It insists the Pakistani military is confronting the militants, pointing to the current offensive just north of Waziristan that has killed 1,500 insurgents.
The ad shows clips of Russian President Vladimir Putin tackling an opponent in Judo and an Islamic State militant pointing a gun at the camera, raising the issue of the threats America faces.
The militants, they point out, are not concerned with public support and just want to be left alone in their faraway stronghold, which has become a magnet for foreign militants from diverse backgrounds, according to an array of documents captured in houses by the Pakistani military.
There have been reports that security agencies received intelligence based on intercepted communications between Sinai militants which pointed towards a bomb on the plane.
There are the condolences to be sent out to the associates of dead militants, technical points of Islamic law to elucidate to recalcitrant associates, orders to be given on precautions to be taken against drones and questions about donations from other groups.
The messages we wrote about in our songs actually came from the militant stand point we were exposed to growing up.
Syria, Iran and Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant organization, pointed fingers at Israel and Saudi Arabia, and officials said it was unclear who had carried out the attack.
Clinton said there was a need for wider vigilance against militant attacks, pointing to the discovery of a new plot linked to the Yemen-based group, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, to attack an airliner with an improved "underwear bomb".
But whether there was sufficient resolve to push back the startling gains by the militants was a point of debate.
The militants at that point occupied his three gas stations, his flour mill and his 20-room house, he said.
