Experts question U.S. strategy in Pakistan

Posted on Wed, Jul. 25, 2007

Experts question U.S. strategy in Pakistan

Jonathan S. Landay | McClatchy Newspapers
last updated: July 25, 2007 06:53:21 AM

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration's strategy for pursuing al-Qaida in Pakistan's tribal region could stoke support for the Islamic militants who are protecting the terrorist network's leaders and battling Pakistan's U.S.-backed military regime, some U.S. diplomatic and defense officials and experts warn.

President Bush is under pressure to act following the release last week of a new intelligence assessment that said Osama bin Laden's network has re-established itself and is plotting attacks on the United States from the mountainous tribal region that borders Afghanistan.