Re: Bush moves 8,000 Iraq combat veterans to Afghanistan; warns Pakistan over militan
Well, I guess the ultimate aim is to remove all these sanctuaries for the jihadis who are hiding in FATA.
By creating anger against jihadis amongst common citizens, they want to create local backlash against al-Qaida and Taliban and the hope would be that local leaders will force aQ and Talibans to get out; or will hand them over to the authorities or just eliminate them themselves. Right now, local leaders apparently are protecting these aQ and Taliban forces.