Pakistan to launch operation in N. Waziristan: report

[Viking 1]

Source: Reuters

Pakistan has decided to launch an air and ground military offensive in North Waziristan, the main sanctuary for al Qaeda and Taliban on the border with Afghanistan, a newspaper reported on Monday.

The United States has long demanded that Pakistan launch an offensive in the region to hunt down the Haqqani network, one of the deadliest Afghan militant factions fighting American troops in Afghanistan.

Pakistan has been reluctant, but has come under intense U.S. pressure to attack militancy after it was discovered that Osama bin Laden had been living there.

The News newspaper quoted unnamed "highly placed sources" as saying Pakistani airforce planes would soften up militant targets under the "targeted military offensive" before ground operations were launched.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/30/us-pakistan-waziristan-idUSTRE74T0BP20110530

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Yeah. Right. :eyes:

[SkyDaddy7]

1. I for one wish they would...

Because if they do that will be one more reason for us not to be there. Pakistan must realize their main threat is not India it is the Taliban.