HERE IS SOME NEWS OUT OF PAKISTAN THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL OF BEING MAJOR NEWS

What this article represents is actually the first REAL step toward winning the war in Pakistan in the minds and hearts of the people. Until that war is won, there will be no lasting victory.

This is exactly what we have been waiting for. Now we pray that the cleric's ruling will stay firm... if so... the war on terror is over. It might take a while to do the "mop-up" work, but this could be the turning point in the entire mid-east.... that big.

marine's news service

PAKISTAN CLERICS DENOUNCE TALIBAN TACTICS
May 20, 2009
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistani religious leaders and scholars Tuesday issued a strong denunciation of the tactics of Taliban militants, providing what could be major boost to the country's U.S.-backed battle against Islamic extremism.

The high-profile convention of clerics in the Pakistani capital was the second in three days to condemn suicide attacks and beheadings, two of the Taliban's favored tactics, as "haram," or contrary to Islam.

Both conventions also supported the Pakistani military offensive against Taliban in Swat and two adjoining districts, although almost all the clerics share the militants' goal of establishing Islamic law in Pakistan.

Pakistani public opinion has turned against religious extremists over the past few weeks, and if that shift is durable, it could prove to be a significant setback to the Taliban and their al-Qaida allies, not just in Pakistan but also in Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf and elsewhere in the Islamic world.....