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July 22, 2007

US Homeland Security Adviser Says Terrorist 'Safe Havens' Are Priority
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1839A8F:A6F02AD83191E16086C878F60294832E9574F7DCC14957C0 Fran Townsend said
the United States is working with Pakistan's government to stop
terrorists from sheltering in tribal areas near Pakistan's border with
Afghanistan The U.S. homeland security advisor says the Bush
administration's priority in anti-terrorism activities is eliminating
so-called "safe havens" for al-Qaida.

In an interview on U.S. television Sunday, Fran Townsend said the
United States is working with Pakistan's government to stop terrorists
from sheltering in tribal areas near Pakistan's border with
Afghanistan.

President Bush said Saturday in his weekly radio address that a new
U.S. intelligence report links al-Qaida's resurgence in Pakistan to a
deal that Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf made with tribal
leaders last year.

Mr. Bush says General Musharraf now recognizes the agreement with the
tribal leaders was a mistake, and is taking active steps to correct
it. 

President Bush said the recent Pakistani military assault on
extremists at a mosque in Islamabad is evidence of General Musharraf's
renewed drive against terrorist groups.

That raid in Islamabad triggered militant attacks across the country
last week - a wave of violence that has killed more than 160 people.


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