[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

a ‘mega-sanctuary’

We need more Predators....

[Straight Vermonter]

Khar (right side of the map) is the main town mentioned in the article. Gorparai (on the left of the map) is where the infamous check point incident happened back in June. The red circle marks Damadola. The US launched a predator attack trying to get Zawahiri there in 2006. There have been several other predator attacks there since.

This is a hot area.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Ernest. Lookie, some spin!

> a bloody push against the Taliban and al-Qaida that has *claimed 95 civilian lives*, the military said Saturday.

...looks like the Pak attack has been in response to the continued attacks on areas controlled by NGOs (terrorists), as if that violates Pak sovereignty.

> U.S. officials praised the operation, saying it had helped reduce violence on the Afghan side of the border. However, there has been no halt to the regular American missile strikes on suspected militants hideouts in other parts of Pakistan’s wild frontier region, despite Islamabad’s protests the attacks violate its sovereignty.

Bin Laden to come up with book on al-Qaeda
The News | 2030 PST, Friday, October 24, 2008 | staff
Posted on 10/25/2008 10:02:54 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2115053/posts

[elhombrelibre]

Ping - progress against al Qaeda in Pakistan ping.