yahya Abu Lais and Abu Nasir. These leaders were against the peace agreements from the very beginning but they accepted it only due to the pressures from the local jirga and for the interest of the local people. A top Taliban leader while talking to this scribe said, only a few people who were interested to achieve prominence entered the agreements, which include Baitullah Mehsud and Haji Nazir. Those who were against the truce knew about the credibility of these agreements. [...] [...] First, the backers of the Waziristan Accord. The Frontier Times provides the details on the who’s who behind the ‘tribal jirga’ the Pakistani government has been touting as the real power brokers. (Note: the Frontier Times website appears to be hacked during certain times, but Noblesse Oblige has the full text, a portion which is excerpted here). According to the sources close to this scribe, Qari Tahir Jan, Haji Umar and Abdullah Mehsud have got the support of al-Qaeda leaders like Sheikh Isa, Abu Hamam, Yahya Abu Lais and Abu Nasir. These leaders were against the peace agreements from the very beginning but they accepted it only due to the pressures from the local jirga and for the interest of the local people. A top Taliban leader while talking to this scribe said, only a few people who were interested to achieve prominence entered the agreements, which include Baitullah Mehsud and Haji Nazir. Those who were against the truce knew about the credibility of these agreements. [...]

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