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    We are determined to defeat terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.” This came five months after Pakistan’s current president, Asif Ali Zardari, declared: "I will work to defeat the domestic Taliban insurgency and to ensure that Pakistani territory is not used to launch terrorist attacks on our neighbors or on NATO forces in Afghanistan." That recalled what his predecessor, General Pervez Musharraf, said in August 2007: “I firmly believe that terrorist elements and foreign militants must be dealt with a strong hand.” He said this five months after his late rival, Benazir Bhutto, warned presciently: “The Taliban have actually established a mini-state in the tribal areas of Pakistan. Full Article at Human Events Online
    I will work to defeat the domestic Taliban insurgency and to ensure that Pakistani territory is not used to launch terrorist attacks on our neighbors or on NATO forces in Afghanistan.
    Asif Ali Zardari – Asif Ali Zardari SOURCE: Human Events Online 3 weeks ago
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Pakistan Defeats the Taliban Again
  1. Pakistan’s armed forces hope to rout Taliban militants in the rugged mountainous region along the border with Afghanistan before winter sets in by late December.
    SOURCE: Human Events Online 3 weeks ago
  2. We have suffered casualties. We have suffered about 600 dead. Now if you think that we are suffering dead by not doing any thing, or not doing enough, then we are not seeing reality.
    SOURCE: Human Events Online 3 weeks ago
  3. Pakistan is willing to work with the American administration to fight extremism and terrorism. We are determined to defeat terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.
    SOURCE: Human Events Online 3 weeks ago
  4. The resistance that we were expecting initially did not come with the same swiftness we were expecting.
    SOURCE: Human Events Online 3 weeks ago
  5. Troops will remain in the region until peace is ensured and all the displaced people return home.
    SOURCE: Human Events Online 3 weeks ago
  6. We will fight a war against this danger to protect our independence and we will defeat it at every level.
    SOURCE: Human Events Online 3 weeks ago
  7. The Taliban have actually established a mini-state in the tribal areas of Pakistan. My fear is that if these forces are not stopped in 2007, they are going to try to take on the state of Pakistan itself.
    SOURCE: Human Events Online 3 weeks ago
  8. The operation against the terrorists is progressing very successfully and those who destroyed the peace of the nation are fleeing in disguise
    SOURCE: Human Events Online 3 weeks ago
  9. The operation so far has been very successful
    SOURCE: Human Events Online 3 weeks ago

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