Non-Surprises from Pakistan

The Taliban is declaring the truce over. After violating it by attacking Buner, and creating chaos in Dir. In other non-surprises:

President Asif Ali Zardari called for more foreign support for cash-strapped Pakistan to prevent any danger of its nuclear arsenal falling into the hands of al-Qaida and its allies.

and finally, more non-surprising information from Zardari on Osama Bin Laden

"He may be dead. But that's been said before"

The good news is that the Pakistani army seems to be making progress in Dir. Time will tell. I imagine my friend Ray will be posting in much more detail on this on his blog.