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Sep 27 2008, Alice Ever

Toting rocket launchers and Kalashnikovs, the bearded tribesmen say they back the Pakistani government — yet pledge they will fight to the death against US incursions on their soil.

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In this undated file photo, former Afghan tribal leader Bashir Noorzai is seen. Noorzai is set to go on trial Monday, Sept. 8, 2008 on charges he smuggled $50 million worth of heroin into the United States, part of a current parade of prosecutions in New...