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Jun 06 2009

Crushing al Qaeda’s Last Large Sanctuary

The years of determination and diligence in the war against terror may be paying off soon. The Obama administration is beefing up forces in Afghanistan and tightening the border with Pakistan’s tribal areas where al Qaeda has its last large sanctuary. In addition, the Pakistan Army is pushing northward and westward, clearing the NWFP’s Swat […]

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Jan 20 2009

Pakistanis Begin Pincher Move On al Qaeda And Taliban

There appear to be two general areas in Pakistan where al Qaeda and radical Taliban elements have a strong hold. The primary power base for these radical Islamo Fascist groups is Norther and Southern Waziristan Provinces in the Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA). The map above can be clicked on to go to a larger […]

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Sep 08 2008

US Targets Core Of Islamic Extremists In Pakistan’s Tribal Regions

For the past year Pakistan forces have been pushing northward towards their border with Afghanistan executing their version of The Surge – to clear and control regions once infiltrated or controlled by Taliban and their al-Qaeda allies. This has brought fighting into the Swat Valley region of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) where Islamist […]

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Aug 28 2008

Updates From Pakistan/Afghanistan 08_28_08

  I have been collecting up articles on events in our final major front in the war on terror as the Democrat convention has limped along. But today is a good day to do a overview of recent activities to remind ourselves the differences between Bill Clinton and George Bush on the threat of al-Qaeda. […]

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Aug 25 2008

Taliban Beg For Ceasefire, Pakistan Refuses And Bans Taliban

The Taliban have been taking a beating in the tribal areas of Pakistan. The prime offensives have been in the Swat Valley region of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and the Bajaur Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Here is some news from the Swat region describing the pounding the militant Taliban […]

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Aug 18 2008

Pakistan’s Awakening Is Growing As Local Tribes Ally With Government And Hunt Down Militants – Updated!

It does seem that the Pakistan Tribal Awakening is taking root and spreading in the tribal regions of Pakistan known as the FATA and the NWFP. I noted in one post yesterday how tribes in one area of the NWFP province had set up security details and hunted down Taliban militants in their region.   […]

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Aug 16 2008

Pakistan Awakening Also Taking Hold In Kurram Agency Of FATA

    In my previous posts this morning I noted how local Pakistan Tribes had taken up arms and started hunting down Taliban and their al-Qaeda cousins in their districts of Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP). It appears now that the local tribes in the Kurram Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) […]

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Aug 16 2008

Pakistan’s Awakening Is Beginning In The Buner District Of NWFP

Update: It appears there may be an Awakening movement starting in the Kurram Agency of FATA as well. – end update   There has been a very noteworthy event in one of the Districts inside the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan (NWFP). The NWFP is one half of the Tribal Areas of Pakistan that […]

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Aug 09 2008

Pakistan Targets Militants In Tribal Areas

  For the rest of the month I would keep all eyes on Bajaur Agency in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). That is the region that is supposedly one of the prime hideouts of al-Qaeda’s leadership and command central for militant operations in Afghanistan.   I ran across a good review of the forces […]

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Aug 08 2008

Pakistan Nabs 9 Suicide Bombers, And Other Updates From The Region

Here’s some good news on the fight against terrorists in the Pakistan Tribal Areas: Police have arrested nine suspected suicide bombers and seized bombing jackets and explosives in the eastern city of Lahore, officers said. The suspects from the South Waziristan tribal belt bordering Afghanistan had set off to carry out suicide bombings in Lahore […]

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