Posts Tagged ‘Waziristan’
German Terrorist Arrested in Pakistan
Spiegel Online | 29 June 2010 Arrest in Pakistan Conflict in Berlin over Handling of a German Jihadist Germany's Foreign and Interior Ministries are at odds over how to handle German jihadists who wish to return home. Last week's arrest of a German-born extremist by Pakistani police has left some wondering whether Germany has passed up a [...]
While Making Peace in Kandahar, U.S. Pushes Pakistan to War in Waziristan
People's Daily Onine | 10 June 2010 Pakistan nods affirmative for North Waziristan operation In the fast developing scenario where the certain subsequent events have boiled the mercury in Obama administration once again to insist on Pakistan hitting terrorists strongholds in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, Pakistan's top officials have [...]
America’s War on Pakistan
Asia Times Online | By Syed Saleem Shahzad | 8 May 2010 US takes the war into Pakistan ISLAMABAD - The approval given to the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) by the administration of President Barack Obama to expand drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal regions is on face value a declaration [...]
Hakimullah Mehsud Miraculously Reborn
Antiwar.com | By Jason Ditz | 28 April 2010 US Again Fails to Kill Pakistani Taliban Leader Hakimullah 'Basically OK' Reports ISI For most people, one time being killed by the United States is plenty. Even the most hardened insurgent can rarely claim to have been killed more than a couple of times before it takes on an air of permanence. [...]
“Colonel Imam” Abducted in North Waziristan
Asia Times | By Syed Saleem Shahzad | 28 April 2010 Showdown looms in North Waziristan ISLAMABAD - Militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal area on Tuesday issued a statement claiming that skirmishes had broken out early in the morning when the military tried to enter Miranshah, the tribal headquarters. There was no official [...]
U.S. Murders 123 Innocent Pakistanis in January to Kill 3 Alleged Terrorists
The News | By Amir Mir | 1 February 2010 US drones killed 123 civilians, three al-Qaeda men in January LAHORE: Afghanistan-based US predators carried out a record number of 12 deadly missile strikes in the tribal areas of Pakistan in January 2010, of which 10 went wrong and failed to hit their targets, killing 123 innocent Pakistanis. The [...]
Bombing and Strafing Waziristan, 1925
Yglesias | 22 October 2009 Counterterrorism Through Air Power Interesting early precedent for the recent drone campaign waged by US forces in South Asia from the Royal Air Force’s history: “March – May 1925- Outrages by Mahsud tribesmen in Waziristan, India, see the RAF involved in its first independent air action. Aircraft from Nos. [...]
Held by the Taliban: The New York Times Story
With the caveat of "Reader Beware!" this chilling story, spread out over 5 issues of the New York Times, is reproduced below in one place in full. Why the caveat? Given the close links and cooperative relationships between the U.S. defense, security and inelligence institutions and the mainstream U.S. media in general, and the New York Times in [...]
Blackwater/Xe Enters Pakistan, In a Big Way
If memory serves, it was reported both that Benazir Bhutto (in Musharraf's time) and that Asif Zardari (later) had wanted to bring infamous American mercenaries, Blackwater, to Pakistan for their personal protection. With Asif Zardari now placed in office, it appears that "Blackwater" (that now does business under the name Xe Services LLC), [...]
Was the CIA Tricked into Killing its own Agent (Baitullah Mehsud)?
Drone Strike Not Meant for Mehsud CIA Stunned – Americans Led To Strike Wrong Target The drone strike that resulted in the death of Pakistan’s most wanted terrorist is believed to be a result of deliberately planted false intelligence, sources in South Waziristan have confirmed. Rival militants close to Qari Zainullah Mehsud (who was [...]
