Pakistan

A suicide bomber killed nine civilians and three policemen in Dera Ismail Khan. The US sent National Security Advisor Jones and CIA Director Panetta to Pakistan to discuss intelligence related to the failed Times Square bombing. The Punjab Home Department claimed the Taliban issued a death threat to Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Hafiz Saeed.

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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