Tribes pressured to flush out hidden al Qaeda, Taliban. Under pressure from the United States to root out al Qaeda and Taliban fugitives, Pakistani forces faced off in a fierce daylong battle with tribesmen near the Afghan border Tuesday that left at least 32 dead. Twenty-four suspects and eight Pakistani soldiers were killed in the fierce machine-gun and mortar assault on a fortress-like mud-brick compound near Wana, in South Waziristan, paramilitary sources said, and 15 soldiers were wounded. The battle came on the eve of a visit to Pakistan by Secretary of State Colin Powell, who arrives in the Pakistani capital today for talks with high- ranking Pakistani officials that are expected to focus on continuing operations in the war on terror. Full Story
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