Pakistan plans "all-out war on militants"

This is one to watch. If Pervez Musharraf is serious, and can get sufficient support from the military, we can expect to see some real fireworks in Pakistan. The ISI will have to be reeled in or they will continue to provide intelligence information to the Taliban. It’s not going to be easy or quick. The Pakistani front is going to be just as important as the Iraqi front.
FROM JIHADWATCH.ORG:
October 19, 2007
Pakistan plans "all-out war on militants"
That would be most welcome progress, if it materializes. "Pakistan plans all-out war on militants," by Syed Saleem Shahzad for Asia Times:
An all-out battle for control of Pakistan's restive North and South Waziristan is about to commence between the Pakistani military and the Taliban and al-Qaeda adherents who have made these tribal areas their own.
According to a top Pakistani security official who spoke to Asia Times Online on condition of anonymity, the goal this time is to pacify the Waziristans once and for all. All previous military operations - usually spurred by intelligence provided by the Western coalition - have had limited objectives, aimed at specific bases or sanctuaries or blocking the cross-border movement of guerrillas. Now the military is going for broke to break the back of the Taliban and a-Qaeda in Pakistan and reclaim the entire area.
The fighting that erupted two weeks ago, and that has continued with bombing raids against guerrilla bases in North Waziristan - turning thousands of families into refugees and killing more people than any India-Pakistan war in the past 60 years - is but a precursor of the bloodiest battle that is coming.
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