US poised to attack Pakistan extremists

*nhboy* ^(Premo) · 07-10-2008, 06:45 PM

"US commandos are reportedly poised to launch raids against al-Qa'ida and Taliban targets in Pakistan as Washington moves an aircraft carrier into the Arabian Sea.

The redeployment of the Abraham Lincoln and its escort vessels from the Gulf yesterday came after US military intelligence officials recorded an increase in the number of foreign fighters travelling to Pakistan's tribal areas to join with militants.

A US military spokesman told the The New York Times there had been a corresponding drop in the number of foreign fighters entering Iraq -- now less than 40 a month, compared with up to 110 a month one year ago -- and that "the flow may reflect a change that is making Pakistan, not Iraq, the preferred destination for some Sunni extremists from the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia seeking to take up arms against the West".

US poised to attack Pakistan extremists | The Australian

07-10-2008, 06:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
nhboy ^(Premo) Don't Tase Me, Bro! Member Since: Aug 2007 Posts: 4,809	US poised to attack Pakistan extremists "US commandos are reportedly poised to launch raids against al-Qa'ida and Taliban targets in Pakistan as Washington moves an aircraft carrier into the Arabian Sea. The redeployment of the Abraham Lincoln and its escort vessels from the Gulf yesterday came after US military intelligence officials recorded an increase in the number of foreign fighters travelling to Pakistan's tribal areas to join with militants. A US military spokesman told the The New York Times there had been a corresponding drop in the number of foreign fighters entering Iraq -- now less than 40 a month, compared with up to 110 a month one year ago -- and that "the flow may reflect a change that is making Pakistan, not Iraq, the preferred destination for some Sunni extremists from the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia seeking to take up arms against the West". US poised to attack Pakistan extremists \| The Australian __________________ "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it" (Terry Prachett) The Pledge Disabled American Veterans The Marine Defense Fund Medical Aid for Iraqi Children
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