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...problem for newly elected President Asif Ali Zardari is that preventing terrorism while maintaining ties with Washington means reconciling a growing number of contradictions. American impatience with Pakistan's faltering campaign against militants on the nation's Afghan border has led U.S. forces to launch raids into Pakistani territory--raids that Zardari believes will alienate border tribes, sour relations with Pakistan's mercurial army and anger the public. The paradox is beginning to turn nasty. Two days after the bombing, U.S. helicopters seeking to cross the border were repulsed by gunfire from Pakistani troops and local tribesmen...
...Hizballah in July 2006. Lebanon was clearly on the minds of Israel's military planners. Even as Hamas targets were pounded in Gaza, Israeli jets flew low-level saber-rattling sorties over southern Lebanon, a warning to militants not to launch reprisal attacks along Israel's volatile northern border. (See pictures from Israel's 2006 war in Lebanon...
...clear skies have also afforded ordinary Israeli citizens a chance to watch the onslaught - and applaud. At noon Sunday two Israeli Apache combat helicopters hovered in the air two miles east of Sderot, an Israeli town less than four miles from the border with the Hamas-ruled Gaza strip. Below the choppers, a dozen Israeli spectators perched on a hilltop watched with anticipation. A minute went by and the first Apache fired a Hellfire missile, which went rumbling into the Palestinian side of the border. A few seconds later the crowd broke into cheers at the resulting sight: somewhere between...
...slogans. These were the supporters of the late Benazir Bhutto, who converged on the former Prime Minister's grave in the southern province of Sindh on Saturday to mark the first anniversary of her assassination. The other large mass movement was composed of Pakistani troops fanning out along the border with India - many reportedly abandoning their positions near the Afghan border - as the drumbeat of potential war between the two nuclear-armed South Asian countries grew louder. And as soldiers and the political faithful took their positions, mourning, anxiety and a measure of defiance merged. For chaotic, crisis-racked Pakistan...
Pakistani military and government officials insist that the movement of soldiers was a response to India's own buildup of troops along the border. Indian air force jets allegedly crossed briefly into Pakistani airspace two weeks ago. Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistan's Foreign Minister, says that while Pakistan is committed to "pursuing a policy of defusing tensions," it cannot "remain oblivious to certain developments that are taking place - on the ground and in the air." "Unfortunately, there has been a lot of jingoism and irresponsible behavior. It has caused a lot of concern in Pakistan and among our neighbors," Qureshi...