Pakistan

Prime Minister Gilani admitted al Qaeda is in the tribal areas and fears another 9/11 style attack will be launched from there. The Taliban destroyed a Frontier Corps checkpoint in Hangu. Two Hangu tribes formed a lashkar to oppose the Taliban. The wife of Red Mosque cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz is training girls to become suicide bombers.

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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