the new AQ base of operation in waziristan is a target if the pakis really lose control of this area. It would be a manuver from afghanistan on one side, and pakistan on the other.
The AQ would be crushed.
Gen murshariff would fill that roll very nicely.
"Gen murshariff would fill that roll very nicely."
Musharraf would likely be deposed should he even consider something like that. If such an assault were to occur, it would not be with the aquiescence, or assistance, of the Pakistani military.
Pakistan has abdicated operational control of the tribal areas:
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=442260&TextPage=1