Al Qaeda has sent negotiators to secure a truce between the Uzbeks and Taliban in South Waziristan. The Binori Town madrassa in Karachi welcomes the Lal Masjid’s imposition of sharia in Islamabad. Lal Masjid’s leader threatened a wave of suicide attacks “if the government impedes the enforcement of the Sharia.” The Islamist MMA will not denounce the actions of the LAl Masjid. Sunni-Shia fighting in the Kurram tribal agency left 40 killed and up to 70 wounded.
