Al-Qaeda is thriving in Pakistan, thanks to an ill-advised ceasefire deal that Pervez Musharraf cut with tribal leaders in 2006.(THE WEEK)(Brief article)
From: National Review
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Date: 8/13/2007
Al-Qaeda is thriving in Pakistan, thanks to an ill-advised ceasefire deal that Pervez Musharraf cut with tribal leaders in 2006. The Pakistani army ceased military operations in exchange for a promise that militants would stop incursions into Afghanistan. But the deal was not enforced against the militants. Musharraf seems finally to have realized, in the wake of the Red Mosque battle in Islamabad, that he was had. The U.S. should push Musharraf to meet al-Qaeda's challenge with ...
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