Wednesday, June 27, 2012

The Taliban's Ban On Polio Vaccinations In Pakistan Risks The Health Of Thousands Of Children


Pakistan Militants' War With CIA May Raise Children's Polio Risk -- L.A. Times

A phony CIA vaccination program used to help track down Osama bin Laden leads militant leaders to ban a polio vaccination campaign in Pakistan's Waziristan regions.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan— The war between the CIA and Pakistani militant groups threatens to produce an unlikely casualty: thousands of children who are being denied polio vaccinations in one of the few places on Earth where the disease is still a menace.

A phony inoculation program orchestrated by the CIA last year to help it track down Osama bin Laden bolstered long-standing claims by hard-line clerics that vaccination campaigns are a Western plot against Pakistanis.

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My Comment: More proof that the Pakistan government has no authority or influence in it's own territories.

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