After the suicide bombing in Afghanistan that killed American troops I suspect there will be more predator drone strikes over the next week or so.
Its a shame that it happens like this instead of really going after those that pull off these attacks before they go full Jihad, take it to them instead of waiting around for diplomacy to work or trying to get the Taliban to sit down for a talk.
Foxnews
Suspected U.S. unmanned aircraft fired six missiles at a vehicle in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border Sunday, killing six alleged militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said.
The high number of missiles used in the attack in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan seemed to indicate an important militant was targeted. But the identities of those killed were as yet unknown, said the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
Datta Khel is an important base for militants from the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban and also from al-Qaida. The U.S. has carried out many strikes in the area in the past, although Washington refuses to acknowledge the CIA-run drone program in Pakistan publicly.
A house was also partly destroyed in Sunday's attack, said the intelligence officials. It was unclear whether any of the six suspected militants who were killed were in the house at the time, or all in the vehicle
Sunday, October 30, 2011
U.S. Drones Kill Six in Pakistan
Saturday, October 22, 2011
U.S. wants Pakistan to force Haqqanis into talks
yeah a great idea, get some of the worlds nastiest terrorists to sit down to a little chit chat session ! Good luck with that.
Diplomacy stands for stupidity this is why it mostly never works; but hey keep trying !
we are talking about Pakistan, the Taliban, the Haqqani network, all terrorists that do nothing but lie; so lets make them sit down and talk.
SFGate
Faced with Pakistan's unwillingness to uproot the Haqqani network from its territory, Washington is now pressing Islamabad to force the Afghan insurgent group to join peace talks, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton suggested Friday.
Clinton stressed, however, that if Pakistan doesn't move quickly, the United States would be forced to act unilaterally against Haqqani safe havens in Pakistani territory. Putting U.S. boots on the ground is not a serious option, she added, and she did not specify what action the United States would take.
While the United States would still welcome a Pakistani military operation against Haqqani militants in the country's lawless tribal areas, remarks made by Clinton at a town hall meeting in Islamabad suggested that Washington had narrowed its expectations.
Asked by a Pakistani journalist whether the United States expects Pakistan to attack Haqqani militants or force the group's leaders to negotiate, Clinton answered, "It's more the latter.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
U.S. Suspects Pakistan Link to Kabul Attack
It would be hard to prove, and no matter what evidence they can find the Pakistani Gov will deny it; its what they do.
Foxnews
U.S. officials are looking for evidence that directly links elements of Pakistan's powerful spy agency to this week's assault on the U.S. Embassy and coalition headquarters in Kabul, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.
The U.S. suspicions are a sign of just how rancorous relations have become between the two allies in the fight against Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
Suspicions are being partly fueled by growing concerns that deteriorating bilateral relations, and the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, may be pushing elements of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency to more closely embrace the Haqqani network, the Taliban faction blamed for this week's violence and a spate of attacks in and around Kabul.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Islamabad fends off U.S. warning on "Pakistan-based" militants
A typical response from Pakistan, they always say that their is no proof or that it is not their problem, yet we killed Osama(FishFood)Bin Laden right in their own backyard.
Release the Drones!
(Reuters) - Pakistani officials on Thursday fended off a warning that the United States would do whatever it takes to defend U.S. forces from Pakistan-based militants staging attacks in Afghanistan, saying there was no proof of such cross-border operations.
U.S. officials, including Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, suspect militants from the Haqqani network were behind Tuesday's rocket attack on the U.S. Embassy compound in Kabul, as well as a truck bomb last Saturday that wounded 77 American forces.
"Time and again we've urged the Pakistanis to exercise their influence over these kinds of attacks from the Haqqanis. And we have made very little progress in that area," Panetta told reporters flying with him to San Francisco on Wednesday.
"I think the message they need to know is: we're going to do everything we can to defend our forces."
Thursday, June 30, 2011
NATO Airstrike Kills Militant Leader Linked to Kabul Hotel Attack
If this could only be done every time the Taliban or any of its Lackeys decides to attack anywhere, the Taliban would be short lived.
Actually if they were to just kill any of the Taliban after an attack things would be better.
But hey, dead Taliban is good Taliban.
Voa
NATO says it has killed a top Haqqani network leader in Afghanistan who ishttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif suspected of aiding militants who attacked a Kabul hotel late Tuesday.
In a statement Thursday, NATO said it killed Ismail Jan and several Haqqani fighters in an airstrike in Paktiya province near the Pakistani border. It said Jan was the deputy to the senior Haqqani commander in Afghanistan, and has led a group of fighters in attacks against Afghan and coalition security forces since late 2010.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Kabul raid shows Taliban's strength, tests Afghan security coordination
So the Taliban tried a big Mumbai style attack...
they were very sucky at it.
9 suicide bombers armed with guns, and only 9 killed; not a very successful attempt.
The first Suicide bomber took out the cops at the entrance, and allowed the others to slip inside...
“They went through all the hotel, opening the doors of each room and killing the people,”
The last suicide bomber took out a couple of cops and a civilian at 8am.
so at the beginning and the end 9 suicide bombers took out about 5, so 7 other bombers only managed to take out about 5 others.
They are still trying to figure it out, but the news has it as a large massacre, I say it was not that bad considering 9 suicide bombers were only able to kill about 9 people.
Christian Science Monitor
The attack began with a suicide bombing at a side gate to the hotel, killing police there and avoiding heavier security along the main entrance, according to Mr. Mujahid, the Taliban spokesman who says he maintained phone contact with the fighters during the raid.
“They went through all the hotel, opening the doors of each room and killing the people,” says Mujahid.
Afghan police and special forces led the response to the assault, which began late Tuesday night. They cut power to the hotel in order to plunge the militants into darkness.
The Afghans also called to international forces, known as ISAF, for aerial support. ISAF sent one Blackhawk helicopter and had others on standby if needed.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Pakistan's ISI spy agency has 'militant links'
The Big "No DUH" of the week!
BBC
The US military's top officer, Adm Mike Mullen, has accused Pakistan's spy agency of having links with militants targeting troops in Afghanistan.
He said Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had a "long-standing relationship" with a militant group run by Afghan insurgent Jalaluddin Haqqani.
The comments came as he held talks in Islamabad on Wednesday. Pakistani officials are also in the US for talks.
Pakistan routinely rejects charges of collusion with militants.
The BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad says that US officials have in the past spoken anonymously or in circumspect terms about associations between the Pakistani establishment and insurgents.
But that with this blunt statement Adm Mullen has for the first time claimed a clear link between the two, our correspondent says.
"It's fairly well known that the ISI has a long-standing relationship with the Haqqani network," Adm Mullen told Pakistan's Dawn newspaper.
"Haqqani is supporting, funding, training fighters that are killing Americans and killing coalition partners. And I have a sacred obligation to do all I can to make sure that doesn't happen."
He said the spy agency's support of the network remained at the "core ... and the most difficult part of the relationship" and that he would take it up with Pakistan's army chief Gen Ashfaq Kayani.>
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Top Taliban Join Peace Talks With NATO Help
If you were one of the NATO Soldiers flying these asswipes to the Quetta shura, How hard would it be NOT to Put a bullet in their Heads?
I see nothing but regrets coming out of this !
Foxnews
High-level talks to end the war in Afghanistan reportedly involve face-to-face discussions with the most senior Taliban commanders, who have secretly left their sanctuaries in Pakistan with the help of NATO forces.
The talks between Afghan President Hamid Karzai's closest circle and members of the Quetta shura, the Taliban leadership, also include leaders of the Haqqani network, a hard-line Afghan militant group, and Peshawar shura, a group of fighters from eastern Afghanistan, The New York Times reported.
Some leaders of the Quetta shura who oversee the Taliban war effort in Afghanistan have left their havens in Pakistan aboard NATO aircraft to attend the talks on explicit assurance that they would be protected, the paper said. Others had roads into the country cleared by allied forces.
Last week it was revealed that NATO was providing safe passage to Taliban commanders engaged in settlement talks, the clearest sign yet that the U.S. takes Kabul's discussions with the insurgents seriously.
"When the Taliban see that they can travel in the country without being attacked by the Americans, they see that the government is sovereign, that they can trust us," an Afghan official was quoted as saying.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Two drone strikes in N. Waziristan; 11 killed
Also reports of another Taliban leader killed in this latest strike .
Dawn.com
MIRAMSHAH: US drones carried out two attacks in North Waziristan on Wednesday, killing 11 suspected militants, sources said.
Six militants were killed and two others injured when two missiles fired by an unmanned aircraft slammed into a house in the Miramshah Bazaar, they said.
Six mutilated bodies and two injured persons were pulled out from the rubbles of the house which had caught fire after the strike.
The injured were taken to the agency headquarters hospital in Miramshah.
The sources said that those killed were local militants. (According to AFP, three of the militants killed in the attack belonged to the Haqqani network. A security official said the missiles hit a compound where foreign militants are believed to have hatched a plan to launch Mumbai-style attacks in European cities.)
Late on Wednesday night, a US drone targeted a house in Hurmaz village, killing five suspected militants. Two missiles hit the house owned by Qasim Khan, a local tribesman.
Monday, August 2, 2010
US hints at operation in Pakistan
Excellent , working with Pakistan to take on Part of the Taliban ( Haqanni network)I'm sure is going to be a problem with some people in Pakistan , But we really don't care as long as the Taliban Are being Killed !
No Sympathy , just do what needs to be Done !
Dawn.com
WASHINGTON: During an interview with the ABC channel on Monday, US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates hinted at carrying out an operation in Pakistan along with Afghanistan in order to root out the Haqqani network, reports said.
Gates said the United States was strengthening its military capabilities in eastern Afghanistan, which, he said was the centre of the Haqqani network.
"Cooperation with Pakistan is being promoted in order to ensure safety on the Pak-Afghan border," Gates said.
While discussion the possibility of taking action against the Haqqani network, Gates hinted that the United States might carry out an operation for that reason in both Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Secret US-Pak deal to go after the Haqqani network?
That's the whisper in some diplomatic circles, but Dinah won't believe it until she sees it. Pakistan's agenda clearly isn't the same as the American agenda. IOW, they're playing us like a fiddle.
From the Daily Times:
Hint: A senior US diplomat hinted at a separate agreement that would allow the US itself to take on some of the hidden war against the terrorists.
Speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive talks with Pakistan, the diplomat said last week that more US action is expected against the Haqqani network, led by long-time resistance fighter and former US ally Jalaluddin Haqqani. His network, based in North Waziristan, reportedly has strong ties with Al Qaeda and targets US forces in eastern Afghanistan from across the border.
The diplomat said the stepped-up US action would only come with Pakistani support, but would not elaborate on the nature of the potential cooperation. Pakistani officials claim they have targeted the Haqqani leadership, albeit unsuccessfully, and will go after the network when the time is right. Some US officials believe that, others do not.
Military officials say the Haqqani problem illustrates how the US sometimes needs Pakistan more than the other way around. The US military now counts the Haqqani network as the single gravest threat to US forces fighting over the border in Afghanistan, and badly wants the government to push the militants from their border refuges. But the Pakistani answer seems to be that unless and until the Haqqanis threaten Pakistan, they won’t be a priority.
Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, was the latest US official to make the case in a visit to Islamabad last week.
Here's how Admiral Mullen made his case in Kandahar recently...
Friday, October 24, 2008
US missile strike kills 10 in Waziristan
US Predator Drones fire several Hellfire missiles at a seminary in North Waziristan which killed 10 people. The seminary is owned by Maulvi Pir Mohammad who is a close associate of Jalauddin Haqqani. Back in Sept a US missile strike targeted Haqqani's resident in the same area.
The Bell tolls for thee Haqqani. DawnMIRAMSHAH, Oct 23: US drones struck a seminary of an Afghan national in North Waziristan early on Thursday, killing 10 people and wounding three others.
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The attack came hours after parliament passed a unanimous resolution pledging to defend territorial integrity of the country.
Locals said that two spy drones buzzing overhead targeted seminary Sirajul Uloom in Dandi Derpakhel on the outskirts of Miramshah at about 2.30am. They said that three loud explosions were heard as planes were flying over the area.
Sources said that some outsiders were among the dead. Three wounded persons belonging to Punjab were taken to a government hospital in Miramshah in serious condition. They were identified as Sangeen, Bekhtullah and Rehmatullah.The seminary is owned by Afghan national Maulvi Pir Mohammad who is stated to be a close associate of Taliban Commander in Afghanistan Maulvi Jalaluddin Haqqani.
Innocent my ass.
“Pir Mohammad was one of the trustworthy commanders of Mr Haqqani during the Afghan conflict,” said a source.
Mr Haqqani’s residence and his seminary were targeted by unmanned US planes in the same locality on Sept 8 this year, killing 23 people including his family members and some Arab nationals.[...]
Elders from North Waziristan met NWFP Governor Owais Ahmad Ghani in Peshawar on Thursday asking him that the government should take pre-emptive measures to halt drone attacks in the area.
“The jirga members were disappointed over intermittent drone attacks, resulting in the killings of innocent tribesmen and demanded protection from such attacks,” said a handout, quoting an unnamed tribal elder.“We must get united and strengthen our rank and file so that we face the challenges with the strength of our unity,” Mr Owais remarked.
“Our enemies[Ed. Note: read Americans] are trying to destabilise Pakistan by creating rift in our rank and file and weaken it economically,” he said, adding that these elements would never succeed in their nefarious designs.
