"US drone attacks are believed to have been largely on target, hitting Taleban and al-Qaeda hideouts in the north-western Waziristan tribal region."
/Keeping the pressure on right up til January.
Well, there goes another wedding reception, ruined by the indiscriminate murder of seven innocent women and children by the sadistic Americans.
I have mixed feelings about strikes in Pakistan and Syria. Fighting terrorism is one thing. Violating the borders of other, uninvolved (I know, I know...) countries could in principle be a medicine that causes more trouble than the problem itself (Pakistan is a nuclear power and is having sort of a permanent standoff with India anyway, so in a state of super-alertness).
If anyone has a valuable analysis on offer they are welcome, of course.
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That's 3:00 AM - Darkness provides no protection to these cockroaches...