AMERICA DIDN'T START WITH AN ATTACK ON BERLIN IN WWII:

US focusing on Pak as ground zero of terrorism (CHIDANAND RAJGHATTA, AUGUST 06, 2004, Times of India)

Pakistan is coming sharply into Washington’s crosshairs with the United States finally focusing on a country widely seen as the ground zero of terrorism.

Authorities in Britain and the United States have made a flurry of arrests over the last 48 hours of suspected al-Qaeda elements, all of whose trail leads back to Pakistan.

The Bush administration has also forced Islamabad to crack down on terrorist elements in Pakistan, and the Musharraf’s regime's action in this regard has invited lavish praise from US officials.

Two of the biggest catches came from Britain. One of them, Abu Musa al-Hindi, described by US officials as a major al-Qaeda figure, is suspected of writing surveillance reports on in US financial landmarks that were found in the computers of the Pakistani engineer Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan.

Also held in London on Thursday at the behest of US authorities was Babar Ahmad, a British citizen of Pakistani origin, who is accused of using American web sites to solicit money for terrorist causes.

Both al-Hindi and Ahmad were tracked down with information retrieved from Khan's computers.

You save them for last because even Democrats can't complain about that war.

Posted by Orrin Judd at August 6, 2004 8:18 AM