Suspected al Qaeda militants exploded a remote-controlled device blowing up a police vehicle killing 7 people including 3 policemen and 3 paramilitary personnel. The location of this incident Dera Ismail Khan adjoins Waziristan where a huge fight is continuing between the Pakistani Army and Taliban and al Qaeda terrorists. Trouble started end of February when Pakistan received a dressing down from Afghanistan complained to visiting US President George Bush about lack of action by Pakistan and its support to terrorist elements. To demonstrate their commitment to the war on terrorism, Pakistan launched a major operation that killed scores of militants. In retaliation, al Qaeda started targeting the army inviting airplane and gun-ship reprisals by the military. Over 200 terrorists and unspecified number of soldiers have died in the last 20 days. Tribal Pakistan, long disenfranchised from the power-centers of the plains support Taliban and al Qaeda elements and engages Pakistan intensively. Battle hardened and desensitized by decades of economic neglect, the tribal population has extracted a heavy cost on Pakistan economy.Suspected al Qaeda militants exploded a remote-controlled device blowing up a police vehicle killing 7 people including 3 policemen and 3 paramilitary personnel. The location of this incident Dera Ismail Khan adjoins Waziristan where a huge fight is continuing between the Pakistani Army and Taliban and al Qaeda terrorists. Trouble started end of February when Pakistan received a dressing down from Afghanistan complained to visiting US President George Bush about lack of action by Pakistan and its support to terrorist elements. To demonstrate their commitment to the war on terrorism, Pakistan launched a major operation that killed scores of militants. In retaliation, al Qaeda started targeting the army inviting airplane and gun-ship reprisals by the military. Over 200 terrorists and unspecified number of soldiers have died in the last 20 days. Tribal Pakistan, long disenfranchised from the power-centers of the plains support Taliban and al Qaeda elements and engages Pakistan intensively. Battle hardened and desensitized by decades of economic neglect, the tribal population has extracted a heavy cost on Pakistan economy.