This follows a steep campaign in the area by the Pakistani army that has allegedly killed 1500 militants in the area.
In its previous campaigns in Swat, the army's use of mortars and aircraft killed scores of civilians.The army claims to have killed over 30 militants in Swat and 100 in Buner.
Secondly, the campaign is unpopular, in the army and elsewhere, precisely because Pakistanis think it is being waged for America.An opinion poll last year found only 48% of Pakistanis backed military action against the Taliban.
Well, this week the Rwandan government announced a mass male circumcision campaign, urging men in the army, police and university to undergo the procedure.
When the First World War broke out in August that year, he tried to enlist, but was turned down on medical grounds; instead he, like many music hall stars, was active in the recruiting campaign for the army and spoke at rallies, particularly on behalf of the Derby Scheme.
Ahmed Abu Deraa faces a military trial for his reporting on the army campaign in the Sinai peninsula.
The military offensive here did not cause mass destruction or large numbers of civilian deaths, as it had in past campaigns, and the army now has bases all over the valley.
GENEVA — The United Nations Human Rights Council is preparing to vote this week on a resolution that urges Sri Lanka to deliver on its promises to investigate allegations of mass civilian slaughter in the army campaign that crushed a rebel group in May 2009, and expresses growing international concern over a lengthy catalog of continuing atrocities.
Rather than pretend that it will campaign in the wilds of North Waziristan, the Pakistani army should spell out how operationally hard that would be.
On Napoleon's 1798 campaign in Egypt, the expeditionary army was accompanied by the Commission des Sciences et des Arts, a corps of 167 technical experts (savants).
