From Press TV:Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari has said the US will continue air raids on militants in the tribal belt near the Afghan border.
In a meeting with tribal elders at the President House in Islamabad on Thursday, Zardari said the government had no other option except air strikes to eliminate the 'high valued targets' in the troubled tribal region, Press TV correspondent reported.
"There is no alternative but to fight militancy because militants wanted to capture political power through use of force to impose their own political agenda in the country which the government would never allow," Zardari said.
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My Comment: This "confession" comes via through Press TV, an Iranian news agency. In public, the Pakistani Government condemns the attacks .... in private .... it is a different story.
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