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To: RetiredNow who wrote (8610)	5/28/2009 6:44:44 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

Now Obama has hit the Taliban so hard that they have fled into Pakistan and started a war there. Then Obama has coordinated with Pakistan to hit them back. They are now between a hammer and an anvil. You need to pay a bit more attention to current events. The Taliban fleeing to Pakistan is nothing new - goes back to 2001. They have not recently fled into Pakistan as you think. As far as the war between the Taliban and Pakistani govt forces that is not a new development associated with the Obama administration either. The War in North-West Pakistan is an armed conflict between the Pakistani Army and Islamist militants made up by local tribesmen, the Taliban and foreign extremists.[22][23][24] It began in 2004 when tensions rooted in the Pakistani Army's search for al-Qaeda members in Pakistan's mountainous Waziristan area (in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas) escalated into armed resistance by local tribesmen. Clashes erupted between the Pakistani troops and al-Qaeda's and other militants joined by local rebels and pro-Taliban forces. The Pakistani actions were presented as a part of the War on Terrorism, and had connections to the war and Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan.[25][26] To date, the Pakistani military has won nearly every battle against the militants. However, militancy still remains strong in various parts of the North West Frontier Province. As of 2009, the Pakistan Army and the Frontier Corps are currently being trained up in counter-insurgency warfare by the US and British Governments.[27] Since the conflict began, Pakistan has lost more than three times the number of its soldiers compared to the number of US troops killed in Afghanistan. However, as of 2009, the confirmed bodycount of militants killed by the Pakistan Army reached the 7,000 mark.[28] July 2002: Initial troop movements In July 2002, Pakistani troops entered the Tirah Valley in the Khyber Agency for the first time since Pakistan independence in 1947. They proceeded to move into the Shawal Valley of North Waziristan, and later South Waziristan. This was made possible after long negotiations with various tribes, who reluctantly agreed to allow the military's presence on the assurance that it would bring in funds and development work. However, once the military action started in South Waziristan a number of Waziri sub-tribes viewed the action as an attempt to subjugate them. As attempts to persuade them to hand over the foreign militants failed, and missteps by the authorities increased feelings of ill-will, the security campaign against suspected al-Qaeda militants turned into an undeclared war in 2004 between the Pakistani military and the rebel tribesmen. .... 2004: Fighting breaks out Main article: Battle of Wana In March 2004, heavy fighting broke out at Azam Warsak, near the South Waziristan town of Wana. Pakistani troops faced an estimated 400 militants holed up in several fortified settlements. It was speculated at the time that Osama bin Laden's deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri was among those trapped by the Pakistani Army, but he either escaped or was never among these fighters. .... en.wikipedia.org There's much more. You guys really need to wake up. You should educate yourself before saying ignorant things like that. Where do liberals get their misinformation?