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| 'US faces severe consequences if Taliban havens not eliminated' |
| 2008-06-10 |
| The United States and its NATO allies will face “crippling, long-term consequences” in their efforts to stabilise Afghanistan if Taliban sanctuaries in neighbouring Pakistan are not eliminated, a report published on Monday said. Funded by the Defence Department, The study, ‘Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan’, has claimed that NATO officials have uncovered several instances of Pakistani intelligence agents providing information to Taliban fighters, including information on “the location and movement of Afghan and coalition forces”. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has also pleaded with the global community to address the issue of militant sanctuaries in Pakistan. Afghan intelligence officials say young, uneducated males are recruited in the Tribal Areas to become suicide bombers and fighters. However, Pakistan denies that it supports the insurgents. “Whenever these kinds of places [of infiltration] are identified or pointed out, action is taken against these places,” said military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas. “Therefore, we reject this claim of sanctuaries being aided by Pakistan’s army or intelligence agencies.” Adviser to Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik said on Monday that he had met Karzai in Kabul over the weekend and they had agreed to install biometric screening at border checkpoints. These would begin operating within two weeks, he told reporters. The study, by the Rand Corporation, also claimed that along with the Taliban, other major militant groups, such as Al Qaeda and the Hizb-e-Islami group, also find sanctuary in Pakistan. The report also claimed that Afghanistan’s police are incompetent and “almost uniformly corrupt,” echoing frequent criticism of the police by international officials in Afghanistan. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 FREEREPUBLIC > EXPERTS FEAR NEW SECOND FRONT WITH AL QAEDA AS TERROR GROUP SWITCHES FOCUS FROM IRAQ. The Perts think its AFRICA, but I'm not convinced Africa will be a primary front likely in another generation, but for now IMO its mainly CENTRAL ASIA + PERIPHERALS, vv PAN-ISLAMIST NUCLEARIZATION DRIVE during the post-Dubya 2008-2012 POTUS period. ALso from FREEREPUBLIC > WILL IRAN GIVE HEZBOLLAH A NUKE? Nuclear Hezzies versus Nuclear Hizzies versus Nuclear Huzzies versus Nuclear Hissies versus Nuclear Hamies versus .......@etc. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-06-10 21:26 |
| #3 How can it be possible that US taxpayers can be made to subsidize those who murder Americans. If the DoD report - and I believe it is objective and impartial - is whitewashed, Obama's agendists will eat this up. And NATOs eastern reach campaign will be in the toilet. Read my lips: the State Department should NOT run American wars. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2008-06-10 05:21 |
| #2 ION TOPIX > NORTH KOREA > is refusing to give up its NUCLEAR DETERRENCE iff US troops remain on SOKOR soil [proposed realign to HAWAII by 2012]. Meanwhile, SOUTH KOREA > Officios calling for a NUCLEAR-FREE NATION + REGION. IFF NOKOR agricultural sectors completely collapse by 2009 as expected, THE US-WORLD MAY END UP HAVING TO FEED NOKOR FOR THE DURATION OF ITS RECONCIL TALKS WID SOKOR AND DURING AN EXCLUSIVE "GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS". TOPIX [old] > WILL NORTH KOREA WAGE WAR OVER FOOD? Chalk up another 'uns for 2008-2012. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-06-10 00:28 |
| #1 The international community should give pakistn two choices: 1. Either take control of your frontier area, and muzzle the mongrels or 2. Forfeit your right to sovereignty over this lawless area - get out of the way, and let the exterminators in to clean out the vermin. |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2008-06-10 00:09 |