Pakistan Army Linked to Killings in Swat

         Two months ago the Pakistani Army seized power of the Swat Valley from Taliban militants. Since then terror has been spread throughout as people begin to suspect the military is involved in the hundreds of dead bodies dumped in the streets. Society in this region takes a "tit-for-tat" approach to most issues and thus the local government have said that these deaths could be the work of citizens getting revenge against the taliban. However most torture markings and deaths are to similar for people to believe the military has no part in the events, not to mention that the deaths occur in places where the army has a firm control. Despite this the army spokes person acknowleges that the bodies have turned up but denies any involvement of the Pakistani Army. The Human Rights Commission has a different outlook on this as last month "credible reports of retailatory killings by the military" have been made. In some cases witnesses reported seeing mass graves, thus feeding the notion that the military is out to " silence any enthusiasm for the taliban". One family filed a petition for the killing of their son, after being told that he would arrive back the next day, his dead body was on they're doorstep by the next morning. The statement read "There was no place on his body not tortured, nails were hammered into his body and cigarettes burned into the skin."
         I can't believe that people are going to let this go by accepting nothing other than statements from the Pakistani Army, if they are killing hundreds, they aren't going to tell anyone. Pakistan has connections in Washington that were already being questioned by congress. If they wan't to maintain these connections the U.S. should launch some sort of investigation. A regional politition from the area said that these killings would not help bring peace and this is very true I think if it is the army they might stray into the zone where this becomes a war or genocide, especially in times when people are on the alert. Regardless, if the people being killed are members of the Taliban they shoud be locked up but not killed especially since the family of one victim knew that there son wasn't involved and this is most likely the case with many other victims. This style of killing is seen frequently throughout history and it almost always escalates.