"‘Discovery of mass graves in Swat’
LAHORE: A fact-finding mission of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan to Swat has documented accounts of extrajudicial killings by the security forces, discovery of mass graves in the conflict-hit region and the unabated suffering of the civilian population.
The report of the three-day mission says a number of Swat residents have reported having seen mass graves in the area, including at least one at Kookarai village in Babozai tehsil and another in an area between Dewlai and Shah Dheri in Kabal tehsil.
The witnesses to mass burials said at least in some cases the bodies appeared to be those of Taliban militants, it added. The mission expressed grave concern over the ‘worrying development’ and also over credible reports of numerous extrajudicial killings and reprisals carried out by the security forces.
The mission said: ‘It is vital for the success of the military operation against terrorists that the security forces’ actions are distinguishable from the atrocities committed by the Taliban. ‘Taliban justice’ has been rightly condemned for its brutal and arbitrary nature and was crucial in helping turn the public opinion against the extremists. Treatment of individuals by government must aspire to a higher standard.
‘The human rights violations by security forces can only be discouraged if the State puts in place a transparent mechanism to monitor violations both during and post-conflict and fulfill its obligation of providing justice through due process.’
The HRCP mission also noted serious difficulties faced by the local population and internally displaced persons (IDPs) returning to Swat. ‘The IDPs have returned to find a number of houses in the area damaged in the military operation. Shops in most areas are yet to reopen and the ones that are open have scarce supplies. The local people demand that the government ensure the supply of essentials to the returning population, including subsidised edibles for the families that cannot afford to buy them on account of financial losses. Restoration of the devastated infrastructure and provision of safe drinking water must be given top priority to prevent the spread of disease.’
While a massive security operation in Swat seems to have dented the Taliban network in the area for now, the threat still exists. A lack of safety and security remains for the people being sent back to the valley from IDP camps, the mission reported. ‘That the law and order situation is still not completely under control is testified by the continued curfew in the area. Even military officials in the area acknowledge that parts of Swat are yet to be purged of the militants. The beheading of a police official in Sangota (Mingora) on July 28 triggered fear among local residents who had returned to their homes after being assured that the militants have been flushed out of the area.’
It said none of the national and provincial assembly members or district or tehsil nazims had so far returned to the conflict-hit area. Their absence itself is a reflection of the apprehension of lack of security in the region. The government should provide the elected representatives of the area appropriate security to encourage their return, which would also boost public morale. The mission urged a campaign to apprehend local-level Taliban operatives and other terrorists.
The return from the IDP camps must be voluntary and the people should be given accurate assessment of the situation on ground to enable them to make an informed decision. The HRCP emphasised that security of the displaced population must be the guiding principles in any decision on repatriation.
‘The shifting of IDPs from camps in the NWFP cities to safe places in Swat, and not hurried repatriation or closure of camps for the IDPs, must be the main consideration for the government,’ the mission said. It further said the government must not send the returning IDPs to areas yet to be cleared of Taliban and should instead move the IDP camps to those areas of Swat that have been secured and are accessible to national and international humanitarian aid agencies.
It would make the displaced population feel more at home in a climate they are accustomed to, the mission said. It said the IDPs should be expeditiously compensated for the damage caused to their houses and other property during the military operation to allow them to rebuild their lives at the earliest. The civil society must also come forward to assist the traumatised population as well as demand provision of justice through due process and an end to human rights violations in security operations, the HRCP said.
Aside from the unmentioned mass graves (war crimes) and omitted refugee crisis (a war crime if there ever was one, doing that to those beautiful people), there is THIS LIE of an INSULT from earlier:
"The military operation in the Swat Valley and surrounding areas is winding down"
Related: The Boston Globe's Pakistan Insults: War Wind Down
Really, MSM? You don't say?
I think I get it now: when my war daily says an operation is winding down it means it is going to conceal genocide.
"Militant battle kills scores in Pakistan; Taliban chief’s fate still unclear" by Ishtiaq Mahsud and Elena Becatoros, Associated Press | August 13, 2009
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - Fierce clashes between Taliban fighters and those loyal to a progovernment warlord killed at least 70 people yesterday, intelligence officials said, a week after a CIA drone reportedly killed the top Taliban leader in Pakistan.
Related: Predator Precipitates Pakistani Divorce
Either way you guys murdered his wife!
The battles pitted Taliban militants against followers of tribal warlord Turkistan Bitani on the fringes of the South Waziristan border region.... Pakistan’s army sent in helicopter gunships as reinforcements to pound about 300 Taliban fighters attacking Bitani’s mountain stronghold, two intelligence officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
They tell us reporters are better than bloggers because they command responses (usually a no comment from the societal pooh-bahs), and they cite sources as opposed to us anonymous bloggers.
So WTF, MSM? Anonymous okay when its some agenda-pushing, government flak?
The fighting raged for five hours, with militants using rockets, mortars, and antiaircraft guns against Bitani’s village of Sura Ghar, the officials said. They said wireless intercepts from the area showed at least 70 people - including one woman in the village - were killed. Ten of the dead were from Bitani’s stronghold, the officials said, while the rest were militants.
Wireless intercepts?
Of what? Cellphones? Those pious Taliban using traceable cellphones?
Ex-diplomat: US supplies arms to Taliban
Ooooh!
It was impossible to independently confirm the death toll, as the fighting was taking place in a remote mountainous area that is off-limits to journalists.
Then why am I even believing one wor.... pass me that salt shaker, will you?
Bitani put the casualty figure higher, telling the Associated Press that about 90 fighters were killed and 40 houses destroyed. The fighting followed days of confusion and competing claims over Mehsud’s fate. While US and Pakistani officials say they are almost certain he is dead, Taliban commanders insist he is alive.
These guys are in and out of the grave more than Elvis. It is meant to fool the American people into thinking there is the endless supply of "terrorists" that want to come kill them -- 9/11 an inside job -- because other than bin Laden, we don't know all the names. Keep throwing them in and out of the crypt and you know, they all become the same in the propaganda war.
Neither side has produced any evidence, and since the claims of Mehsud’s death, both the Taliban and the Pakistani government have been waging competing propaganda campaigns over the state of the Taliban’s leadership.
That's rich! The AmeriKan MSM citing evidence and propaganda. Ever look in the mirror, j**s***s?
Days after the missile strike, Interior Minister Rehman Malik claimed a Taliban meeting to choose Mehsud’s successor degenerated into a gunbattle between the leading contenders - Waliur Rehman and Hakimullah Mehsud - and that one of the two was dead.
Bitani made similar claims, saying there had been a gunfight at the meeting, known as a shura - although he had said both Rehman and Hakimullah Mehsud were dead. The two militant commanders both later phoned international media organizations to prove they survived.
Is this a sit-com, or.... ?
The lies are fabulous, aren't they, American?
Wading the big s***ty every day!
Baitullah Mehsud and his followers have been the target of both US and Pakistani operations aimed at ridding the country’s volatile northwest of militants. Washington has increased its focus on Pakistan’s rugged tribal regions because they provide safe haven for insurgents fighting international forces across the border in Afghanistan.
The United States is also concerned the militants could undermine the stability of the government in Islamabad, especially after Taliban insurgents briefly captured areas some 60 miles from the capital. That bold takeover stoked fears Pakistan’s nuclear weapons could fall into the wrong hands.
Hey, you know, WHATEVER LIE will WORK to OCCUPY PAKISTAN.
We got OIL PIPELINES to PROTECT and GAS PROJECTS (with Iran and India) to SABOTAGE, dammit!
Sacrificing some screwed-up Muslim hillbillies on the altar of black gold and power projection is nothing. In fact, the victims should TAKE IT AS AN HONOR that we are SLAUGHTERING them.
A recent report written by a UK-based security specialist said militants had attacked nuclear facilities three times in two years, but a military spokesman denied that yesterday.
I wonder which CIA case officer was handling that operation.
Major General Athar Abbas said there is “absolutely no chance’’ the country’s atomic weapons could fall into terrorist hands.
On that, I believe him. Don't they have codes and s*** like us?
I'm NOT FALLING for ANOTHER FALSE FLAG like the LAST TIME, bastards!!!!
THOSE DAYS are OVER, USRaeli crappers!!!! NEVER AGAIN!!!!
Shaun Gregory, a professor at Bradford University’s Pakistan Security Research Unit, wrote that several attacks have already hit military bases where nuclear components are secretly stored. The article appeared in the July newsletter of the Combating Terrorism Center of the US Military Academy at West Point.
--more--"
Ah, judge for yourself: Jihadis thrice attacked Pakistan nuclear sites
More "winding down."
PARACHINAR, Pakistan - Helicopter gunships pummeled a key Taliban commander’s bases in Pakistan’s northwest, killing at least 12 insurgents yesterday as government forces ratcheted up pressure on the militants following their top leader’s reported death, officials said.
This isn't winding down, lying MSM.
Military helicopters destroyed several bases and hideouts yesterday morning near the Kurram and Aurakzai tribal regions run by militant commander Hakimullah Mehsud, three intelligence officials said. Hakimullah Mehsud is a clansman and potential successor to the Pakistani Taliban chief, Baitullah Mehsud, who was reported killed in a CIA missile strike Aug. 5.
Yesterday’s attacks were on bases in tribal areas near the Afghan border, about 60 miles north of the Mehsud clan’s main base in South Waziristan. The intelligence officials said troops saw the bodies from the air but did not retrieve them. Several militants were also wounded, and the casualties could rise because some people were believed to be buried under the rubble of their hideouts, said the officials, who sought anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
Meanwhile, a new poll suggests that Pakistanis’ views on the Taliban have shifted dramatically in the past year, with 70 percent now opposing the militants. But according to a Pew Global Attitudes survey, the United States doesn’t fare well either, with 64 percent of Pakistanis seeing Washington as an enemy.
I know it's Pew, but I don't believe that first number at all. Not when you compare it with the second one and all the posts I've put up on Pakistan. I no longer believe MSM lies.
Related: Pakistan Losing Public Support Against Taliban
I know people don't like it, and I know I shouldn't say it, but the "Taliban" are DEFENDERS!
Also see: Taliban Morphs Into "Al-CIA-Duh"
Pakistan is one of only four countries among 20 recently surveyed by Pew that does not show sharply improved views of the United States since President Obama took office....
Translation: the PAKISTANIS are BRIGHT and PERCEPTIVE PEOPLE who are NOT FOOLED like us 'too-pid 'murkns!
Oh, yeah, the ESCALATING PREDATOR STRIKES and INSISTENCE that the Pakistan government slaughter its own people on the alter of that huge, steaming, stinking, sour, rancid, fetid, and fermented lie of 9/11 is most disgusting.
Pakistan’s military redoubled its fight against the Pakistani Taliban - a loose federation of Islamist groups with various tribal and regional factions - in April after militants broke a peace deal and took over a district about 60 miles from the capital, Islamabad.
Yeah, they "redoubled" the fight because we threatened them; the press normally makes the Taliban seem monolithic; and the peace thing, pffft, 'kay?
While mostly based in the tribal areas in the northwest, the militants had in recent years spread eastward into the onetime tourist haven of Swat Valley, executing police and burning down girls’ schools in attempts to force the population to adhere to their hard-line interpretation of Islam.
You know, I keep WONDERING about that especially when I SAW THIS:
And because of the SOURCE (my war-promoting AmeriKan jewsmedia), I can only conclude I am being LIED TO by my newspaper AGAIN!!!!
The military took back control of Swat after a two-month assault, and now government forces have increasingly targeted the Taliban strongholds in the tribal belt, where the militants are also believed to give shelter to Al Qaeda leaders and help plan attacks on US forces in neighboring Afghanistan. For years, Pakistan tolerated its homegrown militancy, but increased attacks inside Pakistan - reportedly masterminded by Baitullah Mehsud at the urging of his Al Qaeda allies - forced the government to launch large-scale strikes against them....
Yeah, and RAPE VICTIMS ASK FOR IT!
This is SUCH DISGUSTING PROPAGANDA it makes one ill.
On Wednesday, fierce clashes erupted after fighters loyal to Baitullah Mehsud attacked the forces of a progovernment warlord, Turkistan Bitani, on the fringes of the South Waziristan region. At least 70 people were reported killed. Pakistan’s army later sent in helicopter gunships as reinforcements to pound about 300 Taliban fighters attacking Bitani’s mountain stronghold, two intelligence officials said.
It was impossible to independently confirm the death toll, as the fighting was in a remote mountainous area that is off-limits to journalists. The fighting followed days of confusion and competing claims over Baitullah Mehsud’s fate. While US and Pakistani officials say they are almost certain he is dead, Taliban commanders insist he is alive.
Yeah, we got all that already.
When is the slaughter based on lies going to stop?
Please stop killing those beautiful people up in the Pakistani hills that NEVER DID ANYTHING TO US, 'bamer!!!! Be a MAN and ORDER a HALT to the CARNAGE!
