"The misuse of funding helps to explain how Al Qaeda, dismantled in Afghanistan in 2001, was able to regroup, grow, and take on the weak Pakistani army"
Oh, this is really offensive propaganda!
Now the TALIBAN is "Al-CIA-Duh!"
"It is foolishness to look at “militant Islamists” and the CIA Special Forces teams who are sent in to fight them as two separate entities, without realizing that they are one and the same. In Central Asia, the scary “Islamists” appear, as if by magic, wherever the oil companies have an interest."
Also see: The Pinnacle of Propaganda
Pashtun History Lesson
The Perceptive Pakistani People and Propaganda
You see where this is all going, right.
For a different perspective and an entirely correct analysis, see:
AfPak the straw that broke imperialism
And before you read the rest, I would actually advise you to see this site for the inside scoop and insight on Pakistan politics (for more commentaries, go here).
I don't know if I can take two days in a row -- or any more, for that matter -- of this war-promoting crap passing itself of as news.
"Pakistan kept billions in US aid from military; Generals say misuse of funds common, costly" by Kathy Gannon, Associated Press | October 5, 2009
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The United States has long suspected that much of the billions of dollars it has sent Pakistan to battle militants has been diverted to the domestic economy and other causes, such as fighting India.
Now the scope and longevity of the misuse is becoming clear: Between 2002 and 2008, while Al Qaeda regrouped, only $500 million of the $6.6 billion in American aid actually made it to the Pakistani military, two army generals said.
The account of the generals, who asked to remain anonymous because military rules forbid them from speaking publicly, was backed up by other retired and active generals, former bureaucrats, and government ministers. At the time of the siphoning, Pervez Musharraf, a Washington ally, served as chief of staff and president, making it easier to divert money intended for the military to bolster his image at home through economic subsidies.
Nice to blame him now after all the loot is gone, huh -- and demonize Pakistan further for the neo-con occupation plan.
And his plan -- if he in fact did that, which seems unlikely since Pakistan's economy tanked at the time -- DID NOT WORK!!
“The army itself got very little,’’ said Mahmud Durrani, a retired general who was Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States under Musharraf. “It went to things like subsidies, which is why everything looked hunky-dory. The military was financing the war on terror out of its own budget.’’
Generals and ministers say the diversion of the money hurt the military in several ways:
■ Helicopters critical to the battle in rugged border regions were not available. At one point in 2007, more than 200 soldiers were trapped by insurgents in the tribal regions without a helicopter lift to rescue them.
■ The limited night vision equipment given to the army was taken away every three months for inventory and returned three weeks later.
■ Equipment was broken, and training was lacking. It was not until 2007 that money was given to the Frontier Corps, the front-line force, for training.
The details on misuse of American aid come as Washington again promises Pakistan money. Legislation to triple general aid to Pakistan cleared Congress last week....
Hey, if it is going to the PEOPLE of PAKISTAN then THAT IS FINE!!!
Related: Pakistan Plan in Place
The United States is also insisting on more accountability for reimbursing money spent. For example, Pakistan is still waiting for $1.7 billion for which it has billed the United States under a Coalition Support Fund to reimburse allies for money spent on the war on terror.
I guess your pockets are bottomless, taxpayers. The wars are more expensive than you can believe because WE ARE PAYING EVERY ALLIES EXPENSES to FIGHT THEM!!
But the United States still can’t follow what happens to the money it doles out....
They don't follow it here, either.
See:
- War Looter's Wednesday: Peering Into the Future
- War Looter's Wednesday: Global Arms Market
- War Looter's Wednesday: Gates' Guarantee
- War Looter's Wednesday: Congress on the Case
- War Looter's Wednesday: Electrifying Bonus
- War Looter's Wednesday: Forgotten Soldiers
- War Looter's Wednesday: Scientifically Speaking
- War Looter's Wednesday: Immigrants Matter Most
- War Looter's Wednesday: The Mirth of Murtha
Musharraf’s spokesman, Rashid Quereshi, also a retired general, flatly denied that his former boss had shortchanged the army. He did not address the specific charges. “He has answered these questions. He has answered all the questions,’’ the spokesman said. Musharraf took power in a bloodless coup in 1999 and resigned in August 2008.
Funny how NONE of this came up when HE was OUR FRIEND, huh?
At least, not in the WAR-PROMOTING, ENEMY-CREATING, AGENDA-PUSHING AmeriKan War Press!!!!!!
The misuse of funding helps to explain how Al Qaeda, dismantled in Afghanistan in 2001, was able to regroup, grow, and take on the weak Pakistani army. The army still complains of inadequate equipment to battle Taliban entrenched in tribal regions.
Message to Pakistan, by way of Hal:
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Boston Sunday Globe Censorship: Pakistan Parking Lot
What's that, FIVE DAYS RUNNING they have IGNORED the VIOLENCE?
That is a LOT of MURDER for a WEAK ARMY!
Related:
"The controlled media today censors and sanitizes the images and information about the wars and the human suffering the aggression has caused to the people of Iraq and Afghanistan. The public is kept in the dark about the true costs of the illegal wars, both human and financial. Most importantly, the U.S. media keeps powerful images.... off the pages of our newspapers.
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That explains the Boston Globe, doesn't it?
Update: US Recruiting Retired Pakistani Military Officers
Those are the same fellas the WaPo is quoting!!! They truly are the CIA's newspaper.
