Waziristan is no haven ...."We have spies all along the border who tell us about the U.S. patrols. We also have spies inside their military bases"

Clean it out. It's time to win.

The situation in the tribal areas is getting worse by the day. For proof, in a recent interview published by the Swiss daily Le Temps, Rashid Shah, a Taliban leader in Pakistan's north-west region of Waziristan, stated:

"It is impossible to stop us. We have spies all along the border who tell us about the U.S. patrols. We also have spies inside their military bases. As soon as an operation is in the works, we know about it. Most of the time we immediately take off to attack the convoys.

"We don't need money," he continued. "We have some. The population directly finances our war effort. And we also get grants from countries such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

You know, CITIBANK's profits will now be financing the Taliban. Hey, employees at Citigroup, how do you like working for the men who killed your buds in lower manhattan?

They give money to our Koranic schools. Lots of money; which allows us to buy weapons. What we want is to liberate Afghanistan from Americans. And then we will liberate our country of pro-U.S. governments, such as Musharraf's."

The tribal areas of the NW territories, and the Islamic Emirate of Waziristan is a nation worth KILLING. Let themworry about FEEDING THEIR CHILDREN TOMORROW instead of killing American servicemen and women, and getting their hands on Paki nukes.

Most of the fighting is left to the Frontier Corps, a paramilitary group created during the British era. They are Pashtun militias responsible for protecting the border area where the Pakistani army was historically forbidden. In 2004, the United States asked them to deploy against the Islamist fighters holed up in the zone.

But the corps does not seriously fight the Taliban. Testimonies of Frontier Corps troops reveal that insurgents freely cross the border to fight the jihad in Afghanistan and return without hindrance. Furthermore, the populations house and feed them. Numerous locals actually join the underground. Also, Pakistani soldiers sometimes provide medical treatment when they return injured.

We are not serious in this thing.

The enemy is there.

Kill them.

Kill the Taliban and the IRGC and the rest will run for cover.

All else is folly and will lead to disaster.