WHAT CHOICE DOES HE HAVE?

Pakistan says top militants among 1,000 dead (AFP, 9/26/08)

Pakistan has said that troops have killed 1,000 Islamist militants in a huge offensive, a day after President Asif Ali Zardari lashed out at the US over a clash on the Afghan border.

Five top Al-Qaeda and Taliban commanders were among the dead in a month-long operation in Bajaur district, currently the most troubled of Pakistan's unstable tribal areas close to the porous frontier, a top official said on Friday.

The clashes force Zardari to fight them.

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 26, 2008 6:31 AM