Pakistani Warplanes Strike Stronghold of Taliban Leader

(13 June 09 - RV) Pakistani warplanes struck the stronghold of a Pakistani Taliban leader today, hours after President Asif Ali Zardari vowed to wage war against militancy "to the end".
Under pressure in their sanctuaries, Islamist militants have responded with a wave of bomb attacks in Pakistani cities. In the latest retaliatory attacks by militants, a prominent anti-Taliban cleric who had condemned suicide bombings was killed yesterday in a suicide bombing in Lahore.
Peter Jacob is the Executive Secretary of the National Council for Justice and Peace. He says that yesterday’s assassination has increased tensions in Lahore, and throughout the country…