Afghan-Pak Borderlands: Tempo Up

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Talmud 7:16 as Quoted by Rishon Rishon in 2004
Qohelet Raba, 7:16
אכזרי סוף שנעשה אכזרי במקום רחמן
Kol mi shena`asa rahaman bimqom akhzari Sof shena`asa akhzari bimqom rahaman
All who are made to be compassionate in the place of the cruel In the end are made to be cruel in the place of the compassionate.
More colloquially translated: "Those who are kind to the cruel, in the end will be cruel to the kind."
Online Source: http://www.rishon-rishon.com/archives/044412.php
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September 12, 2008

Afghan-Pak Borderlands: Tempo Up

It's ugly Out There today, and I'm not going to pretty up the news roll call here.

IMHO: the faster events move along the Afghani-Pakistani border and surrounding region, the more quickly militants may be obliged to respond, pick up the pace of their own initiatives, and move, which visibility initiates and feeds combat. Whoever, whatever proves last to feed the fire wins a patch of influence for a while.

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Karzai backs US plan to attack Fata militants

KABUL, Sept 11: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday welcomed a new US “war on terror” focus on Pakistan’s border areas as further deadly violence underscored rampant militancy seven years after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

http://www.dawn.com/2008/09/12/top10.htm

Afghan Taliban Attack US Security Convoy, at Least 15 Dead
By VOA News
12 September 2008
http://voanews.com/english/2008-09-12-voa16.cfm

U.S. firm ambushed again in Afghan south, 8 dead 12 Sep 2008 12:05:31 GMT
Source: Reuters
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL156534.htm

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NYT report reveals US president has authorised FATA raids : Boots on ground: Bush

* US wants to be ‘more assertive’ as FATA terror havens ‘not tolerable’ * American officials say Pakistani govt has ‘privately assented’ to limited ground assaults

By Khalid Hasan
Friday, September 12, 2008
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C09%5C12%5Cstory_12-9-2008_pg1_1

Army targets Swat militants’ hideouts

* Eight killed
* Police constable, daughter shot dead
* Militants blow up telephone exchange, several houses in Kabal tehsil

Friday, September 12, 2008

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C09%5C12%5Cstory_12-9-2008_pg7_1

New attacks on Swat militants; 8 killed
By Hameedullah Khan
Dawn
September 12, 2008
http://www.dawn.com/2008/09/12/top5.htm

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