A crowd of supporters gather around pro-Taliban cleric Sufi Muhammad as he arrives in Mingora to negotiate with the Taliban in the battle-scarred Swat Valley , Pakistan on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009. Sufi Muhammad arrived in a caravan of some 300 vehicles in Swat's main city of Mingora Tuesday a day after he struck the truce, which a U.S. defense official called "negative."
AP Photoby Sherin Zada
A crowd gathers in Mingora, a city in the troubled Swat valley, Pakistan on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009. Pro-Taliban cleric Sufi Muhammad arrived in a caravan of some 300 vehicles in Swat's main city of Mingora Tuesday a day after he struck the truce, which a U.S. defense official called "negative."
AP Photo by Sherin Zada
A crowd gathers to welcome their leaders and cleric, in Mingora, outskirts of Swat valley, February 17, 2009. Pakistan has gambled that an offer to introduce Islamic law to parts of the northwest will bring peace to the troubled Swat valley, but analysts fear any lull won't last long and appeasement will embolden the Taliban.
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