See if you can find where that brief passage is in this lengthy collection of articles.
And do you want to know what I CARE ABOUT, reader?
I'll let the photographs do the talking:
A Pakistani tribal family fleeing South Waziristan waited for security clearance upon their arrival at a checkpoint near Dera Ismail Khan yesterday. (Ishtiaq Mahsud/ Associated Press)
Residents fleeing an offensive against the Pakistani Taliban entered Dera Ismail Khan from South Waziristan yesterday. (Faisal Mahmood/ Reuters)
How would YOU FEEL, American, if YOU HAD to PACK EVERYTHING that YOU OWNED and LEAVE HOME because BOMBS were DESTROYING YOUR TOWN?
I look at them and I just see beautiful people. That's all I see. They never did anything to us, and here their lives are being turned into hells because of a damn false-flag lie.
Anyhow, here is the battlefield report my morning Globe has brought me the last four days:
"Amid fierce fighting, Taliban predicts it will prevail; Pakistan attacks militants’ stronghold near Afghan border" by Ishtiaq Mahsud, Associated Press | October 19, 2009
They have every time so far.
You know why, readers?
Because THEY LIVE THERE!
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - Pakistani troops and the Taliban fought fierce battles yesterday in a militant sanctuary near the Afghan border, with both sides claiming early victories in an army campaign that could shape the future of the country’s battle against extremism.
See who is shaping that message, 'eh?
A Taliban spokesman vowed the Islamist militants would fight to “our last drop of blood’’ to defend their stronghold of South Waziristan, predicting the army would fail in its latest attempt to gain control over it. The army said 60 militants and six soldiers had been killed since the offensive began Saturday in the mountainous, remote region that the army has tried and failed to wrest from near-total insurgent control three times since 2004.
The Taliban claimed to have inflicted “heavy casualties’’ and pushed advancing soldiers back into their bases. It was not possible to independently verify the claims because the army is blocking access to the battlefield and surrounding towns.
No, but if a government puke hands them a piece of paper in it goes to the "news" report. "Army said" how many killed? And think about that: either they are lying and giving false body counts or 66 souls have now left this earth.
Victory for the government in South Waziristan’s tribal badlands would eliminate a safe haven for the Taliban militants blamed for surging terrorist attacks and the Al Qaeda operatives they shelter there.
See: Who Are the Terrorists of Pakistan?
Those the guys you were thinking of?
It would also send a signal to other insurgent groups in the nuclear-armed country of the military’s will and ability to fight them.
Question: Does the MSM EVER USE that TERM to describe NUCLEAR-ARMED ISRAEL?
Defeat would give the militants a propaganda victory, add to pressures on the country’s shaky civilian government, and alarm Pakistan’s Western allies, which want to see it successfully crack down on militancy that is both fueling and feeding off the insurgency in neighboring Afghanistan....
So WHEN DO WE OFFICIALLY OCCUPY, MSM?
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Accounts from residents and those fleeing yesterday suggested that the roughly 30,000 government troops pushing into the region from three directions were facing much tougher resistance than they saw in the Swat Valley, another northwestern region where the army defeated the insurgents earlier this year.
Yeah, even though that last part is not really true.
Ehsan Mahsud, a resident of Makeen, a town in the region, said the army appeared to be mostly relying on air strikes and artillery against militants occupying high ground. He said the insurgents were firing heavy machine guns at helicopter gun ships, forcing the air force to use higher-flying jets....
You DON'T TAKE GROUND THAT WAY!
You just DESTROY THINGS and PEOPLE!
Officials have said they envisage the operation will last two months, when winter weather will make fighting difficult. A brief army statement said 60 militants had been killed, along with six soldiers, since Saturday. It said the military had secured high ground close to Razmak, where the army has had a base for several years, and destroyed six militant anti-aircraft gun positions among other gains.
Yup, just TRANSMIT WHATEVER GOVERNMENT SAID, AmeriKan MSM.
No QUALIFIERS or CAVEATS there! Already PROVEN LIES, too!!!!
A resident in Wana - the main town in South Waziristan and in the heart of Taliban-held territory - said the insurgents had left the town and were stationed on the borders of the region, determined to block any army advance. “All the Taliban who used to be around here have gone to take their position to protect the Mehsud boundary,’’ Azamatullah Wazir said by telephone yesterday. “The army will face difficulty to get in there.’’
Yeah, because THEY ARE FIGHTING for THEIR HOMES!
As many as 150,000 civilians - possibly more - have left in recent months after the army made clear it was planning an assault, but as many as 350,000 could still be in the region.
Well, ADD THEM to the UNMENTIONED 3+ MILLION!!!
The United Nations has been stockpiling relief supplies in a town near the battle zone.
So the U.N. APPROVES of the SLAUGHTER and is JUST WAITING, huh?
Pfffft! Worthless.
Senior government official Tariq Hayat Khan said the government was not expecting to establish camps for those fleeing the fighting because most would be living in second homes, with relatives or in rented accommodation in towns outside the tribal region.
Their government is just as derelict as mine!
And how can you NOT LOVE the HOSPITABLE PASHTUN PEOPLE!
Pashtun Hospitality
Americans would NEVER DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT for each other.
And it looks like Pakistan is ALREADY PUTTING ON the BRAKES?
:-)
"Pakistan negotiates deal with militants; Move increases chances of victory against enemy" by Ishtiaq Mahsud, Associated Press | October 20, 2009
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - The army, in the midst of a major new offensive against Taliban militants, has struck deals to keep two powerful, anti-US tribal chiefs from joining the battle against the government, officials said yesterday.
The deals increase the chances of an army victory against Pakistan’s enemy number one, but indicate that the three-day-old assault into the Taliban’s strongholds in South Waziristan may have less effect than the United States wants....
Wouldn't that be India?
So that is why the "terror" attack came the NEXT DAY, huh?
The chiefs will also allow the army to move through their own lands unimpeded, giving the military additional fronts from which to attack the Taliban. In exchange, the army will ease patrols and bombings in the lands controlled by Nazir and Bahadur, two Pakistani intelligence officials based in the region said on condition of anonymity because revealing their identities would compromise their work. An army spokesman described the deal as an understanding with the men that they would stay neutral. The agreements underscore Pakistan’s past practice of targeting only militant groups that attack the government or its forces inside Pakistan.
Independently verified and confirmed, MSM?
Western officials say South Waziristan is also a major sanctuary and training ground for Al Qaeda operatives. The mountain-studded region has been under near-total militant control for years and is considered a likely hiding place for Osama bin Laden.
Wanna find him, MSM?
Here:
Good luck.
While a broad offensive that takes on all comers at once might be ideal, it is not practical, US military officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the United States has no direct role in the operations of another country.
Our guys REALLY have a BLOOD LUST, don't they?
I'm so ashamed to be American.
The Pakistan army said yesterday that troops backed by aerial bombing were steadily advancing on three fronts into the region and meeting stiff resistance in places. It said 78 militants and nine soldiers were killed over the last three days. Militants had asserted Sunday that they had the upper hand. US officials are watching the offensive closely with the hope that Pakistan will not pull back after the initial onslaught and will eventually widen the offensive to cover other militant factions and the more forbidding ground of North Waziristan.
Yup, LOOKING OVER THEIR SHOULDER like a CONCERNED OVERSEER, 'eh?
Wants them to WIDEN THE OFFENSIVE, huh?
NEXT STOP, WWIII, ladies and gentlemen!!
USrael and its European flunkies against the REST of the PLANET, oh, joy!!!!
The army’s offensive in South Waziristan is pitting some 30,000 troops against 11,500 militants belonging to the Pakistani Taliban, an umbrella grouping of the country’s main militant factions blamed for 80 percent of the attacks since 2006 in this nuclear-armed nation.
There the MSM goes again. Getting the point?
The Taliban have claimed responsibility for a surge in strikes over the past two weeks that has killed more than 170 people.
That's what you say, lying, agenda-pushing, Muslim-hating, enemy-creating, War Propaganda Press!
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And just as the Pakistanis seem to be faltering in the war on terror.... BOOM!
"4 die in suicide bomb attack on Pakistani university; Blast comes amid new army strikes on militant base" by Chris Brummitt, Associated Press | October 21, 2009
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - An Associated Press reporter close to the battle zone in South Waziristan met a group of Taliban fighters who challenged army assertions of progress in the four-day assault, saying they had pushed soldiers back from the strategic town of Kotkai.
Intelligence officials also said the army had been repelled from the town after being close to taking it. They asked that their names not be used for operational reasons....
Related: Pakistanis See Conspiracies
Of course, SABOTAGING a PEACE DEAL is not a "conspiracy," is it?
"Missile hits could strain relations in Pakistan" by Hussain Afzal and Nahal Toosi, Associated Press | October 22, 2009
PARACHINAR, Pakistan - Soldiers fought for the Pakistani Taliban chief’s hometown yesterday as they pressed an offensive along the Afghan border, while intelligence officials said US missiles hit territory controlled by another insurgent, threatening to undermine deals that keep some militants out of the battle.
And CUI BONO? WHO wants a WIDER OFFENSIVE?
The five-day-old offensive in South Waziristan is considered a critical test of nuclear-armed Pakistan’s campaign against Islamist extremists blamed for soaring attacks at home and on Western forces in neighboring Afghanistan. On Tuesday, suicide attacks killed six people at a university in Islamabad, leading Pakistan to temporarily close all educational institutions.
When they mention such a thing again you know it is PART of the AGENDA and a FALSE FLAG, folks! It is the paper's way of BRAGGING ABOUT IT while LAUGHING in your FACE, 'murkn!
The military is advancing on multiple fronts in South Waziristan....
The fight for the town of Kotkai is symbolically important....
Kotkai also lies on the way to the major militant base of Sararogha.
An army statement yesterday said forces were engaged in “intense encounters’’ in hills surrounding Kotkai and had secured an area to its east. Two intelligence officials said troops had secured parts of the town and destroyed Mehsud’s and Hussain’s homes, but army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas denied that late yesterday, saying there was no significant fighting inside the town yet....
So those "reports" are all a crock of shit. They didn't secure anything!
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And as I sit here and type the slaughter continues, doesn't it?
