Thousands of young Waziris and Mehsud tribal youths happily accepted the command of al-Qaeda leaders

The United States and its allies cannot allow to exist a haven behind national borders as if this war was between the nation states of the 18th century, unless, of course we have decided losing is without danger.

ASIA TIMES:KARACHI - Once again, fingers are being pointed at Pakistan over terror suspects being trained in the country. Men linked to the July 7, 2005, attacks on the London transport system, and others in separate incidents, have been said to have ties to Pakistan, and on Wednesday German prosecutors stated that three men they had arrested on suspicion of planning "massive" attacks in the country had trained at camps in Pakistan.

Two of the men are German nationals who have convertedwhile the third is Turkish. German officials said they belonged to a cell of the Sunni Islamic Jihad Union, an al-Qaeda-linked group that is believed to be an offshoot of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, which was active in Afghanistan. Its leader, Tahir Yuldashev, is based in Pakistan.

It is entirely possible that the men trained in Pakistan, in which case their teacher would have been al-Qaeda commander Abu Hanifah, who has a base in the town of Mir Ali in the North Waziristan tribal area.

For the record, the Pushtu and their allied tribes are the enemies of the people of the United States and ALL WE HAVE EVER STOOD FOR.

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