"Taliban using sanctuary in Pakistan; Widen attacks in Afghanistan, US military says" by Eric Schmitt and Mark Mazzetti, New York Times | September 24, 2009
Well, seeing as that line on the map is a British construct that has no meaning on the ground, the statement means nothing.
Related: AmeriKan MSM Prepping the American People For Invasion of Pakistan
WASHINGTON - Senior Taliban leaders, showing a surprising level of sophistication and organization, are using their sanctuary in Pakistan to stoke a widening campaign of violence in northern and western Afghanistan, senior American military and intelligence officials say.
The Taliban’s expansion into parts of Afghanistan that it once had little influence over comes as the Obama administration is struggling to settle on a new military strategy for Afghanistan, and as the White House renews its efforts to get Pakistan’s government to be more aggressive about killing or capturing Taliban leaders inside Pakistan.
American military and intelligence officials, who insisted on anonymity because they were discussing classified information, said the Taliban’s leadership council, led by Mullah Muhammad Omar and operating around the southern Pakistani city of Quetta, was directly responsible for a wave of violence in once relatively placid parts of northern and western Afghanistan. A recent string of attacks killed troops from Italy and Germany, pivotal American allies that are facing strong opposition to the Afghan war at home....
Oh, I get it now!
See: Italy Intimidated Out Afghanistan
American Apology Ameliorates Afghans
Yup, WHENEVER the PUBLIC WANTS to LEAVE we GET SHIT LIKE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, the WAR-CRIMINAL JEW YORK F***ING TIMES!!!!
These assessments echo a recent report by General Stanley A. McChrystal, the top military commander in Afghanistan, in portraying the Taliban as an increasingly sophisticated shadow government that sees itself on the cusp of victory in the war-ravaged nation.
If you read some of my links you will see what I think of that. Maybe they are everything the paper says they are (I doubt it very much); however, they are the DEFENDERS of the PEOPLE because THEY LIVE THERE!! TALIB is another name for PASHTUNS!
So maybe if THEY WIN we will STOP KILLING THEM because WE NEVER DO, "win" or lose!
McChrystal’s report describes how Omar’s insurgency has appointed shadow governors in most provinces of Afghanistan, levies taxes, establishes Islamic courts there and conducts a formal review of its military campaign each winter.
Almost like a REAL GOVERNMENT, huh?
I COULD LIVE WITH THAT, if you know what I mean, link, link.
American officials say they believe that the Taliban leadership in Pakistan still gets support from parts of the Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, Pakistan’s military spy service.
Here we go!
Okay, take it ONE STEP FURTHER, NYT, and MAKE the CIA LINK!
The ISI has been the Taliban’s off-again-on-again benefactor for more than a decade....
McChrystal said in his assessment, which was made public on Monday, “Senior leaders of the major Afghan insurgent groups are based in Pakistan, are linked with Al-Qaida and other violent extremist groups,’’ and are reportedly aided by “some elements’’ of the ISI.
One wonders when the Pakistani military is going to open its eyes because NO MATTER HOW MANY "Taliban" you kill, WE ARE COMING!!!!
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