US Commandos Ready To Conduct Raids Into Pakistan

A 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment Soldier provides overwatch on an
Afghan valley during Operation Verendrye near the Afghan-Pakistan border.

From The Daily Times:

Congressmen say plans for US operations response to Pakistan’s failure to disrupt terrorist training camps and cross-border attacks

WASHINGTON: United States commandos are prepared to stage raids into Pakistan’s loosely governed Tribal Areas to stem mounting Taliban attacks against US troops in Afghanistan and to disrupt resurgent Al Qaeda operatives’ efforts to map strikes against the US, a report published in The Houston Chronicle said on Wednesday.

Congressmen Gene Green, Michael McCaul, and Henry Cuellar, who recently visited Pakistan, told Chronicle in separate interviews that the plans for stepped-up US military operations were a response to Pakistan’s failure to disrupt terrorist training camps and cross-border attacks from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).

The Bush administration is recalibrating US operations in the region because of a 40 percent increase in violent attacks against US-led forces in Afghanistan, that have pushed US casualties for the month of June beyond the monthly toll in Iraq, the lawmakers said.

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More News On Pakistan's Border Regions

Washington backs Afghan hot pursuit into Pakistan -- Times Of India
U.S. may conduct raids into Pakistan -- Houston Chronicle
Karzai’s threat of war called alarming -- Final Call
War Into Pakistan -- Pakistan Uncut

My Comment: This is a major escalation of the war. But there is no debate in Congress. If there is an analogy to this from the past, one will have to go back to the Vietnam War and secret U.S. incursions into Cambodia and Laos. The surprising thing about this story, is that no one is making it a secret.

n the one hand I can understand why Afghan and coalition forces must go after the Taliban in the tribal areas .... Pakistan has completely failed in this enterprise. But what we should have is a clear understanding of why we are going to do this. A lack of public debate will not help our side when the casualties and/or taking of prisoners occurs.