Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Captured battle plan shows strength and training of Taleban forces


Tang Khata, Bajaur - The map tells a war story of its own. Sketched by a Taleban commander, it is of a stretch of territory fought over in Bajaur between the Pakistani Army and the insurgents. The ground has been neatly divided into specific areas of responsibility for different Taleban units. (Snip) ''If I were going to pick the next attack to hit the United States, it would come out of Fata,'' Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said recently.

Fata, that's Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Terrorist wannabes from all over the world flock there as long as the Taliban and al Qaeda aren't dislodged and destroyed. The worry is that some might have already left and formed trained cells to carry out missions in the West.

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