From Seattle PI:ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistani helicopter gunships engaged in a bitter offensive against militants in a northwest tribal region struck targets in a neighboring area Sunday, a sign that the conflict may be widening to other parts of the rugged zone bordering Afghanistan.
Elsewhere in the northwest, Pakistani officials confirmed the temporary suspension of oil tankers and trucks carrying sealed containers from using the Khyber Pass, a move that put pressure on a vital supply line for U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.
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My Comment: This is a major escalation in the war. This is also an area that once had high-valued Al Qaeda suspects. It is winter right now in the mountains .... the suffering for the civilian populations must be horrible.