US hunt for Haqqani nightmare for Pakistan

The United States will push Pakistan hard to take the risky move of going after the Haqqani militant network if the group is linked to a Jordanian who killed seven CIA employees in Afghanistan. No evidence may emerge that the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani network -- high on the CIA's hitlist -- provided any support for the suspected suicide bomber from its northwestern Pakistani stronghold on the border with Afghanistan. But the slightest suspicion that the Afghan group merely showed him hospitality in its redoubts will undoubtedly lead to a far higher degree of U.S. pressure on Pakistan to take out the Haqqani network, possibly straining ties between the allies.