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| 'New kind of militant' behind Pakistan Karachi attack |
| 2011-05-26 |
| The deadly 15-hour siege on Pakistan's Mehran naval airbase in Karachi on Monday was carried out by attackers with military-level training, raising suspicions they had inside help. Questions are being asked about the security of Pakistan's vital military installations after a well-organised group of gunmen held off Pakistan's equivalent of the US Navy Seals - the Special Services Group-Navy (SSG-N) - for 15 hours. The SSG-N is said to be the most formidable fighting force in Pakistan, but - for a few hours at least - they appeared to be at the mercy of a brazen group of fighters. "They weren't any ordinary militants - certainly not the Taliban," said one security official, who wished to remain unnamed. "The aim of all Taliban attacks is maximum death and destruction - these men were very focused on what they were after." |
| Posted by:Zebulon Thranter9685 |
| #6 See also DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > ISLAMIC MOVEMENT OF UZBEKISTAN BEHIND PNS MEHRAN ATTACK. and * PAKISTAN DEFENCE FORUMS > ANP SAYS PAK MILITARY PROTECTS HAQQANIS + OTHER MILITANTS, WIKILEAKS. * SAME > THREE PAK NUCLEAR SITES ATTACKED BY MILITANTS IN LAST FIVE YEARS, SAYS EXPERT, at Wah, Sargodha, + Kamra since 2006. PAK Military claims Nuc Sites are secure |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-05-26 22:59 |
| #5 After the genocide in East Pakistan committed by the Pakistani military in 1971, they don't have any image left to tarnish. This is an army that has never won a war and slaughters civilians. |
| Posted by: john frum 2011-05-26 21:38 |
| #4 As infiltrated as the Pakistani military is with militants, the attackers at Mehran could probably BE SSG-N personnel. Even if that is not the case, the Paks trained them and they found out how well they had trained them. I still think they thought there were some nukes at Mehran. OR do you suppose there WERE some nukes at Mehran and the Paks are not talking? |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2011-05-26 16:58 |
| #3 No matter what happens, the Pakistan defense authorities will be blamed. The 'terrorists' are the offspring of the Pakistan defense establishment and its members, both retired and active. Like it or not, there's a low-level civil war going on in Pakistan. And - it's a rather cold comfort to see that the Pakistanis are yet once again reverting to historical type and blaming everyone but themselves. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2011-05-26 15:40 |
| #2 PNS Mehran attack is a failure of defense institutions. Another atrocity on Muslims, yet the Muslim majority goes silent. No matter what happens, the Pakistan defense authorities will be blamed. Despite our serious efforts to protect the country, we cannot bend the will of the terrorists. We must understand this reality that Pakistan is under serious threats from its enemies. Such attacks are highly embarrassing and cannot be taken lightly. These terrorists are well trained and not bound by any law or border. They are desperate and they want to challenge and demoralize the security forces. The enemy of the states has hijacked Pakistan using strategically the phantom of Taliban. It is stated that there is an insider job in the whole plot of PNS Mehran storm. PakistanÂ’s immature media anchors and opportunist politicians need to understand the new game plan. This involves tarnishing the image of PakistanÂ’s military in order to destabilize and eventually disintegrate the country for a larger scheme of reshaping the world to the advantage of the sole super power. Read More About failure of Pakistani defense institution here http://www.dunyanews.tv/index.php?key=Q2F0SUQ9MiNOaWQ9MjY4MjQ= |
| Posted by: faaiz muhammad 2011-05-26 06:25 |
| #1 Uzbeks + Chechens, not locals ... * ION DAILY TIMES>PK > ICG: TAIJIKISTAN AT GROWING RISK OF INSURGENCY. Econ-troubled, young Taijik Males, Top Politicos slowly but wily steadfastly turning [pro-Violence] Radic Islamist as the answer to enduring Personal, National troubles. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-05-26 00:58 |