An interesting article on the likely reaction of the Mehsud tribe, who dominate South Waziristan, which is based on interviews with refugees (no-one is embedded with the Pakistani Army IIRC): http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...tribesmen.html

One telling passage reminds us of the previous 'Go,Stop' policy:
Three times in the past, the army has agreed a ceasefire and peace terms with the Taliban in South Waziristan. Each time, the Taliban took bloody revenge on those who had sided with the state. Mehsuds remember bitterly how in 2005, following such a deal, a Pakistani army general literally embraced the then Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, and called him "a soldier of peace".
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