It’s already too late to be asking if Pakistan might fall to the Taliban for parts of it already have
Friday, April 24, 2009
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Militants in Pakistan Launch Brazen Attack
About News Video: Police say dozens of militants armed with guns and gasoline bombs attacked a truck terminal in northwestern Pakistan and burned five tankers carrying fuel to NATO troops in Afghanistan.
Original post date April 23rd
Posted on YouTube by AssociatedPress
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* PressTV.ir has this report this early Friday morning…
Pentagon Chief Robert Gates warns that the US will severe its relations with Pakistan unless Islamabad crushes the Taliban-led insurgency… Speaking to thousands of US soldiers --who are about to be deployed to war-ravaged Afghanistan--Gates said "Pakistani leaders must take the appropriate actions" to deal with the Taliban insurgents… Also, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accused Islamabad of abdicating to the insurgents and incited Pakistanis around the world to speak out against the government policy of ceding land to the militants… Clinton emphasized Pakistan posed "mortal threat" to the world security by abdicating to the Taliban…
Read the rest at link below…
Gates warns Pakistan over Taliban advances
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* CNN.com brings us this report early this Friday Morning…
The Taliban said Friday that it would withdraw from the Buner district -- about 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Pakistan's capital -- after its land grab sounded alarms worldwide about the possibility of terrorists taking control of the country…
Read the full report at link below…
Taliban: We'll withdraw from district near capital
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Update: 12:15pm CDT
News Video: U.S. Concerns as Taliban Advance
As the Taliban move further into Pakistan, taking over Buner, a district that is just 70 miles northwest of Islamabad, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff meets with Pakistani military leaders, again.
Watch this New York Times News Video HERE
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Read more from The New York Times at link below…
Taliban Hold Valley in Pakistan as They Remove Some Forces …………………………………………………………
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Also in the news Friday is this News Article by the American Forces Press Service
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Combined Forces in Afghanistan Kill 14 in Six-Hour Battle
Friday, April 24, 2009
Coalition and Afghan forces killed 14 insurgents in a six-hour battle in the Sangin district of Afghanistan's Helmand province yesterday.
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Forces were patrolling in an area known for heavy insurgent activity when they were attacked. The insurgents fired at the forces with rifles and rocket-propelled grenades.
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Coalition forces called in close-air support on two enemy fighting positions, killing 14 fighters and injuring one, who later surrendered. Two others also were detained.
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No coalition or Afghan forces were injured in the attack.
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In other Afghan news, coalition and Afghan forces detained three suspects last night in an operation to capture the leader of bomb-making ring near Kabul.
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Forces targeted a residence in the Paghman district of Kabul province, west of the Afghan capital. They searched the residence without incident and detained three men.
From DoD’s American Forces Press Service news article - Compiled from U.S. Forces Afghanistan news releases
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My short take today is this:
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I said it last year and I’ll say it again… Pakistan is the next front on the War on Terror… not Afghanistan. Even though the two do seem to go hand in hand of late…
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President Obama and his Administration better get serious with this dangerous situation we find ourselves in today. For yes Mr. President… there still is a Major War on Terror ongoing.
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Changing your Administration from saying ‘War on Terror’ to something less offensive to those overseas does nothing more than show our enemies and our friends just how weak of a leader you really are.
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At least President Bush led… You, President Obama, are not a Leader… but a follower of the far Left Wing Kooks of your Political Party.
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I for one believe the on ground situation in Pakistan is going to get much worse… And I cannot help but believe we will find ourselves heavily in Pakistan with our military troops and all our military might within the next 12 months. I hope I turnout wrong on this one…
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AubreyJ………
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