"CIA chief says attacks hamper Al Qaeda" by Joby Warrick, Washington Post | March 18, 2010
Anyone ever point out to you that the Washington Post is the CIA 's newspaper, readers?
Oh, turns out the entire AmeriKan MSM has been infiltrated, huh?
That would explain the "news" coverage.
WASHINGTON — Relentless attacks against Al Qaeda in the Pakistan tribal region appear to have driven Osama bin Laden and other top leaders deeper into hiding, leaving the organization rudderless and less capable of planning sophisticated operations, Leon Panetta, the CIA’s director, said yesterday.
Looking for bin Laden?
Here you go:
The made-up "Al-CIA-Duh?"
Or the "Al-CIA-Duh" CREATION for the COURTROOM!?
Also see:
Prop 101: The "Terrorism" Business
"Al-CIA-Duh" School in Somalia
New York Times Admits War on Terror is U.S. Creation
So profound is Al Qaeda disarray that one of its lieutenants, in a recently intercepted message, pleaded to bin Laden to come to the group’s rescue and provide some leadership, Panetta said.
Pretty good for a dead guy, huh?
See: When Seeing and Hearing Isn't Believing
Oh. Must have some old CIA tapes lying around then.
Panetta credited an increasingly aggressive campaign against Al Qaeda and its Taliban allies, including more frequent strikes and better coordination with Pakistan, in a near acknowledgment of the CIA’s war against extremists in Pakistan. He called it “the most aggressive operation that CIA has been involved in in our history.’’
Their greatest mass-murdering caper ever, yaaaaay!
“Those operations are seriously disrupting Al Qaeda,’’ Panetta said. “It’s pretty clear from all the intelligence we are getting that they are having a very difficult time putting together any kind of command and control.’’
You can see why I pretty quickly get sick of reading this s***, right, world?
The comments were made as a senior US intelligence official revealed new details of a March 8 killing of a top Al Qaeda commander in the militant stronghold of Miram Shah in North Waziristan, in Pakistan’s autonomous tribal region.
Well, if ANYONE WOULD KNOW, they would!!!
The Al Qaeda official died in what local news reports described as a missile strike by a unmanned aerial vehicle. The CIA formally declines to acknowledge US participation in such attacks inside Pakistani territory.
Hussein al-Yemeni, the man killed in the attack, was identified by an intelligence official as among Al Qaeda top 20 leaders and a participant in the planning for a Dec. 30 suicide bombing at a CIA base in the province of Khost in eastern Afghanistan.
Yemeni.
That mean Yemen is involved, or is that the subtle CIA conclusion I am to draw from their messaging media -- if their cut-out even exists.
Yes, that is what the has come relationship between the AmeriKan and his newspapers.
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Panetta winning over important people in the process:
"Panetta gains some friends with drone strikes; Winning over skeptics at CIA, on Capitol Hill" by Peter Finn, Washington Post | March 22, 2010
Well, if ANYONE WOULD KNOW what was going on over there....
WASHINGTON — The plan was a standard one in the CIA’s war against extremists in Pakistan: The agency was using a Predator drone to monitor a residential compound; a Taliban leader was expected to arrive shortly; a CIA missile would kill him.
On the morning of Aug. 5, CIA Director Leon Panetta was informed that Baitullah Mehsud was about to reach his father-in-law’s home. Mehsud would be in the open, minimizing the risk that civilians would be injured or killed. Panetta authorized the strike, according to a senior intelligence official who described the sequence of events.
Related: US, Israel and India backing Baitullah Mehsud reveals close aide
Then I guess they would know where to find him when they wanted.
Some hours later, officials at CIA headquarters in Langley identified Mehsud on a feed from the Predator’s camera. He was seen resting on the roof of the house, hooked up to a drip to palliate a kidney problem. He was not alone.
Oh, another CIA asset with a kidney problem!
Can't you guys come up with something else?
And EITHER WAY that is MURDER!!!
Panetta was pulled out of a White House meeting and told that Mehsud’s wife was also on the rooftop, giving her husband a massage. Mehsud, implicated in suicide bombings and the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, was a major target.
That's a very interesting take, WaPo.
Related:
The AmeriKan MSM Lying About Bhutto's Assassination
Benazir Bhutto Was Killed By Snipers
Musharaff's Government Claims Bhutto was NOT SHOT
Benazir Bhutto's Assassination and What Really Happened
What Got Benazir Bhutto Killed?
U.S. Doubts "Al-CIA-Duh" Assassinated Bhutto
Did the CIA Kill Benazir Bhutto?
Did Condi Rice Get Benazir Bhutto Killed?
Western Intelligence Knows Al-Qaeda Didn't Kill Bhutto
U.N. not to name culprits in Bhutto assassination The U.N. team conducting an inquiry into the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will not seek to name culprits, the commission's head said Friday, lowering expectations from the outset.
"Translation: the UN knows the assassination was an inside job, precisely who ordered the hit and why, but doesn't want to "embarrass" the perps." -- Wake the Flock Up
Neither does the Washington Post.
Panetta told his officers to take the shot. Mehsud and his wife were killed.
Oh, his innocent wife killed, huh?
I thought only Taliban terrorists disregarded the lives of women.
Panetta, a former US representative with exquisitely honed Washington smarts, was President Obama’s surprise choice to head the CIA. During his 13 months in the job, Panetta has led a relentless assault on Al Qaeda and Taliban operatives in Pakistan, delivering on Obama’s promise to target them more aggressively than his predecessor.
Yup, the Pakistanis were BETTER OFF UNDER GEORGE W. BUSH, can you believe it, America?!
So much for CHANGE -- unless Obomber meant FOR the WORSE!
Apart from a brief stint as a military intelligence officer in the 1960s, little in Panetta’s resume appeared to merit his nomination to become the 19th director of the CIA, but his willingness to use force has won over skeptics inside the agency and on Capitol Hill....
There is that old saying ONCE your are IN intelligence you are NEVER REALLY OUT, folks!!
The strikes have begun to draw greater scrutiny, with watchdog groups demanding to know more about how they are carried out and the legal reasoning behind the killings.
Really?
I have neither read nor seen of any over here in AmeriKa's MSM -- until that sentence.
In an interview Wednesday at CIA headquarters, Panetta refused to address the matter of Predator strikes directly, in keeping with the agency’s longstanding practice of shielding its actions in Pakistan from public view....
And NOT JUST THERE, readers. That means EVERYWHERE!!!
“.... I’m dealing with people who threaten the safety of this country and are prepared to attack us at any moment.’’
So you are investigating Israel?
Since 2009, as many as 666 terrorism suspects, including at least 20 senior figures, have been killed by missiles fired from unmanned aircraft flying over Pakistan, according to figures compiled by the New America Foundation as of mid-March.
That choice of numbers can not be by accident and must be a subtle signal to that 'murkn newspaper readers, huh?
Related: US drone missiles slaughtered 700 Pakistani civilians in 2009
Yeah, they were ALL SUSPECTS, though!!
Which MAKES YOU a MURDERER, doesn't it, Panetta?!
According to the foundation, 177 civilians may also have been killed in the airstrikes since 2009.
But WHO CARES about that "collateral damage," whatever the figures, right?
Intelligence officials say the number of noncombatants killed is much lower. and noted that on Aug. 5 only Mehsud and his wife were killed, despite reports that other family members and bodyguards also were killed.
Yeah, and WHO YOU GOING TO BELIEVE?
A LYING, WAR-CRIMINAL GOVERNMENT and MOUTHPIECE MSM or someone else?
Panetta personally authorizes every strike, sometimes reversing his decision or reauthorizing a target if the situation on the ground changes, according to current and former senior intelligence officials....
Yeah, I noticed the blood stains on his hands.
Killing by drone has drawn increased scrutiny from human rights activists, who say such strikes raise legal questions when used outside the traditional battlefield. Some critics worry that the antiseptic quality of drone attacks, in which targets are identified on a video screen and killed with the press of a button, is anesthetizing policymakers and the public to the costs of war....
Now you know why they pushed the video games on us over here.
See: Drone pilots rise on winds of change in Air Force
Preparing American kids for the jobs of the future!
Panetta has impressed the ranking Republican on the Senate intelligence committee.
“I’m from the show-me state. He’s done a pretty good job of showing me,’’ said Senator Christopher Bond of Missouri, an early doubter of Panetta’s ability to lead the CIA. “I think the CIA knows . . . at least their director is supporting them even though other elements of the administration [are] causing them pain and grief.’’
Yeah, the poor CIA, huh, world?
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Wow, war criminal in your face, huh, readers?
