Rule Number One: “I will no longer accept what my leaders and the media tell me and will assume they are lying every time they speak.”
"Militants advance toward Islamabad; Concerns raised about Pakistan's vulnerability" by Mark Magnier and Mubashir Zaidi, Los Angeles Times | April 24, 2009
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Emboldened militants made their presence felt closer to Islamabad yesterday, raising fears in Pakistan and around the world that the capital and the nation were increasingly vulnerable.
The deteriorating situation prompted calls from foreign leaders and Pakistan-based diplomats urging the government to counter the growing threat. The North-West Frontier Province dispatched a few hundred paramilitary forces yesterday to the district of Buner, about 60 miles from Islamabad, after Taliban forces took control of much of the area this week. Most were believed to have remained inside government buildings without engaging the militants, although there were unconfirmed reports of one policeman dying in a gunfight.
Taliban fighters from the nearby Swat Valley have infiltrated the area in recent days, emboldened by a government-sanctioned peace deal allowing them to enforce Sharia, or Islamic law, in the valley, a onetime tourist paradise. Prime Minister Yusaf Raza Gillani told reporters in Islamabad that the government would safeguard against any violation of the peace agreement reached in the Swat Valley. "The government will not allow anyone to challenge the government," he said in a statement.
But in Buner, the Taliban remained largely in control despite yesterday's stepped-up paramilitary presence. "We will not leave the area," a Taliban commander, Mufti Bashir, told local journalists. Since entering Buner from Swat, the Taliban has reportedly set up checkpoints, started patrolling roads and ordered barbershops to stop shaving beards, which are favored by Islamic militants. The moves have prompted some residents to flee....
Strange how the MSM can't confirm air strikes or civilian dead but they can pass this all of as verified. Anybody other than me have a problem with that?
Richard C. Holbrooke, US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, telephoned Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari yesterday. A vague statement issued a few hours later said only that the two discussed security issues and Zardari's forthcoming trip to the United States. German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Gillani to express her concern. And a flurry of Western diplomats met with Pakistani lawmakers throughout the day in a bid to assess the government's likely response to the threat.
How long until NATO boots are on the ground?
Supporters of the Swat deal, hammered out in February and signed into law by Zardari last week, had contended that it would secure peace and even divide militant factions. But any breathing room or disunity was apparently short-lived, if it ever existed.
"They're very organized," said Ahmed Rashid, author of "Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia." "They're a faction of the main Taliban, and they're spreading out from Swat to different valleys."
In Pakistan's parliament yesterday, many lawmakers blasted the Taliban for its brand of Islam and fretted over its growing clout.
--more--"
Meanwhile, in between my newspaper reports:
BUNER, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani Taliban commander withdrew his fighters from a key northwestern valley on Friday, amid growing alarm in the United States that the Taliban were creeping closer to the capital of nuclear-armed Pakistan....
The Taliban spokesman was quoted in the past week as saying al Qaeda would be given refuge in lands under Taliban control. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Pakistan's policies in Swat abdicated authority to the Taliban, while Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged Pakistani leaders to act against foes who posed an "existential threat" to the state.
Pakistan's top diplomat in Britain said Clinton was "rather overstretching the issue." Germany said the Taliban were still far from the capital and cautioned against getting carried away....
Then why was Merkel ringing in? WTF, MSM?
Meanwhile, Taliban militants were seen in another northwestern district of Shangla, manning checkpoints they had set up near Shahkot and Purn villages, according to intelligence officials....
--more--""Some Taliban pull back from district; Still control that area of Pakistan" by Carlotta Gall and Eric Schmitt, New York Times | April 25, 2009
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Some Taliban pulled back from a key district not far from the capital yesterday, but remained in control of the area, as the military defended its response, saying it was "determined to root out the menace of terrorism."
The statement issued by the Pakistani military also condemned the criticism of the army by "outside powers" and called its decision not to intervene as Taliban insurgents advanced from the Swat Valley to Buner, just 70 miles from the capital, an "operational pause" intended to give reconciliation a chance.
American officials have been expressing alarm about the widening areas of Pakistan coming under Taliban control this week, as hundreds of armed Taliban militants consolidated control of yet another Pakistani region.
Yesterday, General David H. Petraeus, the top commander in the region, told members of a committee in the House of Representatives that extremists are eroding security in Afghanistan and threaten "Pakistan's very existence," Bloomberg News reported.
Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also expressed concerns yesterday about the deteriorating situation, which he said was in "constant, steady decline."
"The situation there is definitely worse than it was two weeks ago. It just continues to spin off," Mullen told reporters in southern Afghanistan.
So when are we going in with the troops, admiral?
And if they don't, we will!!
--more--"
Updates:
"Taliban bar Pakistan army convoy as tension grows
ISLAMABAD -- Taliban gunmen stopped an army convoy from entering their valley stronghold Saturday, casting a U.S.-criticized peace deal back into doubt a day after the militants called off a move closer to the Pakistani capital.
About 50 militants blocked the main road leading into the northwestern valley of Swat, halting a column of six army trucks and two jeeps, Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan said. The vehicles were carrying extra troops as well as supplies, in violation of the peace accord, Khan told The Associated Press by telephone.
Of course, U.S. PUPPET GOVERNMENTS and USrael itself are allowed to violate peace all the time without being called "terrorists," etc, etc. Can you tell I'm sick of the shit-shovel of AmeriKa's jewspapers?
Sorry to put it that way, but explore the blog a bit. Find out how a faithful reader of the Boston Globe (not for much longer) documented their endless and sometimes seemingly innocuous cover-ups. Go ahead; I'll wait for you.
A military official confirmed the incident and said the convoy returned to the nearby town of Bari Kot. He declined to give details and spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss it publicly....
You know what? I'm just glad NO ONE was KILLED TODAY (if indeed no one was killed; I hardly expect this shit sheet in front of me to tell) because NO MATTER WHOM THEY ARE they are ALL INNOCENT of that 9/11 FRAME-UP INSIDE JOB by CIA, Mossad, and various other levels of certain (primarily U.S., British, and Israeli) governments.
U.S. officials and many Pakistani critics view the pact as a capitulation before extremists who have beheaded opponents, burned girls schools and said they would welcome and protect Osama bin Laden. It also grants the militants effective immunity from prosecution.
Isn't that just a SPLENDID PIECE of SHIT JEW PROPAGANDA?
They MAKE ME DO IT! Take a GOOD, LONG LOOK, dammit!!!!!!!!!!
About the TALIBAN:
"Something of a catchall term for loosely affiliated insurgents without a singular command structure. Often, the Afghan government favors the phrase 'enemies of the state' (New York Times July 24, 2007)."
"The Taliban is growing and creating new alliances not because its sectarian religious practices have become popular, but because it is the only available umbrella for national liberation," says Pakistani historian and political commentator Tariq Ali. "As the British and the Soviets discovered to their cost in the preceding two centuries, Afghans never like being occupied."
Also see: Afghanistan's Other Government
And today, readers?
"More and more, people here look back to the era of harsh Taliban rule from 1996 to 2001, describing it as a time of security and peace."
Oh, oh, oh!!!! I'm so offended by the AmeriKan MSM and its bullshit!
Also see: How I Came to Love the Veil
And consider this:
"They sat in one girl’s home telling their story, their faces uncovered only because no man was present. But when Mohammed Matloob, the father of one of the girls, walked into the room, the other three quickly pulled their head scarves over their faces. His daughter, Nagina, 16, ordered him to leave the room, which he did, with a surprised shrug."
Aren't the children beautiful?
Tomas Munita for The New York Times Hameeda Sarfraz, in the dark burqa, teaches Islamic religious lessons to children in her village, about 50 miles north of Islamabad, Pakistan.
Oh, what LIES we have been told about Muslims by our Muslim-hating Zionist AmeriKan MSM, Americans!!!!!!
Honestly, I'm tired of the MSM lying? Aren't you, AmeriKa?
Also see: I Don't Want to Kill Them Anymore
The Children of Afghanistan
The Uncomfortable Others
Are you sick of half-truths and Muslim-hating lies from your jewspapers yet, America?
"The U.S. government was well aware of the Taliban's reactionary program, yet it chose to back their rise to power in the mid-1990s. The creation of the Taliban was "actively encouraged by the ISI and the CIA," according to Selig Harrison, an expert on U.S. relations with Asia. "The United States encouraged Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to support the Taliban, certainly right up to their advance on Kabul," adds respected journalist Ahmed Rashid. When the Taliban took power, State Department spokesperson Glyn Davies said that he saw "nothing objectionable" in the Taliban's plans to impose strict Islamic law, and Senator Hank Brown, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Near East and South Asia, welcomed the new regime: "The good part of what has happened is that one of the factions at last seems capable of developing a new government in Afghanistan." "The Taliban will probably develop like the Saudis. There will be Aramco [the consortium of oil companies that controlled Saudi oil], pipelines, an emir, no parliament and lots of Sharia law. We can live with that," said another U.S. diplomat in 1997."
We can "LIVE WITH THAT?"
Yeah, kinda like the way the keep "Al-CIA-Duh going!!!!
F***ing MSM whores and liars!!!!!!!!!!
And on that last one, is that like the immunity Obama gave to torturers, s*** press?
Hello, you there? Yeah, yu-huh! Sigh!!!!
Western officials worry that Swat could turn into an expanding haven for al-Qaida allies. The trouble also diverts Pakistan from tackling more established militant sanctuaries closer to the Afghan border....
--more--"
I really can't take the propaganda anymore, readers.
See: The Boston Globe Knows About "Al-CIA-Duh"
Naivete or Disingenuousness?
Which means this is ALL GARBAGE and THEY KNOW IT!!!
"A mortal threat from Pakistan
SECRETARY OF STATE Hillary Clinton was hardly exaggerating last week when she called the domination of Taliban forces over entire districts of Pakistan a "mortal threat" to the world.
See: The Clinton Two-Step
No sooner had the Pakistani government struck a deal with the Taliban, accepting a harsh version of Shariah law in the former tourist destination of the Swat Valley, than Taliban militants swept into the nearby Bruner district, killing local police, terrifying the civilian population, and threatening eventually to seize power across all of nuclear-armed Pakistan.
The rise of the Pakistani Taliban can be traced to errors committed by successive Pakistani governments as well as the country's military and intelligence services, and also to erratic American policies. But today no energy should be wasted on apportioning blame. The fanatical Pakistani Taliban have to be stopped....
Still waiting for the editorial condemning fanatical NaZionist Jews of Iz-ray-HELL, but....
Didn't the U.S. help put those guys in, Globe?
In the short run, that means sending regular army and paramilitary forces to clear the Taliban out of Bruner and the Swat Valley, even at the price of taking casualties in a fight with fellow countrymen....
EASY for THEM to say!!!!!
How FUCKING APPALLING the SHIT ELITERS at the BOSTON GLOBE are!! I've ranted and raged, but THIS IS A DAMNABLE ZIONIST-CONTROLLED OUTRAGE and PIECE of FUCKING CRAP!!!
Yeah, I AM GOD-DAMN ANGRY TODAY because I'M SICK of this WAR PROPAGANDA SLOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Of course, the s*** MSM of AmeriKa wouldn't sell us shit war lies about 9/11 or Iraq to push the god-damn agenda or anything.
Fuck off, War PAPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Related: Agenda-Pushing AmeriKan MSM Confirms Pakistan Next For U.S. Invasion
So WHEN is the NEXT MISSILE DROP and WILL YOU TELL US, puss-bag press?
"Suspected US missiles kill three, wound five, Pakistan says; Cleric: Islamic law must be enforced" by Nahal Toosi, Associated Press | April 20, 2009
ISLAMABAD - Suspected US missiles leveled a Taliban compound in northwest Pakistan yesterday, officials said, killing three people despite militant threats of a wave of suicide bombings if the strikes don't end.
Meanwhile, a hard-line cleric who mediated a deal that imposes Islamic law in a northwest valley in exchange for peace with the Taliban warned that the Pakistani government must enforce the law, not simply make announcements about it.
Pockets of Pakistan's northwest regions bordering Afghanistan are havens for Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters. Many are believed to be involved in attacks on US and NATO forces across the border, and American officials say the missile strikes are a key tool in taking them out.
Fucking mass-murder, dammit!
Yesterday's suspected strike occurred in South Waziristan tribal region, the main stronghold of Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, who is believed to be allied with the Al Qaeda terrorist network.
Oh, ANOTHER DEAD GUY!!!
Related: The Hallmarks of a False-Flag Attack at Pakistani Police Academy
Shahab Ali Shah, South Waziristan's top administrative official, said three people died and five were wounded in the Zari Noor village area. The identities of the dead and wounded were not immediately clear. Haji Gul Zaman, who lives just outside Zari Noor village, said he heard two blasts and saw plumes of smoke rising from the area. Trucks carrying Taliban fighters raced toward the scene, Zaman said....
The latest strike came a day after a suicide car bomber killed 27 people - most of them security forces - at a checkpoint in the Hangu town area, another rough-and-tumble region in the northwest. Hakeemullah Mehsud, a Taliban commander who has vowed to carry out two suicide attacks a week to press for an end to the missile strikes, claimed responsibility for the bombings.
"We are meeting our pledge. . . . We will intensify our attacks if the drone strikes in the tribal areas do not stop," Mehsud told the Associated Press by phone from an undisclosed location....
Well, CAN'T YOU TRACK 'EM DOWN with the SPY TECHOLOGY? At least get the number and location of the cell tower, etc?
I mean, IF PEOPLE WERE NOT BEING SLAUGHTERED in the name of this FOOLISH BULLSHIT it would be a LAUGH RIOT!!
As it is, it JUST MAKES ME MAD!!!!!! Fucking shit MSM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just wondering why the press aren't reporting the two attacks a day, blah, blah, unless it's just once more the same old agenda-pushing crap? When it comes to Muslims and wars, I don't believe a damn word of the AmeriKan jewsmedia. They have proven they are not to be trusted.
--more--"
