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India-Pakistan
Osama's killing may cut drone attacks
2011-05-04
[Dawn] The rustics have showed mixed reaction to the news about killing of Al Qaeda leader the late Osama bin Laden
... who is no longer with us, and won't be again...
during an operation in Abbottabad.

Former ambassador Ayaz Wazir described the killing of Osama as a big security failure of the country and criticised prime minister for declaring the killing as a success for Pakistain in a statement. "I don't understand what benefits Pakistain government can get from an operation, which was clandestinely carried out by US forces without taking it into confidence," he said.

He added that the incident would further mount pressure on Pakistain for initiating a military operation in North Wazoo where Americans believed some Al Qaeda elements were still hiding.

But Said Nazir, a retired brigadier from Mohmand
... Named for the Mohmand clan of the Sarban Pahstuns, a truculent, quarrelsome lot. In Pakistain, the Mohmands infest their eponymous Agency, metastasizing as far as the plains of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar, Charsadda, and Mardan. Mohmands are also scattered throughout Pakistan in urban areas including Bloody Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. In Afghanistan they are mainly found in Nangarhar and Kunar...
Agency, believed that the killing of Osama bin Laden would decrease drone attacks in tribal areas as according to him the US forces succeeded in getting their prime target.
Don't count on it, bub. The Haqqani mob isn't dead yet...
"The killing of Osama in Abbottabad and that too near an army cantonment clearly negates the general impression that high profile Al Qaeda leaders are hiding in tribal areas," he said.
That's a leap of logic that kinda takes the mental breath away...
He added that prior to Osama's killing other top Al Qaeda operatives had been tossed in the calaboose from settled districts of the country.
... while others have been converted to spare parts or flying meat right there in North and South Wazoo...
Senator Hafiz Rashid Ahmad argued that the killing of Osama was timed by the B.O. regime to use it as a slogan in the 2012 elections.
Like Bush the First used stomping Iraq to win the '92 elections. How'd that work out?
Jamaat-i-Islami deputy general secretary for Fata Zar Noor Afridi termed it as an extra-judicial killing and insisted that it was a terrorist act by the US armed forces inside Pak territory.
Taking out Osama bin Laden=a terrorist act. My mind just boggled.
"The US has no right to carry out such terrorist activity inside Pakistain," he said, condemning the incident. He added that rustics would protest intervention of US forces. Former president of Fata Lawyers Forum Karim Mehsud said that the killing of Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad was a clear manifestation of the fact there was no hideout of Al Qaeda in tribal areas.

Chief of Muttahida Qabail Party Habib Orakzai said that the US had no justification to remain in Afghanistan after the alleged killing of Osama bin Laden.
Posted by:Fred

#2  Given that the SEALs confiscated a BUNCH of computers, hard drives, etc. with a LOT of very interesting stuff, I think the drone attacks have just begun.

In a way it's too bad we mentioned that they got the computers - the story should have been that they had to hurry to get OBL's body out of there and didn't get anything interesting. That way, the cockroaches wouldn't know that they need to scurry to their next not-so-safe-anymore house.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2011-05-04 18:33  

#1  Is the war over? Are there not AQ and Taliban in the north tribal areas, Waziristan, and Pakistan. Is Pakistan our ally? If the answer to any of these questions is NO, then why cut/stop the drone attacks? More please and faster.
Posted by: JohnQC   2011-05-04 14:29  

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