| The scale of the fighting more than matches anything taking place over the border in Afghanistan. Moreover, the battle with the TNSM in the Swat Valley is simply one of a myriad of frontlines in what is developing into an all-out war between the Pakistani government and a burgeoning Islamist opposition centred in the ethnic Pashtun regions of the country. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.