Pakistan

A new caretaker government has been sworn in. An army general said a major offensive in Swat will begin “any time from now.” Thirty were killed in Sunni-Shia sectarian fighting in Parachinar. Jailed TNSM leader Sufi Muhammad has been admitted to a hospital in Peshawar. Musharraf has shut down Geo TV.

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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