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WANA, Pakistan – In Pakistan's wild country along the Afghan border, al-Qaeda fugitives and homegrown Islamic extremists are teaming up to confront Pakistan's government and its U.S. allies. Pakistanis and Afghans familiar with extremist organizations say their aim is to punish President Pervez Musharraf for abandoning the Afghan Taliban and banning several militant groups in Pakistan in connection with the U.S.-led war on terrorism. Police fear the kidnapping and slaying of Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl and the March 17 grenade attack on an Islamabad church attended by foreigners may be examples of what the extremists have in store....