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Is the Pakistani military really targeting the Haqqani Network? By Bill Roggio |
2014-07-11 |
Pakistani military officials are now claiming that the North Waziristan operation, which began on June 15, will target the Haqqani Network. Sorta. Reuters reports on a press briefing with a general and government official. A cursory read of the report might lead you to conclude that yes, the Pakistani military is now indeed serious about squaring off against the Haqqanis. But see the following excerpt ... Note how General Bajwa can't even bring himself to name the Haqqani Network. He does promise to target "terrorists of all hue and color," but if you don't consider the Haqqanis to be terrorists, that solves that problem. |
Posted by:3dc |
#2 My understanding, to date, is that Haqqani is a business conglomerate with monopolies on some infrastructure, such as trucking. Not ideologically driven like turbans but not Mary Poppins, either. Just as ruthless as turbans but working for money, territorial franchises. Akin to mafias, with field-operational units. Control trucking from Pak to Afg. Which means they are extorted by government officials, especially Pak, who can apply fires to them. So, yeah, I can see Pak not touching Haqqani. |
Posted by: TopRev 2014-07-11 13:38 |
#1 No. Next question. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-07-11 04:51 |