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| Taliban Pak tribal havens forming cells in urban areas | |
| 2009-12-20 | |
| ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN -- Militants forced to flee their havens in Pakistan's mountainous tribal areas are establishing new, smaller cells in the heart of the country ... U.S. and Pakistani officials say. The spread of fighters is an unintended consequence of a relatively successful effort by the United States and Pakistan to disrupt the insurgents' operations. American and Pakistani officials say the militants' widening reach has added to the challenge for both nations' intelligence, which must now track an insurgent diaspora that can infiltrate Pakistan's teeming cities and blend seamlessly with the local population. A Pakistani intelligence official said the offensive had put militants "on the run" but added: "Now they're all over -- Afghanistan, North Waziristan and inside Pakistan."
Just in North Waziristan, the official said, Pakistani intelligence agencies have lost 30 undercover operatives this year. | |
| Posted by:lord garth |
| #3 #2: Most Taliban are country yokels who are going to stand out in "the big city", so will be easier to finger. The leadership isn't, A-moose, and they're the ones that are the most desired to stop. This is developing quite nicely. Soon, there will be very little opposition to the dissolution of Pakistan and the incorporation of its former territories into Afghanistan (Muslim) and India (Hindu). Another case of British Foreign Office maneuvering that's come back to bite them - hard. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-12-20 13:39 |
| #2 Most Taliban are country yokels who are going to stand out in "the big city", so will be easier to finger. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-12-20 08:49 |
| #1 If the Pakis are kept busy at home, they won't have the energy to sponsor another 911 mass murders spree. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-12-20 00:48 |