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	Waziristan, Schema-Root news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Lal Masjid has been a recruiting center for the Taliban from where youths were sent for training to North Waziristan and South Waziristan, as well as to the...
		In March the local Taliban in the Pakistani tribal zone of South Waziristan killed foreign fighters from the al-Qaida-affiliated Islamic Movement of...
		South Waziristan: Under the directions of NWFP Governor, Ali Muhammad Jan Orakzai, three trucks loaded with relief goods including tents, blankets,...
	schema-root.org /region/asia/south_asia/pakistan/provinces/waziristan (1108 words)

	Waziristan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A flag used by a resistance movement in Waziristan against the British during the 1930s, with the Takbir written on it.
		Waziristan is divided into two "agencies", North Waziristan and South Waziristan, with estimated populations (as of 1998) of 361,246 and 429,841 respectively.
		South Waziristan, which comprises about 6,500 square kilometers, is the most volatile agency of Pakistan; it is not under the direct administration of the government of Pakistan, but is indirectly governed by a political agent, sometimes an outsider, sometimes a Waziri— a system that was inherited from the British Raj.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Waziristan (528 words)

	Waziristan - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		An extremely arid and mountainous region, it is divided into North Waziristan, inhabited by farming Wazir tribes, and South Waziristan, populated by seminomad Mahsuds.
		In South Waziristan the hills are used for grazing, and forests on the higher slopes provide timber.
		Waziristan was one of the many border regions that struggled to absorb hundreds of thousands of refugees during the Soviet invasion and occupation (1979-89) of Afghanistan.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-wazirist.html (543 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| Waziristan: Bin Laden's hiding place?
		The tribe's offence was to fail to stop rocket attacks against the Pakistan army and the paramilitary Frontier Corps deployed in South Waziristan.
		The deaths of the civilians, six of whom were Pakistani tribesmen and six Afghan refugees, has fuelled tension in the area and made it even more difficult for the army to win the hearts and minds of the tribal people while pursuing al-Qaeda and Taleban suspects.
		The deployment was done first at the request of the US to plug the escape routes of al-Qaeda and Taleban members fleeing across the border first from Tora Bora cave region in December 2001, and later from other Afghan border provinces.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/3532841.stm (709 words)

	Taliban Setup Office in South Waziristan
		In South Waziristan, members of the local Taliban have been allowed to establish an office in Wana in an effort to restore law and order to the area (Daily Times, March 15).
		While the Taliban in South Waziristan is beginning to cooperate with the government, the Taliban in North Waziristan is involved in intense fighting with government security forces.
		South Waziristan is predominantly inhabited by Mehsuds, a tribe that was nomadic in the past but is now considered well-educated when compared with other tribes in FATA.
	jamestown.org /terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2369958 (1066 words)

	The Fourth Rail: Print This
		This was a blatant violation of the Waziristan Accord, where the Taliban agreed not to attack government forces in exchange for autonomy in the region.
		In neighboring Tank, a string of attacks led to the death of a policeman.
		South Waziristan commander Baitullah Mehsud has vowed to conduct suicide strikes in retaliation for Pakistani strike on a Taliban camp in Zamazola, South Waziristan.
	billroggio.com /archives/2007/01/pakistans_insurgency-print.php (997 words)

	Pakistan Prepares Final Push In South Waziristan - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		General Khattak spoke from the windy escarpment of Karwana Manzai -- a strategic position in South Waziristan that was seized from militants in September.
		Khattak says his troops now control three-fourths of South Waziristan and are preparing operations aimed at flushing out militants from the remainder of the region.
		The northern quadrant of South Waziristan is the only area where Pakistan's military has yet to extend its control.
	www.rferl.org /featuresarticle/2004/11/ecb95304-77a5-4384-9ed0-61fad26d8fff.html (538 words)

	THE OMENS FROM SOUTH WAZIRISTAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		During the clash, an American F-16 dropped a bomb hitting a madrasa (Muslim religious school) in the South Waziristan area of the FATA in Pakistani territory.
		There was a heavy exchange of fire during which the South Waziristan Scouts claim to have killed at least seven Americans, but fatal American casualties have not been admitted by the US authorities.
		According to the South Waziristan Scouts, there was nobody in the madrassa complex and hence the US bombing was uncalled for.
	www.saag.org /papers6/paper575.html (1076 words)

	South Waziristan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		South Waziristan (Urdu: جنوبی وزیرستان) is southern part of Waziristan a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan and covering some 11 585 km² (4,473 mi²).
		In South Waziristan there are two tribes 1.Masuod 2.Wazir
		The Masuood tribe inhabits the northern regions of South Waziristan near Razmak(part of North Waziristan).There are no flat-plains type geography in the Masuod tribal regions thus the Masuod tribe moves nomadically through these mountainous regions and have no source of business or trading.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Waziristan (373 words)

	Taliban militia takes control of South Waziristan, Pakistan \| India Defence
		Life has become so difficult and dangerous for journalists that most of them have already left their native homes in South Waziristan to live in safer towns and cities in eastern Pakistan.
		They staged a show of strength last Friday when a huge gathering of the mujahideen was held at Dela Khula to observe the first anniversary of the killing of more than 40 alleged militants, when their hideout was bombed by Pakistan Air Force last year.
		This was the second biggest assembly of the militants in South Waziristan after a similar gathering was organized on the death anniversary of late commander, Nek Muhammad, who was killed in a gun fight after he put up a heroic battle, locals said.
	www.india-defence.com /reports/348 (1263 words)

	Baitullah Mehsud: South Waziristan's Unofficial Amir
		Thirty-two years-old, Baitullah Mehsud was born in Landidog, a small tribal village situated on the fringes of South Waziristan.
		Baitullah explained that the peace agreement was in the interests of the tribal regions in addition to the government since many enemies—including Indian- and Russian-backed former Northern Alliance fighters—were benefiting from the lack of unity between the government and the tribesmen (The Nation, February 8, 2005).
		As a result of the peace agreement, South Waziristan is relatively calm, especially when compared to North Waziristan.
	www.jamestown.org /terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2370054 (900 words)

	HIMAL SOUTH ASIAN \| May 2004 \| Commentary \| The 12 days of South Waziristan
		Home to a population of under a million (mostly Pash-toon), the hilly and mountai-nous region of South Waziris-tan in Pakistan shares an 80 kilometre-long border with Afghanistan.
		Seen as a largely anarchic region, it was in the news recently when a military offensive was launched by Pakistani security forces star-ting 16 March to capture Al-Qaeda militants, mostly Chechen, Uzbek and Arab, along with supportive local tribesmen suspected of hiding there.
		Faux intelligence inputs regarding big ‘catches’ from the Al-Qaeda were seen to have triggered off the entire operation.
	www.himalmag.com /2004/may/commentary_3.htm (185 words)

	Masked men kill tribal elder in South Waziristan - Irna
		Masked men kill tribal elder in South Waziristan
		An important tribal elder Malik Zarwali was kidnapped and shot dead by five masked men while returning to his native Shakai from Wana in South Waziristan tribal agency Saturday.
		According to "The News", government officials and tribal sources in Wana and Shakai said his bullet-riddled body was found on Inzar road.
	www.irna.ir /en/news/view/menu-236/0611052054112544.htm (309 words)

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