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| Pakistan's army ridiculed after Bin Laden raid |
| 2011-05-07 |
| In 2005, when I was working for a local monthly magazine, Herald, we sent a reporter from Peshawar to cover a drone strike on a militant training camp in North Waziristan - a rare occurrence back then. He came back with a picture that showed the destroyed camp at the foot of a small hill. At the top of the hill was an outpost of the paramilitary Frontier Corps. Last year, local people in the Kurram tribal region led me to the remains of the Taliban's main command-and-control centre at a village called Bugzai, which tribesmen had overrun and destroyed. For years prior to its destruction, Bugzai served as the permanent base of militant leader, Hakimullah Mehsud. It was from there that he ordered the continuing blockade of the main Kurram road. Bugzai was barely 1km (0.62 miles) down the hill from the main Frontier Corps base, inside a British-era fort, which was responsible for security in the lower Kurram valley. Few of these people are surprised that Bin Laden was found in a military cantonment, not far from Pakistan's top military academy, in Abbottabad. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #3 Hey, they were masterful in their battle against the Balochs and in getting Nawaz Ackbar Bugti. For a country that doesn't really have a together government or military, that is. It's almost like they care about some things but not others, but I'm sure that's just a coincidence. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-05-07 11:20 |
| #2 I wouldn't consider the Frontier Corps as "military". |
| Posted by: Pappy 2011-05-07 11:03 |
| #1 The Pakistan military sure can play the Tuba though. oOOmpah-pah. snurkSnork Ooompah-pah. Splutzzz! |
| Posted by: de Medici3489 2011-05-07 10:01 |