Pakistan

President Musharraf admits al Qaeda is in Pakistan: “Al -Qaeda is in our mountains, in Mir Ali [North Waziristan]. This is completely true.” The government has pardoned Faqir Mohammed, a self described al Qaeda leader. Tank is under curfew.

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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