MORE AL QAEDA VIOLENCE

I would hope that the U.S. spreads this news far and wide because the more we can discredit Al Qaeda and other violent Islamic ideologies, the safer the world will be. With a little luck, we may get a Pakistan version of the Anbar Awakening.

Pakistan: Militants Kill 8 Tribal Elders

By SADAQAT JAN – 23 hours ago

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Suspected Islamic militants fatally shot eight tribal leaders involved in efforts to broker a cease-fire between security forces and insurgents in Pakistan's volatile northwest, authorities said Monday.

The tribal leaders were killed in separate attacks late Sunday and early Monday in South Waziristan, a mountainous region close to Afghanistan where al-Qaida and Taliban militants are known to operate, a security official and the military said in a statement. The suspected insurgents killed three of the men in a market in Wana, the region's main town, while the other five were killed in attacks on their homes, the security official said.