Pakistan Civil War News Updates -- August 22, 2009

Hakimullah Mehsud (New Head Of The Pakistan Taliban) addresses a group of media representatives in November 2008. Photo AFP

Pakistani Extremists In Punjab Seen As Rising Threat -- L.A. Times
Some analysts worry that Pakistan's government and military leaders are paying too little attention to Taliban-linked groups plotting attacks in places other than the volatile northwest.

Reporting from Mian Channu, Pakistan - Villagers on the outskirts of this southern Punjabi city knew that Riaz Ali lived and breathed jihad.

They read the jihad literature he freely passed out. They saw the mullahs regularly meeting at his home, where his sister drilled the Koran into the minds of schoolchildren.

It didn't matter.

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More News On Pakistan

Hakeemullah Mehsud appointed the new leader of Pakistani Taliban -- Long War Journal
Pakistani Taliban say new leader chosen -- AP
Report: Hakimullah new head of Pakistani Taliban -- AP
Pakistani Taliban appoint Mehsud's 'successor' -- AFP
Pakistan Taliban name new chief -- BBC
Pakistani Taliban Appoints Successor to Mehsud -- Voice of America
Pakistani Taliban quiz Mehsud kin over "spying" -- Reuters
U.S. Missiles Strike in Pakistan -- Wall Street Journal
Toll rises in Pakistan drone attack -- Al Jazeera

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