Pakistan

Lal Masjid leader Ghazi Abdul Rashid said he backs Chief Justice Chaudhry and believes the crisis will lead to the Talibanization of Pakistan – which is his goal. Villagers in Landi Kotal assaulted polio vaccinators after their imam told them vaccinations are against Islam. Elelven of the 15 members of the Waziristan “peace committee” resigned in protest of the attack on an al Aaeda camp.

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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