"The Nation" (Pakistan) 2009.10.08:

Pakistan has started bombing Taliban targets in the north-western region of 
Waziristan as its army prepares for a ground operation in the lawless tribal 
area. "We have sealed the area and are involved in aerial targeting [of 
Taliban locations]," Major General Athar Abbas, the top Pakistani military 
spokesman, told the media. Gen Abbas did not disclose when the army would 
begin the ground campaign, but a Pakistani minister said the preparations 
were complete. He said the military needed to act before the winter snows 
started to fall next month. "The preparations are fully in place. The timing 
has yet to be decided. We are in that phase where it is not a question of 
'if' but 'when' an attack will take place," the minister said.