Pakistan

Police discovered armed mortar shells near the convention center in Islamabad. Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud denies being behind the wave of suicide attacks. Pakistan is investigating a purported NATO incursion inside its borders. The border mining plan has been canceled.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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