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2009-10-01 India-Pakistan

Mullah Omar not in Pakistan, Taliban commander says

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Posted by Fred 2009-10-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
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#1 A question for you military types: in an outfit like the Taliban, fighting a decentralized war without a significant logistics component, how important are the upper echelon 'leaders'? What do they actually do beyond being figureheads?

Posted by Glenmore 2009-10-01 07:51|| 2009-10-01 07:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Historically, the leadership and it's cells within a counterinsurgency movement are absolutely critical to the tactical planning, coordination, resourcing, recruitment and reconstitution of the force. They are the knowledge link between the movement and it's sponsorship via state(s). It you've not done so already, have a look at the bio's of some of these people. You'll soon discover they are not illiterate village bumpkins who are oftentimes not easily replaced.

Posted by Besoeker in Duitsland 2009-10-01 09:00|| 2009-10-01 09:00|| Front Page Top

#3 'The Americans are making the Quetta shura an excuse for an expansion of their drone strikes to Balochistan, nothing else,' said Khan.

Diversionary--Balochistan should definitely be the focus now. And bumpkins or no, evil is evil.

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2009-10-01 10:36|| 2009-10-01 10:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Let British/American special forces into Quetta then if you have nothing to hide!

Posted by Paul2 2009-10-01 11:10|| 2009-10-01 11:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Who's to say they arent already there , and have been for quite some time Paul2 .

Our intel is usually very positive , just the politics get in the way. We always have that disadvantage .

Posted by Oscar 2009-10-01 12:45|| 2009-10-01 12:45|| Front Page Top

#6 "There is no need for any further drone strikes because the man you are looking for is not here."

Posted by gromky 2009-10-01 17:14|| 2009-10-01 17:14|| Front Page Top

#7 I guess the government redrew the boundaries of the city to put the four-star hotel (Omar's not a member of the UN, after all) he's hiding in is "outside" the city limits.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-10-01 19:10|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-10-01 19:10|| Front Page Top

#8 A hotel would be too obvious, I'm guessing. More like a compound where the coming and going of subordinates wouldn't be questioned.

But yeah ....

Posted by lotp 2009-10-01 19:13|| 2009-10-01 19:13|| Front Page Top

#9 You'll soon discover they are not illiterate village bumpkins who are oftentimes not easily replaced.

True. And in some cases it takes a while to find another "retired/on-indefinite-leave leader with military experience" who'll be accepted by the locals.

Posted by Pappy 2009-10-01 21:25|| 2009-10-01 21:25|| Front Page Top

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