Pakistan

A family of six was killed by army artillery fire in Swat. An aide to Maulana Fazlullah was captured in Swat as the army surveys the location for a base in the district. The Taliban bombed a music shop in Peshawar. The military rejected the idea of allowing US attacks in the Northwest Frontier Province. Several analysts believe military operations in the Waziristans will begin now that Orkazai is no longer governor of the NWFP.

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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