Pakistan continues crackdown on "miscreants"

MIRANSHAH: The security forces backed by artillery and helicopter gunships killed at least 10 miscreants in a fresh operation in a militant stronghold near the Afghan border Tuesday, the military said. Eight others were injured in the operation.

The government forces targeted an area near Miranshah, the main town in tribal North Waziristan, chief military spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad said.
(The News)

Pakistan doesn't have a Western-style free press, so far as I'm aware. I get a bit of a kick out of seeing the radicals termed "miscreants" in a news story.

This flare-up in Pakistan is comparable in importance to the Iraq war. Unless you're Barack Obama, in which case Iraq is meaningless and we need to send U.S. troops into Pakistan.

A bad day for Islamist "miscreants"

MIRANSHAH: Pakistan troops backed by helicopter gunships killed at least 10 miscreants in a five-hour battle in North Waziristan on Tuesday.
(The News)

President Musharraf is keeping the heat on the Talibanesque rebels, but he has run into a complication regarding his attempt to enhance the unity of Pakistan's government.

Musharraf forged an alliance with Pakistan People's Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto in an attempt to solidify his government as it pursues, but Bhutto threw a spanner in the works when she insisted on an early show of good faith by Musharraf: She insisted that he divest himself of his military uniform as long as he acts as president.

Musharraf's position as the head of the military accounts for much of his job security.

"Miscreants" keep up terror strikes in Pakistan

Pakistan's conflict with radical Islamist factions keeps heating up.

How long before the US Congress calls for Pakistan to withdraw its troops?

clipped from www.thenews.com.pk BANU: Bannu City came under rocket attacks by unidentified miscreants; the total casualties so far are being said to be 50.