US planning military operation in tribal areas says Imran Khan http://www.daily.pk/politics/politicalnews/37-politicalnews/4939-us-planning-military-operation-in-tribal-areas-says-imran-khan.html {EXCERPT} Pakistan Daily, .../politics/politicalnews/37-politicalnews/4939-us-planning-military-operation-in-tribal-areas-says-imran-khan.html War Correspondents/Photo Journalists Discussion...

3 US military choppers seized by Taliban in Pak tribal belt http://www.ptinews.com/pti%%5Cptisite.nsf/0/ED31D5021470DFA76525746C0028CA78?OpenDocument {EXCERPT} Press Trust of India, India Islamabad, June 18 (PTI) Taliban militants in Pakistan's restive tribal belt captured three US military choppers while they were being shipped in a... http://www.ptinews.com/pti%%...

Uncle Sam seeks tribal help to catch Osama Bin Laden http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=130061 {EXCERPT} Merinews, India... have started holding meetings with chieftains of Mamoond tribe in an attempt to catch hold of Osama Bin Laden, Americas most wanted fugitive ever.... http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=130061 Terrorism Concerns Discussion/News/Info Exchange ...

... our most important adaptation. Consequently we ended up with a tribal psychology. Because of this it remains normal for us to ... politics of our own perceived tribe, firstly. Science removes any tribal bias by employing empirically standardized tests. You can bet your ... that any non standardized test is only reflecting some hidden tribal bias. IQ presents a classic case. When we moved ...

Tribal officials assemble fire investigation team AUGUST 4, 2007 ROCKY BOY - At the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, tribal officials are assembling a team to investigate possible arson in four fires. They're also offering a thousand-dollar reward for information leading to a conviction. One of the fires occurred early Tuesday in pine trees near the community of Rocky Boy, and was ...

... Brief: The Bombing of Pakistan's Tribal Area: As the Pakistan army fights ... battles with militants in the restive tribal areas, rocked by a spate of bomb... the jirgaÂ, route of consultation with tribal elders first, (the jirga convenes this ... US could send troops into the tribal areas, she said "the way to ... a safe haven in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). It follows another report ...

...'s recent troop surge in Iraq, tribal leaders throughout this country are turning ...For those officers overseeing the new tribal diplomacy, signs are emerging that Iraq...did not want to build these tribal security forces," Colonel Pinkerton said. ...rising antipathy toward Al Qaeda, the tribal sheikhs in the Sunni regions in...to stop pressuring Bush." Even the tribal leaders in Iraq recognize that the...

...1, 3:46 pm, "Adam" <acleon...@comcast.net> wrote: Is it possible that when Man evolved language, conscious thought, and the ability to store ideas our already existing tribal territorial defense "programming" evolved to cover beliefs? Since "defense of territory" exists in creatures as incapable of evidencing "beliefs" as ant colonies, that's probably just one more example of an...

...> wrote in message news:eptqk3$u6n$1@darwin.ediacara.org... Is it possible that when Man evolved language, conscious thought, and the ability to store ideas our already existing tribal territorial defense "programming" evolved to cover beliefs? The notion that science deals only with -- or even primarily with -- direct, hard, empirical evidence, is an enormously fallacious idea in ...

...that when Man evolved language, conscious thought, and the ability to store ideas our already existing tribal territorial defense "programming" evolved to cover beliefs? I would agree. But I would distinguish between tribalism and communalism. If so, it would certainly explain observed behavior. There seems to be a distinct...