     And I'm Melissa Block. More than a year ago, Pakistan's
army went into the Swat Valley in the northwest of that country.
The army promised to get rid of Taliban militants there. Many
Pakistanis thought the military would win in a few weeks, but
the war is still going on and the Taliban is stronger than ever.
As NPR's Philip Reeves reports, the conflict is taking a nasty
turn. In the last two weeks, there has been a spike in the
number of corpses dumped in the streets - victims of tit-for-tat
assassinations.  PHILIP REEVES: Sometimes it's just one body
found lying in the open as the sun rises over the valley.
Sometimes it's more. Sometimes the bodies are beheaded.
Sometimes they come with a note, threatening death to anyone who
moves the corpses before a stated hour. It's not easy for
Western journalists to visit Swat. The militants have a strong
presence, but you can call people there albeit on a crackling
phone line.  Mr. SIUDIN YUSATSA(ph) (Peace Activist, Mingira,
Swat Valley): Yeah, yeah, yeah, (unin