UK eyes Pakistan with new strategy against terrorism

There are many countries, especially in the former colonial world, that are failing because of randomly drawn borders. These borders divided ethnic groups and families, clans and tribes.

I have talked many times about the need to erase all borders in Africa and other areas that were colonized, like India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, and allow these countries to rework the borders into the ways they need to. Allow the tribes and clans to negotiate and reclaim the territory they feel they need.

This might lead to short term violence as things get resettled, but it should lead to less violence in the long run as the new borders become satisfactory. Not that they will ever be perfect.

Reduce countries back to city-states for a while and see who befriends whom.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\25\story_25-3-2009_pg1_1

LONDON: Britain faces an increased threat of a chemical or even nuclear terrorist attack, officials said on Tuesday, highlighting the risks from extremists in Pakistan and Somalia.

Unveiling a new counter-terrorism strategy, they said the Al Qaeda network was becoming weaker, but warned its ideology would survive and of the growing threat from 'self-starting' militants, and of attacks using chemical, biological or atomic weapons. "There is the potential (for such an attack), given the international situation, what we believe to be the aspirations of some international terrorists," said Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.

Solution: "We need to tackle the causes of terrorism. We need to get in early to prevent people actually supporting violent extremism or supporting terrorism," Jacqui told BBC radio.

The 174-page strategy, the first unclassified document including an official assessment of the terror threat facing Britain, outlines the history of the threat and forecasts of how it will evolve. A senior Interior Ministry official highlighted threats posed notably by Pakistan and Somalia, as well as Yemen and countries in sub-Saharan Africa, which he said were problematic because of their relative instability.