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# Pakistan suicide attack: timely reminder that Taliban has not gone away
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## In some ways it was business as usual for the Pakistan Taliban.
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![In some ways it was business as usual for the Pakistan Taliban. ][1]
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A Pakistani security offcial stands guard at the site of the bombing Photo:
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AP
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By Rob Crilly, Islamabad 2:58PM BST 13 May 2011
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A suicide attack against a military target, cutting down the young recruits
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who would soon have been sent to wage war on **[Pakistan's][2]** militant
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threat, is the sort of thing the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has been
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doing week in week out for years.
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But coming less than a fortnight after the death of Osama bin Laden, the
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message was clear: We haven't gone away.
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The treasure trove of intelligence collected by the Navy Seal team has led
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some analysts to suggest the **[al-Qaeda][3]** leader was a micromanager,
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poring over plans and picking targets.
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Without his charismatic leadership, maybe al-Qaeda would struggle to continue
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its bloody campaign.
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Friday's attack in north-west Pakistan suggests otherwise. His diffuse network
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of followers - among them the deadly nexus of terror groups headquartered in
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North and South Waziristan - needs no such direction from the top.
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## Related Articles
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* [Britain condemns 'cowardly' Pakistan suicide bombing][4]
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13 May 2011
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* [Pakistan Taliban strikes to avenge Osama bin Laden death][5]
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13 May 2011
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The twin blasts have put an already jittery nation on the edge.
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At the same time, leaders of the TTP intent on bringing down the state will
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know there is no better time to strike at Pakistan's military.
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Its powerful aura has evaporated since failing to spot US helicopters crossing
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the Afghan border en route to bin Laden's lair in Abbottabad.
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For years the world's most wanted man had lived right under their noses.
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Cock-up or conspiracy, the two glaring lapses have heaped pressure on the
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generals and on the civilian government.
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And for terrorists committed to sowing fear and showing Pakistanis the cost of
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their country's alliance with America, there is no better time for a fresh
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wave of killing.
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## [Pakistan][2]
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