Pakistani border guards gesture during the "Beating the Retreat" ceremony at the India and Pakistan joint border check post of Wagah near Lahore, Pakistan on on Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008. The nationalist passions on display at this border checkpoint straddling Pakistan and India are a vivid demonstration of heightened tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals since the Mumbai attacks. AP Photo logo AP Photo 41 months ago

Pakistani border guards gesture during the "Beating the Retreat" ceremony at the India and Pakistan joint border check post of Wagah near Lahore, Pakistan on on Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008. The nationalist passions on display at this border checkpoint straddling Pakistan and India are a vivid demonstration of heightened tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals since the Mumbai attacks.

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