"Top Taliban leader reportedly killed; Pakistani militant believed dead from injuries sustained in US drone strike" by Pamela Constable, Washington Post | February 1, 2010
Remember, readers, the Washington Post is the CIA 's newspaper.
Yup, straight from the horse's mou..., well, try the other end.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A White House official said yesterday that he was 95 percent sure that Mehsud had been killed....
Another senior US official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue. “This is one of the worst people on the planet.’’
What, has HE KILLED MILLIONS like OUR LEADERS?
If confirmed, Mehsud’s death would be the second major blow to the Taliban, an Islamist militia based in Pakistan’s tribal region, in the past six months. The group’s previous leader, Baitullah Mehsud, a relative, was killed in a US drone missile attack in August....
Yeah, somehow they just keep getting stronger, huh?
The United States refuses to talk about the covert CIA-run drone program in Pakistan, but officials have said privately the strikes have killed several senior Taliban and Al Qaeda leaders....
But I will.
Related: US drones killed 123 civilians, three al-Qaeda men in January
Also see: Obama ups Pakistan drone strikes in assassination campaign
Better wash those hand, Obomber. There is blood on them.
So did they get him or didn't they?
"Evidence mounts that Pakistani Taliban leader was killed" by Washington Post | February 2, 2010
Must be their beat, huh?
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Evidence mounted yesterday that the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, an extremist Islamic militia with close links to Al Qaeda and a record of major suicide bombings, has died of burns and other injuries he received during a recent US missile strike in Pakistan’s northwest tribal region....
One Pakistani official said he was “80 percent’’ certain that Mehsud was dead, and a senior US military official also said he believed the militia leader died.
Wait a minute, wait a minute. Yesterday it was 95%!
The certainty goes DOWN and the MSM says "evidence mounting?"
Aaaaaaaaahhh!!!!
In addition, both a tribal leader and a Taliban official, speaking on condition of anonymity, gave similar descriptions of Mehsud’s severe injuries after the mid-January missile strike....
Analysts in Pakistan said it would be extremely difficult for the Taliban to recover from the loss of both leaders, especially given the precipitous decline in public support for the militia and its increasing isolation....
I'm tired of being lied to, readers.
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So did they GET HIM or NOT?
"Taliban refuse to prove leader is alive" by Associated Press | February 3, 2010
Yeah, so what? AmeriKan government and MSM never proved 9/11, but I'm stuck with it!
What MSM chutzpah, huh?
MIR ALI, Pakistan - The Pakistani Taliban refused yesterday to provide proof their leader survived a US missile attack, just one day after promising to do just that.
Not like USrael has ever broken promises (if even true; think I'm trusting this rot-gut media anymore?).
The reversal added to speculation that Hakimullah Mehsud was mortally wounded last month in a strike close to the Afghan border.
The backtracking occurred on a day in which US drones launched an unusually intense attack in the northwest. The aircraft fired 17 missiles at houses, cars, and bunkers in a region dominated by militants battling US and NATO troops in Afghanistan, killing 14 insurgents, Pakistani officials said.
The late-night missile strikes were the latest in an intensified CIA-led campaign in Pakistan, reflecting a US belief that the eight-year war in Afghanistan cannot be turned around without the destruction of militant havens across the border....
Yes, we MURDERED PEOPLE while they were SLEEPING!!!
And wasn't 17 a bit of OVERKILL?
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And now, to distract you from the missile carnage:
SHAHI KOTO, Pakistan - The deaths of three American special operations soldiers in a roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan yesterday drew unwanted attention to a US program training local forces to fight the Taliban and Al Qaeda - a little-publicized mission because of opposition here to American boots on Pakistani soil.
Related:
[Remembering that the military tends to lie first in every sticky embarassing situation, why were marines first called USAID workers? SEE: Pakistan blast kills US Marines and USAID (CIA?) Contractors] -- Pakistani Bomber Knew Which Car the Marines (Special Forces?) Were In
[Is admitting that the dead Americans were Special Forces better than admitting that they were "Blackwater"? The mission described below is identical to the missions described by Jeremy Scahill in the Nation.] -- Killed Americans were part of 100-strong commando unit
Also see: “Marines” Killed Alleged To Be Blackwater
Taliban Attack Exposes U.S. Special Forces Mission Within Pakistan
Holbrooke Trying To Keep the Lid On the Cover-Up
You Have to Get Up Pretty Early in the Morning to Fool a Pakistani
Yeah, THEY KNOW, AmeriKans!! Only YOU DO NOT!
Enjoy the LIES, readers.
The killings were the first known US military fatalities in nearly three years in Pakistan’s Afghan border region, where militants are being pummeled by US missile strikes and struggling to regroup following the loss of a key stronghold in a recent Pakistani Army offensive.
The blast also killed three girls at a school and a Pakistani paramilitary soldier traveling with the Americans. Two more US soldiers were wounded, along with about 100 other people, mostly students at the school. Several were left trapped, bloodied, and screaming in the rubble.
The US special envoy to Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, said it did not appear the Americans were targeted by the blast, which he said was caused by roadside bomb. Local officials said the device was detonated by remote control, but at least one police officer called it a suicide attack.
Having fun sifting through the s***?
Witnesses said the vehicle carrying the Americans took the brunt of the explosion as their five-car convoy traveled along the road in Lower Dir, indicating it may in fact have been directed at the Americans. That would raise the specter of a militant informant close to the training mission.
Lower Dir is a base for militants belonging to the Pakistani Taliban. The Pakistani Army claimed to have retaken the area from the militants in June in a widely praised offensive that also cleared the insurgents from the nearby Swat Valley.
The soldiers were part of a small group of American soldiers training members of the paramilitary Frontier Corps, the Pakistan Army and the US Embassy said. The mission is trying to strengthen the ill-equipped and poorly trained outfit’s ability to fight militants.
Unlike Afghanistan and Iraq, Pakistan does not allow US combat troops on its territory, making training local security forces an important part of ensuring that militants are not able to use the area as a sanctuary from which to attack American and NATO troops across the border in Afghanistan.
You getting all this cover story crap?
While not a secret, the Pakistanis and the Americans have not talked much about the program because of the political sensitivity in Pakistan of accepting American assistance. While the government in Islamabad is closely allied with Washington, America is unpopular among many Pakistanis, even those who recognize that fighting militants is in their country’s interest.
What?
Us?
Unpopular?
After liberating Pakistanis from their lives?
Unpopular?
Us?
Most Pakistanis interviewed yesterday had no idea US soldiers were stationed in the northwest. Some were supportive, but others said it reinforced their perception that the country’s government was not telling them the truth.
No government does, they?
An opinion poll by the International Republican Institute conducted in July and August indicated that 80 percent of Pakistanis believe the country should not cooperate with America in the war on terror. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 1.41 percentage points.
And seeing as it is an agenda-pushing U.S. poll, the numbers must really be close to 100%.
The Frontier Corps training program was never officially disclosed, but Pakistan and US officials have said that it began in 2008 and that US special forces were carrying it out.
LIE!
Officials then said it involved just 32 Americans.
LIE!!!!
There have been no announcements saying it has grown in size.
Translation: The AmeriKan press hasn't been given a handout yet.
Corps officials have said the course includes classroom and field sessions. US officials have said that the program is a “train-the-trainer’’ program and that the Americans are not carrying out operations, contrasting it with much larger missions in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Don't you LOVE the LYING, hey?!!!!
Two US officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the attack was still under review, said at least one of the three American soldiers was a member of a unit designed to help local authorities publicize positive news - in this case, apparently, the opening of a girls school.
Yeah, that will win over the people massacred in the air strikes.
The embassy said the school had been renovated with US humanitarian assistance.
Meanwhile, your schools are facing cuts and crumbling, American!
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