Nuclear Power Pakistan - Destabilized by Terrorism? Pakistan is currently engaged in its biggest military offensive in the war against terror. A force of 30 thousand troops has been fighting for days in the region of South Waziristan. They’re facing some 15 thousand heavily armed Taliban and al-Qaida fighters. Thousands of civilians are meanwhile fleeing the region.   The offensive is a reaction to a series of bloody terrorist attacks "holy warriors" or "jihadists" have carried out on Pakistani soldiers, police and civilians. Recently, militant Islamists even attacked the heavily guarded army headquarters in the garrison town of Rawalpindi, got inside, and took hostages. The incident is being described as an intentional provocation of the Pakistani state and its powerful military. Some say it was simply the logical result of leaving the Taliban alone for too long. Up until now, the jihadists guaranteed Islamabad's continued influence with Afghanistan and other allies in Pakistan's rivalry with arch-enemy India. But now, those days appear to be over. What do you think: Pakistan – A nuclear power under terrorist attack? Write us at Quadriga@dw-world.de ____________________________________________ Our guests: Yassin Musharbash - Born to a Jordanian father and a German mother, Yassin Musharbash read Arabic Studies and Political Science at the universities of Göttingen in Germany and Birzeit in the Palestinian West Bank town of Ramallah. He began writing for the German daily "tageszeitung" while still a student, reporting on Islamic organisations in Germany. Now, he works as an editor for Spiegel Online, specialising in the Arab world, Islamist terrorism and al Qaeda propaganda posted on the Internet. George Packer - He is a staff writer for The New Yorker, a novelist, and a playwright. His articles, essays, and reviews on foreign affairs, politics, and literature have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Harper's, and Dissent, among other pu...