Gunship helicopters hover over the region, the boom of guns is heard once more and some reports say a cleric believed to be the mastermind behind past suicide attacks has been killed. Both sides blame the other for breaking the terms of the peace deal. From an outside perspective, it seems though the key blame for this must lie with militants who began a new campaign of attacks on schools and shops, with the leader, Maulana Fazlullah, issuing an unabashed threat of still greater violence.
Clearly, the militants care nothing for promises or for the people of the area, trapped in a conflict that has ripped the economy and social structure of the area into small shreds. One can only wonder what the Buddha, who still looks down serenely on parts of the Swat Valley from rock cliffs that stand over the area, makes of this descent into chaos in a part of the world where the Gandhara civilization once flourished. Of course, in some places, even Buddha himself has not been spared -- with his image blown up by militants bent on destruction and driven by blinding intolerance.
http://newageislam.com/back-to-square-one-in-swat/war-on-terror/d/376
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