1.   And despite the continued U.S. pummeling that have uprooted many civilians from their homes, the Taliban are still talking defiantly.

2.   And despite the continued U.S. pummeling that has uprooted many civilians from their homes, the Taliban are still talking defiantly.

3.   Despite the continued pummeling by the United States that has uprooted many civilians from their homes, the Taliban still talk defiantly.

4.   But the strategy behind this larger scaled attack is to uproot Lebanese civilians in order to put pressure on the Lebanese government to crack down on the terrorists.