IS MUSHARRAF ABOUT TO POUNCE ON ZAWAHIRI?

DAWN (PAKISTAN):

The army started deploying troops in NWFP’s southern districts, adjoining the Waziristan region, amid reports that an operation to curb militancy and extremism was imminent.

Sources told Dawn on Thursday that 12,000 troops, backed by artillery units, were moved to Tank and Dera Ismail Khan districts from Okara.

HOT AIR THINKS MAYBE MUSHARRAF IS MOVING AGAINST AWAHIRI HIMSELF, BUT PROBABLY NOT.

I THINK THAT HE IS.

I THINK SO BECAUSE

(1) ZAWAHIRI IS DIRECTLY THREATENING PAKISTAN,

AND(2) MUSHARRAF TAKES THIS VERY SERIOUSLY.

AND BECAUSE (3) THE RECENT SPATE OF EXPEDITED MESSAGES FROM ZAWAHIRI LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT HE IS HOLED UP IN BALOCHISTAN/WAZIRISTAN AREA.

WHY THIS AREA?

BECAUSE THE MESSAGES ARE AVERAGING ABOUT 9 DAYS FROM THE NEWS THEY COMMENT ON, AND THESE TRIBAL AREAS ARE A 9 DAY WALK/RIDE TO QUETTA - A CITY PAKISTANI CITY WHICH IS IN BALOCHISTAN AND THE NEAREST BIGGISH CITY TO WHICH I FEEL AQ COULD EASILY SEND A DISC IN ORDER TO RELIABLY DISSEMINATE AQ'S MESSAGE.

BTW: ALLAHPUNDIT ALSO THINKS ZAWAHIRI IS NEAR QUETTA.

WE SHALL SOON SEE.