So they are achieving a 1:1 or atmost a 2:1 ratio with the taalipaan for a counter-insurgency operation !! (SSridhar-saar indicated ~ 25,000 "miscreants").The army has reportedly sent two divisions totalling 28,000 men and blocked different routes in the area.
clearly indicates that the activists of the defunct religious organisations sponsored by Indian Intelligence Agency, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and backed by Al-Qaeda
Shiv, no footage except this pictureshiv wrote:Sadly - I did not see any of this in 2 hours of intermittent TV scanning. I did get some less dramatic footage recorded though.Singha wrote:on TV feed some of the police cadets were wailing and sobbing , holding on to each other.
Our Maoists must have inspired them.Guddu wrote:Another change that I notice is, that the talibunnies are now targetting military/police installations, as opposed to abdul doing mango shopping. If true, this is a significant shift in IEDology.
SwamyG saar, these are the intelligent beings with IQ >0SwamyG wrote:clearly indicates that the activists of the defunct religious organisations sponsored by Indian Intelligence Agency, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and backed by Al-Qaeda
In a land of ~150 million people, I surely expect some intelligent beings. This is really heights.
The army is preparing for the array of guerrilla tactics the Taliban are likely to employ, including ambushes, suicide attacks and improvised explosive devises.
''We are shaping the environment, isolating the target. We are blocking all entry and exit points, denying them availability of provisions, fuel and ammunition, forcing them to rely on goat tracks to resupply,'' Abbas said.
Despite sometimes rocky relations with the Pakistani military, the U.S. is trying to rush in equipment that would help with mobility, night fighting and precision bombing, a U.S. Embassy official told The Associated Press.
''If we could deliver things tomorrow, it would be here,'' said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the issue is politically sensitive.
In addition to night vision devices, the Pakistan military has said it is seeking additional Cobra helicopter gunships, heliborne lift capability, laser-guided munitions and intelligence equipment to monitor cell and satellite telephones.
The bombings targeted a heavily fortified police station in Peshawar.
One attacker drove a car filled with explosives to the main gate of the station, as a motorcycle carrying a man and a woman pulled up behind it, said the Peshawar police chief.
The woman jumped off and ran toward a nearby housing complex where Army officers live, while the man smashed the motorcycle into the car, which exploded into a huge fireball, he said.
Police shot at the woman, who detonated explosives she was wearing.
Thanks. It is usable. I am thinking of 2 new videos. One requires me to record sounds and sights of fizzles this Diwali and Pakis cheering to make a video of Pak's nuke test and another one of weeping and running Paki security men to highlight the heroism of the Pindi HQ attack.abhijitm wrote:
Shiv, no footage except this picture
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/daw ... nial-ss-01
I think we should print and frame this.
Musharraf did something similar during the Lal Masjid operation.Anujan wrote:Militants flown in to negotiate with GHQ attackers
Some key leaders of several jehadi and sectarian organisations, including a jailed militant, were flown from Lahore, Bahawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan to the garrison town of Rawalpindi on special flights to hold talks with the hostage takers who had stormed the GHQ building on October 10, 2009.....
With that hopeful message, a HAPPY DIWALI to all BRF folks...may a thousand IEDs bloom in the land of Pakbarian animals.it is highly unlikely to expect Pakistanis to tackle the issue anytime soon – in spite the fact that maybe it’s already too late.
shiv wrote:abhijitm wrote:
Shiv, no footage except this picture
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/daw ... nial-ss-01
In real kuffar world, any one of these TFTArians can easily give any "Bengan/brinjal" run for money in beauty contest.Suppiah wrote:The article ends on a hopeful note...
WASHINGTON: The 152-member Indian Congressional caucus, which includes a number of influential Democratic and Republican lawmakers, played a key role in inserting strict conditions and an offending language in the aid to Pakistan bill, says the influential Wall Street Journal newspaper.
‘Pakistanis might be forgiven for wondering whether, with friends like these in Washington, who needs enemies?’ wrote Simon Tisdall, former US editor for Britain’s Guardian newspaper. He noted that Congressman Howard Berman’s comments that they were reluctant to send US dollars ‘down a rat hole’ were ‘condemned as insulting and colonialist in Pakistan’.
The WSJ explained that the original Senate draft did not have the conditions that stirred protests across Pakistan. They were inserted in the House bill and Congressman Berman demanded that they stay in the final bill too.
The newspaper noted that tripling US aid to $7.5 billion over five years ‘would have been an easy diplomatic win’, if House Democrats hadn’t insisted on sticking ‘a gratuitous thumb in the eye of Pakistani national pride’ by tying the aid to specific benchmarks.
No!! Really?!!KARACHI: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) fell by over 58 per cent during the first quarter of the current fiscal amid deteriorating law and order situation which shattered the image of the country abroad.
Since 1947.Pakistan has been struggling to protect its image as investment- friendly country
The details of decline in the FDI showed that the Asian countries have left Pakistan and their investment turned almost zero during the first quarter.
Et Tu, Hu?Even China and Saudi Arabia decided to keep their money in safe instead of sending to Pakistan. China withdrew its investment while Saudi Arabia made a meagre investment of $1.4 million.
No Sh1t, Sherlock!Analysts said that the falling FDI means the country was losing attraction for foreign investors.
After Thursday’s terrorist attack on the Police Training School Manawan, traumatised recruits are likely to be shifted to the Police Training Centre Chuhng within a few days, sources told Daily Times on Friday.
Sources said no recruit was missing, but all of them (recruits) were under constant fear and threat. They said recruits could not sleep last night due to the terrorist attack, while repeated power cuts added to the panic.
They said a batch of almost 550 officials started training at the school on September 25 after being recruited as drivers.{Drivers ? People are afarid to be known as police in West Punjab ?} Less than a month later, they had to save their lives by scaling the boundary wall of the school.
The sources said the recruits were demanding to be shifted to some other training centre, as the training school at Manawan has been attacked twice in less than seven months. They said some recruits were even thinking of resigning.
Those abduls would probably have better chances of surviving in Waziristan.SSridhar wrote:Manawan police recruits to be shifted
For all intents and purposes, the Better Believers seem to have have shaken the cr@p out of the Lesser Believers.After Thursday’s terrorist attack on the Police Training School Manawan, traumatised recruits are likely to be shifted to the Police Training Centre Chuhng within a few days, sources told Daily Times on Friday.
Sources said no recruit was missing, but all of them (recruits) were under constant fear and threat. They said recruits could not sleep last night due to the terrorist attack, while repeated power cuts added to the panic.
They said a batch of almost 550 officials started training at the school on September 25 after being recruited as drivers.{Drivers ? People are afarid to be known as police in West Punjab ?} Less than a month later, they had to save their lives by scaling the boundary wall of the school.
The sources said the recruits were demanding to be shifted to some other training centre, as the training school at Manawan has been attacked twice in less than seven months. They said some recruits were even thinking of resigning.
Curfew imposed in South WaziristanAn operation against militants has begun in South Waziristan on Saturday.
The political administration sources said security forces advancing in different parts of South Waziristan as ground assaults will be supported by air strikes.
According to reports, two security men were killed and five wounded seriously in attacks on security forces in North and South Waziristan. A security official was killed and three in a remote-controlled bomb attack on security forces vehicle in Kalkola area near Jandola. The injured were shifted to Jandola hospital where one person reported in a critical state. Forces have cordoned off the area after the blast.
Meanwhile, fighter jets pounded militants’ hideouts in tehsil Ladha and Sarokai at the start of the operation. Periodic fire was also heard in Makeen.
Massive evacuation of locals is underway due to operation. The residents of these areas are moving towards Peshawar, Bannu and North Waziristan. However, they are facing difficulties because of curfew.
On the other hand, militants attacked a convoy of FC in Razmak area of North Waziristan. One security man was killed and two wounded in the attack.
The ground operation has begun,’ Tariq Hayat Khan, secretary the tribal regions, told Reuters. He gave no details and military spokesmen were not available for comment.
‘Forces are moving inside Mehsud territory. Initially we have moved not full strength but some forces to establish foot holds,’ a senior military official told AFP in northwest Pakistan.
The official said three division of the military, paramilitary and police would be involved in the wider ground operation, eventually numbering around 60,000 troops before winter set in.
‘The curfew is for the protection of military convoys and it is on the roads. The bazaars are open,’ Khan told Reuters by telephone from the nearby town of Tank.
Bomb kills two Pakistani soldiers
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan — A roadside bomb exploded alongside a Pakistani military convoy, killing two soldiers and wounding another four in the North Waziristan tribal region on Saturday, security officials said. .............................
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Sources said no recruit was missing, but all of them (recruits) were under constant fear and threat. They said recruits could not sleep last night due to the terrorist attack, while repeated power cuts added to the panic.
Large number of citizens unaware of ban on pillion riding KARACHI: Ban on pillion riding has also been imposed in Karachi and Hyderabad after Islamabad, however a large number of citizens is still pillion riding claiming unawareness of the ban.
The yearly TSPA directed drama rolls into town for its 2 month show....An operation against militants has begun in South Waziristan on Saturday.
The political administration sources said security forces advancing in different parts of South Waziristan as ground assaults will be supported by air strikes.
According to reports, two security men were killed and five wounded seriously in attacks on security forces in North and South Waziristan. A security official was killed and three in a remote-controlled bomb attack on security forces vehicle in Kalkola area near Jandola. The injured were shifted to Jandola hospital where one person reported in a critical state. Forces have cordoned off the area after the blast.
Meanwhile, fighter jets pounded militants’ hideouts in tehsil Ladha and Sarokai at the start of the operation. Periodic fire was also heard in Makeen.
Massive evacuation of locals is underway due to operation. The residents of these areas are moving towards Peshawar, Bannu and North Waziristan. However, they are facing difficulties because of curfew.
US embassy fined for water ‘theft’
Saturday, 17 Oct, 2009 | 07:24 AM PST
COLOMBO, Oct 16: Sri Lanka’s main water utility said on Friday it had fined the US embassy more than $3,000 for illegally tapping supplies from the national network.
The National Water Supply and Drainage Board said it found that the supply to US ambassador Patricia Butenis’ official residence in Colombo bypassed the water meter.
The US authorities were fined $3,222 after the unusually low water bills for the building aroused suspicion and prompted an inspection.
A US embassy spokesman, Glen Davis, said they were investigating the matter.—
Isn't this for the Lankan US embassy?chetak wrote:Petty reaction to the Kerry-Lugar bill??
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/daw ... -theft-709
US embassy fined for water ‘theft’
Saturday, 17 Oct, 2009 | 07:24 AM PST
COLOMBO, Oct 16: Sri Lanka’s main water utility said on Friday it had fined the US embassy more than $3,000 for illegally tapping supplies from the national network.
A US embassy spokesman, Glen Davis, said they were investigating the matter.—
Pakistan offensive: troops meet heavy Taliban resistance
Pakistani troops are facing heavy resistance from the Taliban after beginning an offensive in South Waziristan.
Published: 9:58AM BST 17 Oct 2009
Kayani: The head of the army, General Ashfaq Kayani briefed government and party leaders on Friday Photo: PA
Ground forces moved out of their bases in three different direction towards territory dominated by fighters loyal to the warlord Hakimullah Mehsud and his predecessor, Baitullah Mehsud, the notorious Pakistani Taliban leader killed in a US missile attack and his successor Hakimullah Mehsud.
Troops advancing from Shakai ran into resistance in Sharwangi area, one of the first areas of Mehsud's territory they reached, a local administration official said. He added that the Taliban were using "heavy weapons" against the army.
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An army official confirmed that soldiers had already met resistance within hours of the start of the operation, which has been planned for months and follows weeks of air and artillery strikes.
A senior government official said that the government and party leaders gave the military full backing on Friday, vowing to weed out militants and restore the writ of the state.
The army has said about 28,000 soldiers are in place to take on an estimated 10,000 hard-core Taliban. About 500 commandos arrived in the region on Friday, security officials said.
The army has stepped up its air and artillery attacks in recent days to soften up the militants' defences while civilians have been fleeing.
The militants have launched a series of brazen attacks in the past 12 days, striking at the United Nations, the army headquarters, police and the general public, killing more than 150 people and apparently trying to stave off the army assault.
The head of the army, General Ashfaq Kayani, briefed government and party leaders on Friday and they all agreed that the militants posed a serious threat to the sovereignty and integrity of the state.
"The national consensus is reaffirmed to establish and maintain the writ of the state to weed out these elements," said a statement issued by the office of Yusuf Raza Gilani, the prime minister.
More than 80,000 civilians had fled from South Waziristan in anticipation of the offensive and the UN refugee agency said more people had left this week.
Earlier, a government official said authorities had imposed a curfew along roads in South Waziristan to protect forces moving towards militant strongholds
Very Chankian, these tellibunnies. Causing regular enemy attrition in small numbers. Pooki response will be to scorch a few villages.shravan wrote:Roadside bomb kills three soldiers in North Waziristan
how about this one ?shiv wrote:Thanks. It is usable. I am thinking of 2 new videos. One requires me to record sounds and sights of fizzles this Diwali and Pakis cheering to make a video of Pak's nuke test and another one of weeping and running Paki security men to highlight the heroism of the Pindi HQ attack.abhijitm wrote:
Shiv, no footage except this picture
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/daw ... nial-ss-01
I think we should print and frame this.
In circa 2004, Lt. Gen. Safdar Hussain, Corps Commander, Peshawar, had to personally meet Taliban commander Nek Mohammed to sign the peace deal (at Shakai in South Waziristan in April 2004) with him. Again, in February 2005, another deal was signed with Baitullah Mehsud after he took over power following Nek Mohammed’s assassination. In February, 2008 TSPA struck another deal in North Waziristan after the Pakistani Army took on the Taliban there in October 2007 and suffered heavy losses. The Waziristan operations by the TSPA were lovingly referred to as 'Operation Enduring Failure'.Rangudu wrote:And so the Waziristan "assault" begins
SSridhar wrote: The Waziristan operations by the TSPA were lovingly referred to as 'Operation Enduring Failure'.
Rangudu wrote: I'd prefer to call it Operation Enduring Bendover. Maybe TSP will prefer an Arabic version, Rah-e-Rectum...