Story of a missing MIT graduate (05082008)

MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is one of highly regarded academic institutions of United States of America. Only highly talented and the elite of the American society find a place in this institution, among them was a Muslim lady of Pakistani origin called Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, a neuroscientist by qualification. Aafia Siddiqui went missing five years ago and has not been heard of since. The Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry is still paying the price, being ousted and deposed, for trying to give some hope and justice to people like Aafia Siddiqui and her family.
The plight is not only of Dr. Siddiqui, which is bad enough, but also her three young children who are all American born. No crime has been proven against Aafia and her children, yet they have been made to disappear with the connivance of the Pakistan government (refer to the book In the Line of Fire). A woman and her innocent children are arrested, held captive in inhuman conditions and no one even takes notice! This is how powerful the governments have become, there power completely unbridled and unchecked. After five years, now there is some movement to find out about Aafia and her children.
If the American government and their allies in Pakistan think that actions like this will win them friends then they are sadly mistaken. This is the reason likes of Baitullah Mehsud and Mengal Khan (who sounds more like a character out of an Indian movie) have become popular folk heroes delivering justice where the government has failed. In the Western context this has been known to happen in the United States of America and in Italy where Mafia became too powerful and was challenging the government.
Once people turn to these "folk heroes" they are beholden to them and therefore have no choice but to become part of their band of supporters, thus, the government's failure and heavy handedness produces more recruits for these anti-government elements, most of whom are either on payroll of our own agencies or are on the payroll of foreign agencies.
If highly educated middle class people with the American permanent residency and the nationality, like Dr. Siddiqui and her children are treated worse then criminals, treated like enemy combatants, a term coined by the Bush Administration and not recognised internationally, then what chance the people of the tribal area and Balochistan have against the might of the governments of Pakistan and USA. Therefore, they are making the logical choice of going underground or in the mountains to fight it out rather then being consigned to Guatanamo Bay or Batgram prison.
This problem will not go away and cannot be solved by using brute force, which will only make matters worse. The government has to govern these areas, no matter what the cost is, introduce reforms in the system of the government and spend money on social sectors like health and education to make the presence of the government felt. Mere use of force confirms the belief of many residents in these areas that they are being treated like irate subjects, much the same way British did during their rule. And if they have no stake in the system and if they are not getting anything out of the country then they see no reason to offer sacrifices by remaining part of the country.