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US warns that it will bomb any part of NWFP | |||||
2006-04-16 | |||||
Are the Americans poised to go the whole distance in their search for 'terrorists'? The NWFP government is worried that this may be the case The news is quite disturbing for the people and the governmnet of the NWFP; it has been reported that the United States has warned that it will bomb any part of the province in pursuit of 'terrorists'. The warning, it is said, was conveyed to the NWFP governor, Khalilur Rehman and of course to the chief minister, Akram Khan Durrani, by none other than President General Pervez Musharraf himself at a meeting in Islamabad. The tone of the message, an insider tells TNS, is tantamount to bullying. "The president told the governor and chief minister that Americans have warned that those who are hiding in the Frontier and elsewhere will be bombed out," a source privy to the meeting revealed, requesing anonymity. The warning left the president angry as well as concerned, the source added, saying this could be an epilogue to increased target hitting by umanned Drones on Pakistani territory. Apart from killing Commander Nek Muhammad in South Waziristan Agency, the US planes have targeted two suspected terrorist hideouts in Miramshah and Mirali areas of North Waziristan and Damadola in Bajaur Agency over the past few months. In Miramshah, all the victims turned out to be local tribesmen while mystery shrouds the president's claim that Hamza Rabia, al-Qaeda's No-3, was killed in a raid on Khisokhel village in Mirali sub-division of North Waziristan. Sources, having links with militant groups active in the tribal belt and across the border in Afghanistan, deny the claim. Similarly, claims by the American media and Pakistani authorities that al-Qaeda's No-2, Aiman Al-Zawahiri, was the target of the air strike in Damadola, or that top al-Qaeda operatives have actually been killed, are still to be verified. The clergy-led government in the Frontier, already on the defensive over its silence on military operations in tribal areas and US air strikes, is taking the new warning as a declaration of open war. Confirming that President Pervez Musharraf has informed him of the new dangers ahead, Akram Khan Durrani has said that the US has warned to go after the so-called 'terrorists' even in the settled areas of NWFP, if the attacks against the Americans and their allies continued in the neighbouring Afghanistan.
At the same time, President Musharraf has questioned the validity of the list of wanted Taliban leaders that Kabul believes to be residing in Pakistan. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has handed over the list to Islamabad as Kabul asks Pakistan to do 'more' to stop cross border infiltration and to destroy hideouts of the Taliban and other extremists operating from Pakistan in Afghanistan.
Intelligence agencies as well as tribal sources believe that a sizeable number of the local Taliban and foreign nationals have moved out of the tribal areas and are believed to be hiding in settled districts of the province. | |||||
Posted by:john |
#6 "What use is our strong defence if we cannot defend our innocent people against such naked aggression," said Durrani You actually said this with a straight face? How? Lots of Botox to prevent facial movement? |
Posted by: Redneck Jim 2006-04-16 22:26 |
#5 We're "making enemies"? Good, we have a habit of destroying our enemies. Can you say desolation so vast that even the stones are terrified? We can do that. Just keep pushing. What can you do to destroy a hundred B-52s dropping big bombs on your stone-age villages, except weep? Sow the wind of talibanism, reap the whirlwind of death and destruction. |
Posted by: Old Patriot 2006-04-16 15:57 |
#4 Agreed, AP. But we needed to line up India and firm up Karzai and the Afghan legislature first. I have a feeling it won't be long now. |
Posted by: lotp 2006-04-16 11:46 |
#3 Our restraint has been too long. The NWFP has bercome a terrorist base, just like Afghanistan was in 9-11-2001. The Bush doctrine applies or it doesn't. All terrorist bases must be denied. Waging a defensive war just burns up our treasure and our troops. The terrorists understand overwhelming force. That's how we need to communicate. |
Posted by: Alaska Paul 2006-04-16 11:39 |
#2 its nice, once in awhile, to remind them that our restraint is just that - restraint. Cause, they don't seem to graps that concept of restraint. Ah well, all of us learn become wiser on a daily basis. |
Posted by: 2b 2006-04-16 10:29 |
#1 Perv had his chance... |
Posted by: john 2006-04-16 10:10 |