Pakistan: Poll Shows Support for Negotiating With Militants
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/21/world/asia/21briefs-POLLSHOWSSUP_BRF.html
June 21, 2008
World Briefing | Asia
Pakistan: Poll Shows Support for Negotiating With Militants
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS [Pakistan] [south asia] [Pakistan as the new Afghanistan] [hydra central] [AfPak] [Pakistan seemingly on the brink] [new coalition govt is fragile and is considering negotiating with Tribals-Islamists] [precarious as jihadis thrive among those with whom new govt is negotiating] [coalition govt threatening Musharraf presidency with reinstatement of judges who questioned Musharraf’s legality on multiple ground] [evidence that the new govt is changing approaches to Islamists and possibly jihadis] [could be dire for AfPak] [*****]
Pakistanis favor negotiating with Taliban militants rather than fighting them and they hold the United States most responsible for violence in the country, [****] according to a new poll. It was conducted by Terror Free Tomorrow, a Washington-based nonprofit group that studies extremism and helps form policies to counter it. The poll showed strong public support for Pakistan’s new policy of seeking peace with Islamic militants despite American concerns that a letup in military pressure will allow the Taliban and Al Qaeda to operate freely in the tribal regions along the Afghan border. [***] Three-quarters of respondents said they wanted President Pervez Musharraf to resign or be impeached. [****]The poll surveyed 1,306 adult Pakistanis in interviews between May 25 and June 1. The margin of sampling error was plus or minus three percentage points.
Copyright 2008 The New York Times Company
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/21/world/asia/21briefs-POLLSHOWSSUP_BRF.html
June 21, 2008
World Briefing | Asia
Pakistan: Poll Shows Support for Negotiating With Militants
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS [Pakistan] [south asia] [Pakistan as the new Afghanistan] [hydra central] [AfPak] [Pakistan seemingly on the brink] [new coalition govt is fragile and is considering negotiating with Tribals-Islamists] [precarious as jihadis thrive among those with whom new govt is negotiating] [coalition govt threatening Musharraf presidency with reinstatement of judges who questioned Musharraf’s legality on multiple ground] [evidence that the new govt is changing approaches to Islamists and possibly jihadis] [could be dire for AfPak] [*****]
Pakistanis favor negotiating with Taliban militants rather than fighting them and they hold the United States most responsible for violence in the country, [****] according to a new poll. It was conducted by Terror Free Tomorrow, a Washington-based nonprofit group that studies extremism and helps form policies to counter it. The poll showed strong public support for Pakistan’s new policy of seeking peace with Islamic militants despite American concerns that a letup in military pressure will allow the Taliban and Al Qaeda to operate freely in the tribal regions along the Afghan border. [***] Three-quarters of respondents said they wanted President Pervez Musharraf to resign or be impeached. [****]The poll surveyed 1,306 adult Pakistanis in interviews between May 25 and June 1. The margin of sampling error was plus or minus three percentage points.
Copyright 2008 The New York Times Company