Another Taliban Attack

With the bombing the other day and now this, it sounds like the Taliban are attacking to knock the Pakistani military off balance before Pakistan launches its next offensive:

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — At least four gunmen tried to storm Pakistan’s army headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi on Saturday, engaging in a heavy battle with security forces as they attempted to break the outer security cordon, officials and local news media said

It was the third attack by militants in Pakistan this week, raising concern that Taliban fighters were preparing a new wave of attacks as the government planned to launch a military offensive in the frontier region of South Waziristan.

The chief spokesman for the military, Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas, said that four gunmen were killed in Saturday’s battle. “The situation is under control,” he said. General Abbas told a television station that four Pakistani soldiers had been killed, The Associated Press reported.

Whether it works or not depends on how ready the Taliban or the Pakistan Military are, considering the Atomic weapons, the stakes couldn't be higher.