Taliban's 'Extensive Links' Into Punjab Threaten Pakistan's Stability

nytimes.com:

DERA GHAZI KHAN, Pakistan -- Taliban insurgents are teaming up with local militant groups to make inroads in Punjab, the province that is home to more than half of Pakistanis, reinvigorating an alliance that Pakistani and American authorities say poses a serious risk to the stability of the country.

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[FrozenNorthObserver]

02:49 PM on 04/14/2009

Drone attacks that have only killed 14 bad guys at the cost of killing 762 civilians and have displaced in some estimates over 1 million people are a dream come true for the Tali's. The same indisciminate tactics have lost Afghanistan but in true US form they have learned nothing and are now doing the same thing to a nuclear power. US military stupidity is boundless. Mind you most of the same Bushy generals have still been left in charge so not much of a surprise. It's looking like O wants a war of his very own instead of the hand me down ones he has now.

"As American drone attacks disrupt strongholds of the Taliban and Al Qaeda in the tribal areas, the insurgents are striking deeper into Pakistan — both in retaliation and in search of new havens."

“It’s going from bad to worse,” said a senior police official in Dera Ghazi Khan. “They are now more active. These are the facts.”