The recent attack of the US-led NATO forces on a military check post in Pakistan near the Pak-Afghan border, resulting in the death of 24 Pakistani soldiers, is an incident that has rang an alarm in more than one sphere and across the borders in more than one continent. The incident and its political aftershocks continue to make headlines in leading media sources throughout the world while protests are being held in several places within Pakistan. The US, as those reading world news must know, has been carrying out drone strikes in the tribal belt of Pakistan, particularly in the Waziristan agency areas, for a few years, to target what they call