Did he say 'Pretty Please'...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Underscoring growing alarm in the West at how militants have regained ground in  Afghanistan and Pakistan, Vice President        *8==>* Cheney on Monday sought Pakistani aid to help counter al-Qaida's efforts to regroup, officials said.

However, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf insisted his forces have already "done the maximum" possible against extremists in their territory — and insisted that other allies also shoulder responsibility in the U.S.-led war on terrorism.