longwarjournal.org - 10/22/2008
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Map of Swat. Click map to view.
The Taliban conducted a deadly ambush on a paramilitary convoy in the district of Swat in Pakistan's violent Northwest Frontier Province. Fifteen troops were killed and six are still missing after a roadside bomb attack and battle in the ...
mcclatchydc.com - 10/15/2008
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WASHINGTON — A growing al Qaida-backed insurgency, combined
with the Pakistani army's reluctance to launch an all-out...
crackdown, political infighting and energy and food shortages are plunging America's key ally in the war on terror deeper into ...
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New intelligence report says Pakistan is 'on the edge'
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longwarjournal.org - 10/16/2008
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After a relative lull in targeted airstrikes in
Pakistan's tribal areas, the US has launched an attack...
in South Waziristan. Reports from Pakistan indicate at least six were killed and five were wounded after an unmanned Predator strike aircraft ...
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US kills 6 in strike in Baitullah Mehsud's territory
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