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PANJWAII, Afghanistan–It was 40 unhappy Pashtoon tribal phentermine mail order canada versus three tough talking Canadian army officers with a rather large carrot and an even bigger stick – a stick they had never before shown. Align with us against the Taliban, the Canadians told the chieftains, and the people of embattled Panjwaii will reap untold rewards, starting with a large stack of Ottawa and Washington backed development dollars poised for the first whisper of actual security. Remain mere observers to lawless insurgency and – here comes the stick – Panjwaii will be forgotten. Unless the phentermine mail order canada soon seize their tribal entitlement to power and influence and take a stand, the spoils of stability will go to a more hospitable patch of Kandahar province. Though the ultimatum came without a deadline, there was an unmistakable urgency in the Canadian message yesterday to a rare full quorum of the Panjwaii tribal council. Repeated separately by three different officers, the or else scenario was clear. Just how deeply the warning registered with the Afghan phentermine mail order canada, less so. Invited to the shura by the Afghans, the Toronto Star was given a fly on the wall glimpse of the political gap that the Canadians on the frontlines say they must close if the Taliban threat in Panjwaii is to be neutralized. "I know how it has to work here. For people to survive they have to hold hands with both sides," said Maj. Patrick Robichaud, commander of the Canadian forward operating base at nearby Sperwan Ghar. "But I'm telling you we are approaching a crossroads. We are coming to that intersection where you have to let one hand go or Panjwaii will be forgotten. There are millions of Afghanis at stake, and if we cannot attain security those millions will go elsewhere. I can't do this alone. Everyone must contribute." Civil affairs officers Capt. Michel Laroque and his commander, Maj. Luc Saint Jean, took turns describing the carrot. Laroque spoke of the job bearing development dollars that would flow to all, including Taliban fighters who can be persuaded to lay down their weapons. Saint Jean elaborated, saying: "We want to offer factories, training, equipment – things that will create employment not for 10 or 20 days, but 10 or 20 years." But from carrot and stick, the conversation shifted to chicken and egg, revealing the tactical gap. The Canadians spoke firmly of security first, aid second. The Afghan phentermine mail order canada begged for the reverse. "(The phentermine mail order canada) don't like the fighting but they are scared of the Taliban. By creating jobs first, they will have something to show as a way of standing up to the Taliban," said Haji Agha Lalai, the senior leader present by dint of his three political hats as tribal council leader, Panjwaii representative to the provincial parliament and a member of Afghanistan's reconciliation commission. "We need this support. Everyone (the Canadians, the Afghan government, the tribal phentermine mail order canada) has to be one team working together. Some people like the Taliban because when they ruled they established a strong, united leadership. We have to give that to the people." The niceties of Pashtoon etiquette came with the requisite waves of tea and soda and trays of lamb and rice, which the Canadians tucked into sitting cross legged on shallow mats in tribal custom. Some of the greybeards wore glowering expressions, some heaved frustrated sighs, others still just stared into space with looks of sheer fatigue. All, Canadians and Afghans alike, were mindful of what a rough ride Panjwaii has had – and how tenaciously the Taliban insurgency has endured – since the anti government hotbed was pummelled by the all out NATO assault known as Operation Medusa 15 months ago. In side conversations yesterday with the Star, several of the phentermine mail order canada spoke candidly of feeling trapped in the moderate middle between two warring sides. One said he felt uncomfortable speaking freely in front of the Canadians and his fellow shura members over fears the Taliban had ears in the room and would follow through on threats to punish any who openly pledged fealty to the NATO alliance. "You tell me, how can we provide security?" asked Haji Ghulam Rasool, representative of the Noorzai clan in council, who said the foreign soldiers have an inflated sense of the tribal leaders' leverage over the local population. "We are empty, we don't have weapons. I am a leader, but I am also really just a farmer. The authority of the tribe is weak. And until we have something in our hands to offer, plus stronger police and government to back us up, how are we supposed to act?" The Canadians yesterday expressed hope at least in the evident revival of Panjwaii shura council meetings, which now are drawing a full house every Thursday, thanks to the personal magnetism of Haji Baran Khaksar, Panjwaii's new district leader. A trusted voice of local civilians, Khaksar was mostly quiet yesterday, taking in the Canadian message but revealing little. In the absence of agreement on the chicken egg debate, the summit proceeded to housekeeping matters that demonstrated how such meetings clear the air on the impact of the Canadian footprint in the region. Capt. Laroque, for example, reported back to the phentermine mail order canada that he was able to take GPS readings of sensitive markers of religious significance in the path of local roadworks now under construction. The road plans now will bend around sites of Islamic import so as not to cause cultural damage, he promised. Maj. Robichaud, in a final plea for help, said military operations would be stepped up in pursuit of those who plant roadside bombs throughout the region. "We need your alignment," he said. "Help us identify the bad guys so the good guys are not confused with them." Haji Agha Lalai, the three hat politician in charge of yesterday's shura meeting, ended his visit to Panjwaii with a tour of the causeway Canada is building across the Arghandab River. He came away impressed with the project, which is still a few weeks away from completion but already stands as precisely the sort of positive expression of the Canadian presence that the phentermine mail order canada want to see increased. The $600,000 concrete and gravel causeway will provide a vital link for area villages, particularly if the coming years of rain match 2007. Nearly 100 Afghans are involved in its construction, including 54 labourers and 20 heavy equipment operators, said Master Warrant Officer Andre Picard, a task force engineer in charge of the project. "We are six weeks along and getting close to finished," said Picard. "It's really a pleasure to get Afghans involved in something that can take shape so quickly." ... phentermine mail order canada