After months of debate and mounting frustration over Pakistan's failure to carry out aggressive counterterrorism operations, Bush gave his approval in July for ground missions inside Pakistan. But after furious complaints from the Pakistani government, Bush is relying instead on an intensifying campaign of airstrikes by the CIA against militants in the Pakistani mountains. |
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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.