Supporters of Pakistani Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami protest against the military operations and drone attacks in the tribal areas in Karachi, February 22, 2009.(Reuters)From McClatchy Newspapers:
WASHINGTON — Even as the Obama administration launches new drone attacks into Pakistan's remote tribal areas, concerns are growing among U.S. intelligence and military officials that the strikes are bolstering the Islamic insurgency by prompting Islamist radicals to disperse into the country's heartland.
Al Qaida, Taliban and other militants who've been relocating to Pakistan's overcrowded and impoverished cities may be harder to find and stop from staging terrorist attacks, the officials said.
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My Comment: This argument is always being made by some journalist or blogger every few weeks. That by not attacking the enemy, they will leave us alone. Sigh .... who are they kidding.
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