Musharraf - Pakistan's military taking war to al-Qaeda

From The Star, Pakistan forces attack two militant bases:

Assault comes amid increasing U.S. pressure for crackdown in tribal lands on Afghan border Aug 08, 2007 04:30 AM Bashirullah Khan Associated Press MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan–Government forces attacked two militant bases with helicopter gunships and artillery yesterday in some of the army's toughest action in the lawless Afghan border region since militant attacks began surging last month. Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad said troops targeted a pair of compounds in Daygan, a village about 15 kilometres west of North Waziristan's main town of Miran Shah. Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, a key ally of the United States in its war on terror, is under rising pressure from Washington to crack down on militants based in the tribal area. He told American Senator Richard Durbin in a meeting yesterday in Karachi that comments by senior U.S. officials and would-be presidential candidates about the possibility of unilateral U.S. strikes within the country were "counterproductive and that Pakistan remained resolved to fight terrorism," the foreign ministry said in a statement. "He emphasized that only Pakistan's security forces, which were fully capable of dealing with any situation, would take counterterrorism action inside Pakistani territory," the ministry said.

I'm with Musharraf. He can deal with the violent Islamic terrorists within Pakistan and along the Afghan border. Now when they cross-over into Afghanistan, then their little "terrorist selves" are OURS! And Obama, that would-be presidential canidate would be "you!" demonstrating gravitas...