Why am I smelling STAGED INCIDENT all over this?
"Militants destroy US trucks, supplies in Pakistan; Materiel headed for Afghanistan; Brazen attacks imperil route" by Jane Perlez, New York Times | December 8, 2008
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - More than 100 trucks loaded with supplies for US and allied forces in Afghanistan were destroyed yesterday by militants in Peshawar, a Pakistani city that serves as an important transit point for the Afghan war effort.
Peshawar? And CUI BONO?
It was the third major attack by Taliban militants on NATO supplies in Pakistan in a month, exposing the vulnerability of the route from the port of Karachi through Peshawar and over the border into Afghanistan. The United States relies on the route for 80 percent of its supplies for the war in Afghanistan....
And to SECURE THAT ROUTE, we are going to... ??
The militants overwhelmed the rudimentary security system at two lots where the trucks were parked, in the heart of Peshawar. They easily disarmed security guards around 2:30 a.m., then threw grenades and fired rockets at the loaded trucks. One guard was killed, the Associated Press said.
"We were unable to challenge such a large number of armed men," said Muhammad Rafiq, a security guard. He estimated that 200 militants had been involved in the attack.
Pakistani security forces apparently fired at the attackers. "There was artillery and rapid exchange of fire," said a retired police official, Hidyatullah Arbab, who heard the firing from his home. "Peshawar is becoming a battleground."
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The Pakistani government said two weeks ago that it had increased protection for the supply trucks along the route. But the ease with which the militants destroyed the vehicles yesterday exposed the susceptibility of stationary equipment, even in the center of a city that houses the 11th Corps of the Pakistani army.
Last week, militants attacked another parking area in Peshawar. About 12 trucks with NATO supplies were ruined. Perhaps the most brazen attack came Nov. 10, when about 60 Taliban militants hijacked a convoy of trucks on the Khyber road in daylight.
The Pakistani government is eager to hold on to the trucking business that supplies the war in Afghanistan. But the truck owners complain that the government is impotent in the face of the Taliban....
I just had to laugh when I read that the Pakistan government wants the war to continue -- right past their borders!!!!! And if the Pakistan government is "impotent(?)" then the U.S. better get in there, huh?
Pffffttt!
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For more on the Mumbai cover story, go HERE and scroll down as you read.
And if the "Taliban" are so "powerful," then LET'S TALK!!!!!!
