Word: qaeda
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...Pakistani Prime Minister was in Washington Monday promising not to allow Pakistan to become al-Qaeda's new rear base. As everyone knows, it's too late for that - bin Laden and almost every other important terrorist we're after are comfortably holed up there. For the last seven years Bush has begged, cajoled, threatened, and bribed the Pakistanis to do something about al-Qaeda. But nothing has worked...
...Times reported that the CIA has billeted officers in Pakistani military bases in the Northwest Frontier Province looking over the Pakistanis' shoulders to make sure no leads were missed. It was the right thing to do. But, other than a couple of Predator attacks on second- and third-level Qaeda targets, al-Qaeda is still thriving...
...also be fair to Pakistan. If its army moved into the Northwest Frontier Province in force, the odds are good the army as well as the country would crack. All across Pakistan there is grudging sympathy for Pakistan's Taliban, al-Qaeda's host, rebels willing to stand up to the United States. It was not a coincidence that the 9/11 plotters had taken refuge in Pakistan's largest cities, Rawalpindi and Karachi...
...only shrugged his shoulders at Obama's name. "How do you think the al-Qaeda and the Taliban look at the world today? With or without Obama, the fact is the United States turned Iran into a regional superpower when it invaded Afghanistan and Iraq...
...Colonel Imam knew very well there was no complicity with Iran in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. But it does not change the fact that, when it comes to enemies, al-Qaeda and the Taliban put Iran on a par with the United States. Just as they believe Obama will invade Mecca, they are convinced there is a dark conspiracy against them...