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Cleric action imperils Pakistan peace deal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 By ZARAR KHAN,Associated Press Writer AP - Friday, April 10
ISLAMABAD - A hard-line cleric who negotiated a peace accord that halted fighting between the Taliban and security forces in northwest Pakistan said Thursday he is leaving the region to protest the government's failure to impose Islamic law.
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The announcement casts serious doubt on the durability of a cease-fire in the Swat valley that critics, including U.S. officials, worry will create another sanctuary for allies of al-Qaida less than 100 miles (161 kilometers) from the capital, Islamabad.
Imposing Islamic law in Swat was the key plank of an accord worked out in February between the provincial government and Sufi Muhammad, an Islamic cleric who once led thousands of volunteers to fight U.S. forces in Afghanistan but has since renounced violence.
Thanks in part to Muhammad's mediation, the agreement ended 18 months of terror and bloody clashes that left hundreds dead and forced up to one-third of the previously prosperous valley's 1.5 million residents to flee.
But the militants have retained their arms and this week pushed into a neighboring area.
President Asif Ali Zardari has said he will only sign an order introducing Islamic law in the region once peace has been restored _ without saying how that would be determined. Zardari aides did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Muhammad, who had been camped out in the valley's main town of Mingora with hundreds of black-turbaned supporters, said they were leaving to protest Zardari's "negative attitude."
"From now on, President Zardari will be responsible for any situation in Swat," the white-bearded cleric told reporters. "The provincial government is sincere and our agreement with the provincial government is intact, but we are ending our peace camp."
 
 
 
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