Global Crisis Watch discusses the coming assault on Musa Qala, Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan, Nawaz Sharif's politicking in Pakistan, significance of the National Intelligence Estimate on Iran, al-Qaeda's desperate situation in Iraq and the recent audio tape of "Abu Omar al-Baghdadi," and the threat to Somali security from the Somaliland secessionist movement. Guests: <a href="http://ramanstrategicanalysis.blogspot.com">B. Raman</a>, Director of the Institute for Topical Studies in Chennai, India, Steve Schippert, Managing Editor of ThreatsWatch.org in New Jersey, Dr. Abdiweli Ali, Niagara University in Buffalo, and Dr. Ali Bahar in Houston.