The debate about strategy and troop strength is occurring as 30,000 Pakistani troops are launching a massive military operation in South Waziristan, along the border with Afghanistan.

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Farrell's Afghan colleague, Sultan Munadi, was killed during the operation, along with one of the commandos, and an Afghan woman and a child who were caught in the cross fire.

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The responsibility for any clear-up operation along the shore would fall to the local authority.

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The firm has been extracting minerals from the region's coastal sand dunes for more than three decades, having set up a massive operation along the shore.

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Wells Fargo lacks a significant investment banking operation, which Wachovia brings, along with a significant retail brokerage operation.

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