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CIA And ISI Capture Taliban’s Number Two

Chris Jones — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:05:40 +0000

The NY Times is reporting that CIA and Pakistan intelligence agents raided the hideout of the Taliban’s number two man — and took him alive.

Mullah Abdul Ghani Barader is currently in Pakistani custody and is the most important terrorist we’ve captured in some time. This is the guy who works directly for reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Omar.

As others have said, the fact that Pakistani intel worked so closely with us to apprehend a guy they could have gotten all along signals a new and more robust cooperation. Maybe Pakistan has finally come to the realization that the Taliban wants to topple the government of Pakistan as much as it does the one in Afghanistan.

The biggest concern I had when I first heard about this was with the interrogation. Since Obama took all the interrogation tools that mean anything off the table, we’ll have to just hope he feels like talking — which isn’t likely.

However, I’m heartened to learn that he remain in Pakistani custody where he’s being interrogated by both Pakistani and US agents.

That means when our sweet talk doesn’t work we can just walk out of the room for an hour or so and let the ISI agents work him over a little bit.

The irony here is that Obama and his ACLU cronies are merely outsourcing enhanced interrogation to a third country. Only it’s not “enhanced interrogation” in Pakistan — it’s actual torture. Barader will be praying to Allah that he’s sent to a humane facility like Gitmo.

Nevertheless, the important thing is that he’ll be made to talk one way or the other, and we can be thankful for that. The information that’s locked away inside Mullah Abdul Ghani Barader could well be what ultimately wins the war in Afghanistan.

Did Hasan Wire Money To Pakistan?

Chris Jones — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:20:35 +0000

New questions are being raised about where all of Fort Hood terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan’s money has been going.

He earned more than $90,000 per year, but lived alone in a broken down apartment he rented for $300 a month. Investigators are combing through his financial records as we speak.

Better late than never — I guess.

Video: Pakistani DJ Uses Radio To Fight The Taliban

Chris Jones — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:25:38 +0000

(hat tip Breitbart TV)

Video: Religion of Peace Buries Five Women Alive In Pakistan

Chris Jones — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:35:16 +0000

It looks like that “religion of peace” known as Islam has struck again in Pakistan. This time five women were buried alive in a group ‘honor killing’ because they wanted to marry for love instead of having arranged marriages.

Musharraf Resigns

Chris Jones — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:54:23 +0000

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf officially resigned from office today on Pakistani television.

Under pressure over impending impeachment charges, President Pervez Musharraf announced that he would resign Monday, ending nearly nine years as one of the United States’ most important allies in the campaign against terrorism.

Speaking on television from his presidential office here at 1 p.m., Mr. Musharraf, dressed in a gray suit and tie, said that after consulting with his aides, “I have decided to resign today.” He said he was putting national interest above “personal bravado.”

“Whether I win or lose the impeachment, the nation will lose,” he said, adding that he was not prepared to put the office of the presidency through the impeachment process.

Mr. Musharraf said the governing coalition, which has pushed for impeachment, had tried to “turn lies into truths.”

“They don’t realize they can succeed against me but the country will undergo irreparable damage,” he said.

In an emotional ending to a speech lasting more than an hour, Mr. Musharraf raised his clenched fists to chest height, and said, “Long live Pakistan!”

Now that Musharraf is gone, let’s just see how much better this new bunch of thugs governs Pakistan. Let’s see if this new bunch will have the courage and the political will to tame the tribal regions and clear out the terrorists.

Musharraf Expected To Resign

Chris Jones — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:20:54 +0000

Pakastani President Pervez Musharraf is set to resign sometime in the next few days, this according to the NY Times. Musharraf has been under increasing pressure in recent weeks as the newly elected governing coalition in Pakistan has been moving towards a vote on his impeachment.

Mr. Musharraf was expected to resign before the governing coalition presented charges for impeachment to the Parliament early next week, said Nisar Ali Khan, a senior official in the Pakistani Muslim League-N, the minority partner in the coalition government.

Similarly, Sheikh Mansoor Ahmed, a senior official of the Pakistan Peoples Party, the major party in the coalition, said Thursday that the president would probably leave in the “next 72 hours.”

Inexorable pressure has built on Mr. Musharraf, a member of the military by profession and often impetuous by nature, to take a way out from the current crisis that would save him from embarrassing disclosures during impeachment procedures and that would protect the nation from a prolonged political agony.

The U.S. was right to back Musharraf in the beginning. He was a big help after 9/11 and the intelligence he provided was critical. Unfortunately, over the last few years he has allowed terrorists to create a new infrastructure in the tribal regions. Rather than take on the militants with the help of the U.S. he continues to try and negotiate with them while people continue to die.

There’s a new party in charge now in Pakistan that was elected by the people. Musharraf has become an obstacle in Pakistan now, and it is time for him to step aside. Although doubtful, maybe Benazir Bhutto’s party which is now in charge will be a better partner in The War on Terror.

Bush Orders Intel Community To Get Bin Laden Before He Leaves Office

Chris Jones — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:56:24 +0000

A brand new effort has been launched to try and capture or kill Osama bin Laden. President Bush has asked the British special forces to assist U.S. forces in the effort and they have agreed. Some in the intelligence community believe they know what region of Northwest Pakistan Osama bin Laden is hiding and are prepared to take him out.

Special forces have been methodically rolling-up the Al-Qaeda network member by member both in the Pakistani tribal areas and around the world. The plan is to get those closest to him and push him back towards the Afghan border where unmanned drones flying overhead can spot him and take him out.

All this sounds like a great thing, but I don’t understand why we always have to know about it. We know from his recordings that UBL reads the papers, and is aware of what’s being discussed in the media. I’m sure he’ll be quite pleased to read about the plan to catch him.

-Chris Jones

U.S. Airstrikes Kill 11 Pakistani Soldiers

Chris Jones — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:38:52 +0000

From the AP:

U.S.-led forces killed Pakistani troops in an airstrike along the volatile Afghan border that Pakistan’s army condemned on Wednesday as “completely unprovoked and cowardly.”

U.S. officials confirmed that three aircraft launched about a dozen bombs following a clash between Taliban militants and Afghan and U.S.- led coalition forces late Tuesday. Pakistan says the strikes killed 11 of its paramilitary troops.

The Pakistani army said the airstrike hit a post of the paramilitary Frontier Corps in the Mohmand tribal region and was a “completely unprovoked and cowardly act.”

That is really unfortunate. We cannot afford to make mistakes like this. We need Pakistan’s cooperation and foolish incidents like this jeopardize our already strained relationship. A situation like this could cause riots to break out potentially put the entire Pakistani government at risk.

U.S. Missile Fired In NW Pakistan

Chris Jones — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:30:07 +0000

An American unmanned Predator Drone is thought to have fired a missile at something or someone on the Afghan/Pakistan border today.

The missile was believed to have been fired into the Mohmand ethnic Pashtun tribal area in northwest Pakistan. This makes sense, because this same area has been hit by Predator drones on at least four separate occasions, resulting in the deaths of dozens of militants.

Unnamed Pakistani govt. officials confirms there was an attack, but won’t give any specifics as to what or who the targets may have been.

“There was an attack by a spy plane close to the Afghan border but we don’t have information about casualties or damage,” said the government official based in the region. He declined to be identified.

Neither U.S. nor Pakistani authorities usually confirm U.S. missile attacks on Pakistani territory, which would be an infringement of Pakistani sovereignty.

U.S. Forces Planning Major Operation To Kill Bin Laden

Chris Jones — Mon, 26 May 2008 19:16:38 +0000

U.S. intelligence agencies believes that terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden is hiding in the K2 mountains of northern Pakistan, and they intend to drive him out in a major military offensive.

General David Petraeus headed up a major meeting in the Qatari capital of Doja aimed at putting together a military operation to go after bin Laden.

Of course, all this is coming from an arab news network which automatically calls into question the entire story. If it is true, chances are bin Laden has learned of the coming operation and has already moved.

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