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01 Friday Nov 2013
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TEMPLATE ANALYSIS
News that the leader of the Pakistani Taliban has been killed in a drone strike will be greeted with some joy within Pakistan, and will also be seen as a vindication of the drone policy pursued by the CIA inside the ‘tribal areas’ bordering Afghanistan.
Of course, Pakistanis would argue that the Pakistani Taliban would not be attacking their country had America not conducted its highly controversial drone strikes which the Pakistan military said has killed 67 civilians, and over a thousand militants.
Pakistan’s military has been accused of conniving with America in allowing the strikes to occur. If that is so, the reason for this may not be as straight forward as many believe. Pakistan’s relationship with America in the war on terror has always been to pursue their own nation’s interests, which in this case was to pacify a lawless part of the country – a borderland where the kidnap of young boys and girls was commonplace.
So, the drone programme is as much a Pakistani military project, as it was a CIA one.
The slaughter of Hakimullah Mehsud – however an unpleasant and unsavory character he may have been – is however, hugely problematic for Pakistan.
The rationale behind this assassination is of course to cut off the head of the snake, a man who the Pakistan military have been itching to get at after a series a high-profile attacks on their soldiers and headquarters.
For one, where does this leave the peace talks sponsored by the elected Prime Minster of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif – he had offered the Taliban the chance to engage in dialogue with the Pakistan government. That attempt at rapprochement was met with more attacks inside Pakistan, which left many wondering whether the Mehsud really spoke for the Pakistani Taliban, whoever they may have been.
And what does this say about the relationship between Nawaz Sharif and the Pakistan military?
But more concerning than this of course, is the fear of what is follow. How many more Mehsuds have been created out of making this evil man a martyr?
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06 Wednesday Jun 2012
The US will continue to use drone strikes in Pakistan, despite the “serious concerns” of Islamabad, Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said today.
The Pentagon Chief said the attacks were about “defending ourselves” and Pakistanis who, he said, were also the victims of terrorism
Speaking on the third day of his Asia trip from India, Mr Panetta said: “We have made it very clear that we are going to continue to defend ourselves. This is about our sovereignty as well.”
The US and India, he added, were trying to engage Pakistan to ensure a peaceful and prosperous South East Asia.
“Pakistan is a complicated relationship, complicated for both of our countries, but it is one that we must continue to work to improve.”
There have been eight US drone strikes in the last two weeks – before this increase, there had only been 11 such attacks in the preceding six months. A missile strike early on Monday is reported to have killed al-Qaeda leader Abu Yahya al-Libi in Hesokhel, a village to the east of Miranshah, the main town of the North Waziristan tribal area.
At least 14 people are thought to have been killed alongside him.
In a statement Pakistan said it had summoned the US deputy ambassador, Richard Hoagland on Tuesday and officially informed him that the strikes were”unlawful, against international law and a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty.”
Adding: “The parliament (Pakistani) had emphatically stated that they were unacceptable. Drone strikes represented a clear red line for Pakistan.”
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23 Wednesday May 2012
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ANALYSIS
If, as appears likely, Mitt Romney will defeat the current incumbent at the White House in November’s Presidential election, one country will look forward to the eviction of Barack Obama – namely that of Pakistan.
From the outset, even before he was elected, Obama spoke of bombing PAKIStan and true to his word, drone strikes, which will surely be remembered in the same way as GITMO was for George Bush, have marked this Presidency – the last one on Wednesday in the so-called tribal belt killing three people.
And then there was the Nato strike which killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, for which Isaf has still not apologised, and which even to the most impartial of observers looked like an act of war, a pre-emptive strike.
At Chicago, the President of Pakistan, who is hated within his own country for being an American ‘puppet’ demanded that the US pay £3, 200 for every Nato lorry that will pass through Pakistan, if she was to reopen a border crossing closed after that fatal incident involving 24 Pakistani soldiers.
And today comes the first confirmation – if not official – that the Americans got their man with the jailing of the doctor who helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden.
Shakil Afridi who had charged with treason and for running a fake vaccination programme was jailed for 30 years in Khyber district.
The raid which was celebrated in the US angered the Pakistanis, who claimed that it was a further violation of their nation’s sovereignty.
So if indeed, a Republican is heading for the CEO’s job at Washington, then the people of Pakistan will be the first to be out on the streets to celebrate.
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17 Thursday May 2012
A local security official told the AFP news agency that the unmanned aircraft hit a car in the province of Hadramout.
He said the strike had killed two suspected al-Qaeda militants.
The Yemeni army is into the sixth day of an offensive to wrest control of cities in south Yemen from fighters reported to belong to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
Washington and Yemeni officials deny that drones are being deployed in Yemen.
However, US military specialists are closely involved in the Yemeni government’s campaign against militants.
And there are widespread reports that drones are being used.
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