absolutely they do. and particularly closely allied with the taliban of al qaeda. because of circumstance mostly. al qaeda suffered from the drone attack, and the pakistani taliban have been forced into an alliance because of the attacks by the pakistani army. but it is like they have become the armed wing of al qaeda. they are much more widespread in pakistan, and they have grown up, because if you like of institutional inertia, and by the time the pakistani authorities realized how dangerous they were, it was too late. they have driven them out of one or two areas, but they are strong in the borderland areas with afghanistan and close to where the explosion took place today and also have begun to spread out the tentacles not just in pakistan, but overseas, too. that is not sounding like good news. and what about in terms of the pakistan, itself, how much of a danger as we see them spreading throughout pakistan and doing something like they are taking
mississippi river. our hearts go out to everybody downstream. this is monumental water. never been seen before. that man flilives in morganz louisiana, home of the morganza spillway. it now seems likely that sometime over the weekend the army corp of engineers will open that structure for the first time since 1973 lessening the force and volume of the mighty mississippi, thus lessening the flood risks to the downstream cities of baton rouge and new orleans. but the water s got to go somewhere, and that somewhere is farmland and swamps. bayous and hamlets to the west and south. talking thousands of homes, maybe 25,000 people at the mercy of a no-win situation. river is still rising everywhere you see an the crest is really taking its time, still almost a week away from vicksburg. it is supposed to crest may 19th. also we have new orleans here. that s about ten days away. may 23rd it is supposed to crest. and here is the morganza spillway. all right? right there. here s tha