The Taliban-supporting MMA political party organized rallies nationwide to protest the Lal Masjid assault. Troops have begun to patrol in Battagram and Swat, and an army brigade was deployed to Tank. The TNSM is enforcing a Friday holiday in Bajaur, while three pro-government tribal leaders were murdered in North Waziristan. Police arrested three “militants” in possession of a bomb-laden car and suicide vests.
