A Pakistani tribesman stands outside a house damaged in heavy fighting between paramilitary forces and militants near Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan. Helicopter gunships pounded suspected Taliban and Al-Qaeda hideouts in northern Pakistan, as the United States called for even greater efforts in the battle against the militants.(AFP/Thir Khan)
Looks like we’re playing to win finally....good news.
The new Pakistani raid came two days after a helicopter strike killed at least 13 militants in Waziristan, and while tribal leaders from Afghanistan and Pakistan meet in Kabul to discuss Islamic militant violence in the region.
However elders from North and South Waziristan, two of Pakistan’s seven tribal regions along the Afghan border, are boycotting the “peace jirga”.
The strike also came as US President George W. Bush again urged Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to do more to track down Al-Qaeda leaders hiding in the tribal regions.
“I have made it clear to him that I expect that there be full cooperation in sharing intelligence” and “swift action” against Al-Qaeda inside Pakistan if solid intelligence emerges about their whereabouts, Bush said Thursday.
Seems to me the radical Islamists are getting their asses kicked just about everywhere they wanted to hide in the Middle-East.
Turbin Durbin must be choked up with emotion...
On July 15 pro-Taliban militants in Waziristan tore up a peace deal with government forces, further fuelling the violence. The seven northern tribal areas have been largely outside of the control of Islamabad ever since Pakistan was founded 60 years ago, and the military's attempts to hunt down foreign militants have been fiercely resisted by the Pashtun tribes.This is gonna leave a mark. :') Thanks Ernest.