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Posted: October 12, 2009 at 5:01 a.m.
QUOTE OF THE DAY “This is jihadist central in the country, so going in there is not going to be easy.” Kamran Bokhari, an analyst with a U.S.-based intelligence firm, as Pakistan prepares a full offensive against militants in South Waziristan Article, 1A
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