Suicide Bomber kills 18 Pakistani Soldiers

The new Iraq. The question is, as things continue to deteriorate and it looks like the collapse of Pakistan to the Islamic fundamentalists, will Bush intervene militarily? Pakistan is vital to the "war on terror." This is why they have supported an unpopular military dictator in that country. He was paid off to join in the war on the Taliban (the same Taliban Pakistani intelligence helped put into power in Afghanistan) and now is on the verge of being overthrown. Are you listening, CIA? If Musharaf falls, ball game over. al Qaeda will have won, since Pakistan is the home of Bin Laden and his terror group, and where most terror training and preparation goes on:

Islamic militants launched a deadly suicide attack, detonated a roadside bomb and fired rockets in Saturday as thousands of Pakistani troops deployed to the northwestern frontier to thwart the launch of a holy war, officials said.

The escalating violence along the rugged Afghanistan border, a haven for local and foreign extremists, follows the government’s bloody attack on Islamabad’s Red Mosque which sparked calls for revenge from radical groups.

The new Afghanistan:

Maulana Fazlullah, a radical cleric who has close links to the outlawed Movement for the Enforcement of Islamic Law, has told supporters to prepare for jihad against President Gen. Pervez Musharaff for the assault, the official said.

[...]Fazlullah has pressed for Taliban-style rule in Pakistan — much like the leaders of the Red Mosque.