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| Fight in Afghanistan to turn east: Petraeus |
| 2011-07-05 |
| The outgoing commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan says the focus of the war will shift in coming months from Taliban strongholds in the south to the eastern border with Pakistan where insurgents closest to al-Qaeda and other militants hold sway. With a new job pending as the CIA director, General David Petraeus said on Monday that by the northern autumn, more special forces, intelligence, surveillance, air power will be concentrated in areas along Afghanistan's rugged eastern border with Pakistan. There will be substantially more Afghan boots on the ground in the east and perhaps a small number of extra coalition forces too. "There could be some small (coalition) forces that will move, but this is about shifting helicopters - lift and attack. It's about shifting close-air support. It's about shifting, above all, intelligence, surveillance and recognisance assets," he said. The US-led coalition has concentrated most of its troops and attention in Helmand and Kandahar provinces in southern Afghanistan. That's where the majority of the more than 30,000 US reinforcements were deployed last year. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #4 Iff World Mil History is any measure, hopefully China + the Central Asian -Stans have upped their border security forces because the MilTerrs will be skeddadling towards their direction = general vicinity. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-07-05 19:43 |
| #3 If it's going to be a major hit, prearrange it so it looks like a disaster. A gas main explosion, that sort of thing. Don't forget to leave some 'Western P*rn®' addressed to some ISI official strewn about haphazardly. That'll keep their beards in a tizzy. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2011-07-05 13:15 |
| #2 I'm all in favor of doing this as a scheme involving "human UAVs". That is, to send special teams in "kill everyone in the building", with a lot broader net for troublemakers. This includes radical madrassas, city, not just rural settings, and even a Phoenix program to take out traitors in the ISI and military. If it's going to be a major hit, prearrange it so it looks like a disaster. A gas main explosion, that sort of thing. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-07-05 12:47 |
| #1 "There could be some small (coalition) forces that will move, but this is about shifting helicopters - lift and attack. It's about shifting close-air support. It's about shifting, above all, intelligence, surveillance and recognisance assets," he said. "Paging SEAL Team 6. You're wanted in the 'office'." |
| Posted by: BA 2011-07-05 11:37 |