In-A-Gadda-Levitre Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 a couple of noteworthy articles about recent changes to follow terrorists across the Afghanistan-Pakistan border... NYT writes about Special Forces American officials say that they will notify Pakistan when they conduct limited ground attacks like the Special Operations raid last Wednesday in a Pakistani village near the Afghanistan border, but that they will not ask for its permission. “The situation in the tribal areas is not tolerable,” said a senior American official who, like others interviewed for this article, spoke on condition of anonymity because of the delicate nature of the missions. “We have to be more assertive. Orders have been issued.” The new orders reflect concern about safe havens for Al Qaeda and the Taliban inside Pakistan, as well as an American view that Pakistan lacks the will and ability to combat militants. They also illustrate lingering distrust of the Pakistani military and intelligence agencies and a belief that some American operations had been compromised once Pakistanis were advised of the details. WaPo reports more aggressive use of unmanned Predators in Pakistan to hunt down Bin Laden and company. In interviews, the officials attributed their failure to find bin Laden to an overreliance on military force, disruptions posed by the war in Iraq and a pattern of underestimating the enemy. Above all, they said, the search has been handicapped by an inability to develop informants in Pakistan's isolated tribal regions, where bin Laden is believed to be hiding. With CIA officers and U.S. Special Forces prevented from operating freely in Pakistan, the search for bin Laden and his lieutenants is taking place mostly from the air. The Predators, equipped with multiple cameras that transmit live video via satellite, have launched their Hellfire missiles against four targets in the past month alone. Since January, the reconnaissance drones have killed two senior al-Qaeda leaders with $5 million bounties on their heads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StupidNation Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 See what $10,000,000,000 buys you? No respect... You pay dictators who you prop up in Musharraf, and then you expect the country to honor your every whim and caprice. Good job Georgy!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastaJoe Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Earlier this year Obama was slammed by the Republicans when he said the U.S. military should attack in Pakistan if they had actionable intelligence, even without Pakistan's approval. Now, like Iraq timelines, Bush is again following Obama's suggestion. WWSD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StupidNation Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Earlier this year Obama was slammed by the Republicans when he said the U.S. military should attack in Pakistan if they had actionable intelligence, even without Pakistan's approval. Now, like Iraq timelines, Bush is again following Obama's suggestion. WWSD? So what you are admitting is that Obama is for illegal invasions of countries while Bush bad??? Maybe Obama is a hawk to court the conservatives. McCain will definitely expand the war, Obama will do what he can to prolong it while courting libtards who believe his lies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Great! Always wanted to see what would happen if we destabilized a nuclear-armed Islamic ally. Can't wait for the blowback on this one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Great! Always wanted to see what would happen if we destabilized a nuclear-armed Islamic ally. Can't wait for the blowback on this one... Well, why should we only turn South America against us, when there is a much greater world out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olivier in france Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Well, why should we only turn South America against us, when there is a much greater world out there? When he dies that's what they should write on GW tombstone!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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