Update on Tribal Justice in Waziristan

The Associated Press has a quick addendum to the piece below on the wisdom of possibly beefed-up U.S. incursions into Pakistan's tribal areas.

From the AP story, datelined Islamabad:

Suspected Islamic militants fatally shot eight tribal leaders involved in efforts to broker a cease-fire between security forces and insurgents in Pakistan's volatile northwest, authorities said Monday. The men were killed in separate attacks late Sunday and early Monday in South Waziristan, a mountainous region close to Afghanistan where al-Qaida and Taliban militants are known to operate, a security official and the military said in a statement.

Josh Foust commented on the previous piece that the U.S. seems to wish to import its strategy from Iraq's Anbar province to Pakistan. The only part that seems prudent to import is waiting until the locals themselves work out their approach.