Internal Feuding Among Pakistan Taliban Leaders On Conducting Attacks Within The U.S.

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Pakistani Taliban Boasts Creating Problems for Local Militants -- Newsweek

The failed May 1 Times Square car bombing is rattling the Waziristan tribal badlands of Pakistan. Tribal chieftains and militant leaders are furious with Pakistani Taliban commander Hakimullah Mehsud and his deputy, master bomb maker Qari Hussain Mehsud, for making Internet videos boasting of responsibility for the attempt and promising more attacks soon. America's Predator drones have been working overtime ever since, killing and wounding dozens of suspected militants. But beyond that, Waziris fear action from Pakistan's military, which was already under extreme U.S. pressure to launch an offensive against militants in the region.

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My Comment: Waziristan is probably the last safe have for Taliban leaders .... hence their concern that any provocation will only result in Pakistani military operations coupled with U.S. drone strikes. It appears that many in the Taliban leadership do not have the confidence that they can prevail, while Pakistani Taliban commander Hakimullah Mehsud .... who is boasting of this attempted attack on Times Square .... does not care of the consequences.