I’m not saying this is bad news —it’s great. But many times the Pakistan Army and the ISI have proven remarkably adept at satifying US ambitions to juuuuus the extent that qualifies them to earn Uncle Sugar’s larges$e.
Let’s see if they keep the pressure up, OK? And let’s look REALLY carefully at the body count —we need tangible results, not smoke and mirrors and flamboyant half-measures...
Pakistani Taliban commander Hakimullah Mehsud. Pakistan's army said it had captured Mehsud's hometown after fierce fighting as it pressed a major offensive against the Islamists into a second week. (AFP/File/A Majeed)
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Handout picture from Inter Services Public Relations shows Pakistani troops at a check point in Shingwari. The Pakistani military has captured the hometown of Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud in the country's South Waziristan tribal belt, security sources said on Saturday (AFP/ISPR/File)