Pakistan

Security forces killed eight Taliban fighters in Arakzai and two commanders in Swat. The FBI is requesting access to the Times Square bomber’s father, who is a retired Air Force vice air marshal. The leader of Jamaat-i-Islami said Blackwater is behind most terror attacks in Pakistan.

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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