Pakistan

(ThePost?) "US officials have begun blaming Pakistan for Afghanistan's increasing violence, an escalation in rhetoric that suggests American patience with the Pakistan government is rapidly running out, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday."

(Reuters) "Pilotless U.S. drones armed with missiles have stepped up patrols over Pashtun villages on the Afghan-Pakistan border, hunting for Taliban and al Qaeda militants and fraying nerves below."

(CSM) "Pakistan in quandary over how to deal with rising militant threats."

But they do know what they want, more money. (WaPo) "The new government of Pakistan is seeking a "partnership" with the United States and wants tangible signs that the Bush administration will increase aid and embrace Pakistani democracy, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said yesterday."