For the first time, the Afghan war has officially escalated into Pakistan. This is tantamount to Nixon's going into Cambodia, spreading the Vietnam conflict to SE Asia. Incidentally, that escalation sparked the student revolt and shutdown of many universities. This time?

Stand by for more "bring it on." There's going to be major blowback from this.

In and out, keep them guessing, keep them busy. I have a link that shows Taliban attacking some sort of outpost. In that video the fighters are clearly a mixed group including "arab" elements. We have all heard about the Iraqi resistance relocating to Plakistan's frontier, but i believe some in the video are in fact Chechen.
What do you all think?
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ef0_1220030532

By Bill RoggioSeptember 3, 2008 12:39 AM

Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the tribal areas. Map from PBS' Frontline. Click to view.

The US military, with the possible cooperation of the Afghan military, may have conducted a special operations air assault across the border into Taliban-controlled South Waziristan, according to unconfirmed reports from Pakistan.

The initial report from a Geo TV correspondent indicated the casualties were taken after US helicopters launched missiles at three homes in the Barmal area of Angorada late at night.

The report later changed when the correspondent claimed the helicopters landed and troops dismounted, who then began searching homes. One witness told The Associated Press that "American and Afghan soldiers starting firing" on one family outside of their home. Soldiers then entered the home and others, and killed fifteen people, including women and children. The raid was reported to have occurred in the village of Musa Nikow.

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/09/pakistanis_claim_us.php

Pak Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Wednesday summoned United States Ambassador Anne W Patterson and protested a raid by suspected US troops in a village near Angoor Adda. Foreign Office spokesman Muhammad Sadiq said such attacks “may fuel the fire of hatred and violence that we are trying to extinguish”. staff report

AP, September 3

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — American forces launched a raid inside Pakistan Wednesday, a senior U.S. military official said, in the first known U.S. ground assault in Pakistan against a suspected Taliban haven. The government condemned the attack, saying it killed at least 15 people.

The American official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of cross border operations, told The Associated Press that the raid occurred on Pakistani soil about one mile from the Afghan border. The official didn't provide any other details.

Pakistan's Foreign Ministry protested saying U.S.-led troops flew in from Afghanistan for the attack on a village in the country's wild tribal belt. A Pakistan army spokesman warned that the apparent escalation from recent foreign missile strikes on militant targets along the Afghan border would further anger Pakistanis and undercut cooperation in the war against terrorist groups.

The boldness of the thrust fed speculation about the intended target. But it was unclear whether any extremist leader was killed or captured in the operation, which occurred in one of the militant strongholds dotting a frontier region considered a likely hiding place for Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida's No. 2 leader, Ayman al-Zawahri.

20 Locals Reported Killed in Assault

The Washington Post, By Candace Rondeaux and Karen DeYoung, September 4

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Helicopters carried U.S. and Afghan commandos many miles into Pakistan on Wednesday to stage the first U.S. ground attack against a Taliban target inside the country, Pakistani officials said. At least 20 local people died in the raid, according to the officials.

Pakistan filed a formal protest with the U.S. government, which had no comment on what appeared to be a new escalation of U.S. pressure on Taliban and al-Qaeda sanctuaries in Pakistan's mountainous border regions.