Monday, November 17, 2008

A Hard Place

We smashed up al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Iraq, and smashed up their global reputation for defending Moslems with daring terrorism.

Is the last jihad on?

Pakistan has become ground zero for the war on terror. U.S. and Pakistani officials are admitting that the Pushtun tribal areas along the Afghan border area are where al Qaeda and the Taliban have concentrated for a do-or-die battle. The Pakistani army, and pro-government tribes, have been attacking the Taliban tribesmen for five months now, and appear ready to keep it up into the Winter. In response, the Islamic terrorists have tried to stir things up in the cities, especially the largest city in the tribal territories; Peshawar. This is having no effect on the continuing offensive against the Taliban.


I've speculated that this would be the case.

Will Afghanistan be the anvil against which al Qaeda is smashed as a global force?