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A DAMN UPDATED REWRITE and a SCRUBBED ARTICLE that I AM LOOKING AT!!!
Do I WANT to take the time to HAND TYPE what I am looking at?
No, but I WILL -- for a while.
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That's odd, because my article is by Salman Masood of the New York Times and I also added the name Mehmood Shah to the search as used in the article.
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I'm so tired of seeing that s*** when I search the BG!
Have I proved my point, readers?
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan— In one of the most brazen attacks here in recent years, gunmen dressed in military fatigues stormed the Pakistani Army headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi yesterday and took more than a dozen security officers hostage, producing a stand-off that continued into the evening.
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"One has to wonder if this was some kind of an inside job, in terms of the militants knowing when and where they could strike with impunity. But if the goal of US military "aid" to Pakistan (in the form of the slaughter of its civilians through drone attacks) has been an almost total destabilization of this country, one can truly say "mission accomplished" If not, the US Pakistan military campaign has been one of the most catastrophically abysmal failures of US foreign policy in the long, sorry history of abysmal failures of US foreign policy." -- Wake the Flock Up
The attack was the third major assault by militants here in less than a week....
And JUST AFTER the Army raised a fuss on the aid deal! Coincidence? The choice of the target, the heart of the nation's army planning and operational apparatus, unnerved the army and the security forces.
As it WAS INTENDED TO DO, I'm sure!
In the initial assault on the headquarters, six people, including a brigadier and a colonel, were killed as the militants broke through a checkpoint in a van. The army had reported initially that there were 10 to 15 hostages. Late yesterday, sporadic gunfire was heard coming from the complex.
No group claimed responsibility, but authorities said they believed Pakistani Taliban or an allied Islamist militant group were behind it....
That means it WAS "Al-CIA-Duh" whoevers, doesn't it? CONFIRMATION in fact, coming as it is from the cover-up war press of America!
The attack also raised questions about Pakistan's military strategy against the insurgents.
And CUI BONO, 'eh?
On a television news show, retired Brigadier Mehmood Shah said the army had shown "complacency" and "appeasement" toward the Taliban threat.
Translation: THIS GUY is a FLAK the US PAID OFF to say this and I FIND THOSE WORDS a STRANGE ADJECTIVE to describe the NEVER-ENDING OFFENSIVE and the 3 MILLION or MORE REFUGEES!!!!!!!
In particlular, he said the military had delayed for too long the campaign in South Waziristan.
I'm kinda feeling a little ill now. I'm so sick of seeing MSM shit.
It came as the military was planning an offensive against the Taliban in South Waziristan, and it was seen as a statement by the militants that they could attack the army first. Even before ending the standoff, the government vowed to carry out its Waziristan offensive....
Well, they never stopped, and the "terrorist Taliban" tactics back-fired, huh?
And HOW, pray tell, would the NYT KNOW the MOTIVATIONS of the "insurgents," huh?
While the attack yesterday was a frontal attack on the military, the suicide bombing at the headquarters of the United Nations World Food Program in Islamabad on Monday, killing five United Nations workers, seemed designed to intimidate international aid workers and the agency that the Taliban has said should leave Pakistan. In Peshawar, the capital of North-West Frontier Province, a car bomb killed 48 people in the busiest bazaar at noon on Friday, when it was most crowded....
That is where my Glbe cut the scrubbed piece. NYT update adds this:
Security analysts said the militants had cells planted through out Punjab, the most populous province, and had clearly refined assault techniques from its close links with Al Qaeda in Pakistan’s tribal areas.
Take a look at today's roster, readers. I'm sick of the shit-fucking lies, sorry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
According to an account from a senior Pakistani military official who was at the scene when the Rawalpindi attack began, there was initial confusion because the attackers were dressed in army fatigues, and security officers could not tell the difference between soldiers and militants, he said. The van they were driving had military plates, allowing them to approach the checkpoints with less suspicion, an American military official said.
The militants were a mixed group, the Pakistani military official said. Some came from the tribal areas, some from Punjab and some from Kashmir. The men made calls on their cellphones demanding release of prisoners from government custody, the official said. Another witness, Mansoor Ahmed, told the Geo television network that the men in the van were stopped at a gate....
As the siege developed at the headquarters, the chief of the Pakistani military, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, was shown on Pakistani television meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari on the contentious issue of a $7.5 billion, five-year American aid package that the army says interferes with Pakistan’s national security.
Gee, what a COINCIDENCE, huh?
Better TAKE THAT $$$ and DO WHAT WE SAY, huh?
Pakistani television reported that Mr. Zardari, who has hailed the aid as a major triumph but has come under direct criticism from the army for accepting its conditions, had agreed to take up the army’s objections with the Obama administration....
Then it IS PARLIAMENT, the PEOPLE, and the ARMY against OUR AmeriKan PUPPET!
The army had been riding high in public opinion after its offensive against Taliban forces in the Swat Valley in the summer pushed militants out of the area....
What a lie, an absolute lie. Then you will get some article saying the Pakistanis don't want to bomb too much because they could lose public opinion. I don't even want to comment anymore, readers, and I thank Allah I never purchase, read, or visit the NYT these days. What a fucking piece of lying war shit!
A commentator on national security and former senior police officer, Arbab Hidayatullah, said Saturday that the attack had occurred because the military had so far failed to “deliver the mother of all battles” in South Waziristan, giving the “terrorists a free hand to deliver themselves.”
ANOTHER PROPAGANDIST the US is PAYING!!!!
And here is the beginning of the UPDATE!
Pakistani commandos rescued 42 hostages early Sunday who were held by militants inside the nation’s military headquarters, after gunmen dressed in army fatigues stormed the building in a brazen attack 18 hours earlier, according to the chief army spokesman.
Oh, can you say STINKOLA!?
Four militants and three hostages were killed in the operation, the spokesman, Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas, said. He said that the militants, who had taken both soldiers and civilians hostage, had been armed with explosives.
A series of loud explosions and gunshots were heard at the headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi at 6 a.m., shortly before the army announced the freeing of the hostages. The army said Sunday that commandos captured the last militant who took part in the assault. He was identified by the army as Aqeel, who also used the alias Dr. Ufman....
Pfffft! Yeah, we will believe any piece of shit lie!
American military officials said they were astonished that the militants could penetrate the high-security installation to the extent that they did. One official, speaking anonymously, said the siege represented “a major security lapse.”
So we better GET US TROOPS in there right away, huh?
CUI-effin'-BONO?
And my UPDATE!
"Pakistan storms army compound, frees 22 hostages; Militants had raided facility in brazen strike" by Mohammad Yusuf, Associated Press | October 11, 2009
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - Pakistani commandos raided a building inside army headquarters early today and freed 22 people held hostage for more than 18 hours by Islamist militants, a military spokesman said. Three captives and four militants were killed in the operation.
Oh THIS WAS a SET-UP!!!!!
A STAGED EVENT so THEY COULD PROCEED with the OFFENSIVE!!!
The audacious assault on the country’s military establishment showed the strength of militants allied with Al Qaeda and the Taliban ahead of a planned army offensive on their heartland in South Waziristan along the Afghan border and signaled that any push there would be met with more attacks across Pakistan. The government said the siege had steeled its resolve to go through with the offensive....
That does it. CUI BONO?
No group claimed responsibility, but authorities said they were sure that the Pakistani Taliban or an allied Islamist militant group were behind the strike. The city is filled with security checkpoints and police roadblocks....
Yup, EVERY PARAGRAPH you read the STORY STINKS just a little bit more!!!!
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