Pakistan Civil War News Updates -- July 2, 2009

Pakistan’s Assault on Taliban May Not Meet U.S. Goals -- Bloomberg

Pakistan’s assault on the country’s biggest Taliban stronghold may end in disappointment for the Obama administration, which has pushed the army to escalate the fight and restore a measure of government control in the region.

U.S. officials “worry Pakistan may be biting off too much” by attacking Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud in the mountains of South Waziristan before defeating militants in the less-remote Swat Valley, said Daniel Markey, South Asia specialist at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington.

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More News On Pakistan's Civil War

Bombs against Pakistan police, govt workers kill 8 -- Yahoo News/AP
Suicide Bomber Targets Government Workers in Pakistan -- Washington Post
Deadly Pakistan motorbike bomb hits Rawalpindi -- AFP
Deadly Pakistan motorbike bomb hits Rawalpindi -- AFP
Pakistan moves troops to Afghan border -- AP
Pakistan's Taliban chief Fazlullah may be dead: Reports -- Times Of India
Pakistani Army rejects North Waziristan operation -- The Long War Journal
EXCLUSIVE: Taliban buying children for suicide bombers -- Washington Post
Pakistanis Turning Against Taliban, Poll Finds -- NPR
Pakistan war has new front: aid for refugees -- Mercury News
Monsoon threatens Pakistan's internally displaced - U.N. -- Reuters
U.N. starts probe into Bhutto slaying -- MSNBC
Pakistan Fights, Congress Sleeps -- Wall Street Journal editorial