Posts Tagged ‘militants’
American Paid Waziri Spies Guiding CIA Drone Strikes
Danger Room reports: Spy Chips Guiding CIA Drone Strikes, Locals Say By Noah Shachtman | June 1, 2009 (more...)
Pakistan to US: You secure your weapons, We’ll secure ours!
According to Dan Rivers of CNN, Maj. Gen. Athar Abbasof the Pakistan Army has said that: "many of the Taliban's arms are coming across the border from Afghanistan." When Rivers asked him "if that includes NATO weapons, as suggested in recent reports," he agreed. According to Rivers, "He says Washington is too focused on the safety of Pakistan's [...]
More on the US Army Counterinsurgency Field Manual
Robert Haddick of Small Wars Journal, a former U.S. Marine Corps officer, who writes at Westhawk and The American, has posted a long article (reproduced in full below), that provides important information on the US Army Field Manual on Counterinsurgency (see earlier post with a summary of the Manual, and another post with critical remarks on its [...]
Transcript of Rare Interview with Taliban Leader Mulla Umar’s Representative
Reproduced below, in full, from CNN's site, is the transcript of a remarkable interview reportedly obtained by CNN's Nic Robertson with Zabiullah Mujahid, said to be a spokesmen for Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar . Transcript: Afghan Taliban spokesman discusses war May 5, 2009 -- Updated 2116 GMT (0516 HKT) (CNN) -- Zabiullah [...]
Transcript of Senators Levin and McCain’s Questions on Pakistan and Drones, and Gates’ and Mullen’s Answers at the Armed Services Committee Hearing
The US Senate Committee on Armed Services conducted a full committee hearing on Thursday 14 May 2009, to receive testimony in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2010 and the Future Years Defense Program. What appears below is a rough selective transcript (from live webcast), of the discussion on Pakistan, in the early part [...]
