Muslim nations react to President Obama´s Cairo speech

Fri, 06/05/2009 - 14:07
  • Year: 2009
  • Length: 5:52 minutes (5.37 MB)
  • Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)

Pakistan´s army says it has arrested six senior aides of radical cleric Sufi Muhhamad, whose son in law commands Taliban forces in the Swat valley. This follows a suicide bombing during Friday prayers at a mosque in the Upper Dir district which killed dozens.

Dir is the hometown of Islamic leader, Maulana Sufi, who brokered a ceasefire in the neighboring Swat valley between Pakistan´s army and the Taliban.  But intense fighting began shortly after, when the pact fell apart. Since then an estimated 3 million have fled the violence and left their homes and are now living in camps for internally displaced people.Under these circumstances many in Pakistan – and in the region - listened to President Barack Obama´s speech in Cairo.

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