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Pakistan's problem, and ours

July 3, 2008

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OVER THE weekend, hundreds of Pakistani paramilitary forces moved into the northwestern city of Peshawar and its outskirts to drive out Islamist militants who had been kidnapping local notables, taking over courts and jails, and imposing their own brand of Taliban-style justice. The fact that Pakistan's Frontier Corps was called on to conduct this operation implies that the coalition government ... (Full article: 594 words)

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