tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801628720136815582011-11-27T15:50:21.171-08:00Attacks on USjbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928788891365094351noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-680162872013681558.post-56321267692270008102008-09-28T08:52:00.001-07:002008-09-28T08:54:54.772-07:00US steps up Pakistan raids to thwart al-Qaeda 'October surprise' plotThe Pentagon has ordered that raids on suspected terrorist targets within Pakistan be stepped up to pressurise al-Qaeda leaders and distract them from preparing attacks on American targets elsewhere."The aim is to disrupt their scope for planning and keep their leaders on the move so that it is more difficult for them to co-ordinate complicated plots," a senior US intelligence official told The jbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928788891365094351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-680162872013681558.post-24298207031333633642008-09-25T09:02:00.000-07:002008-09-28T09:04:16.364-07:00Pakistan Tells US to Stay Away From BorderOne day after a reported five minute exchange of fire between Pakistani and US troops along the Afghan border, Pakistani government spokesman Akram Shaheedi warned the US-led coalition forces “not to violate territorial sovereignty of Pakistan as it is counterproductive to the war on terror.” President Asif Ali Zardari described US support as a “blessing,” however the general trend appears to jbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928788891365094351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-680162872013681558.post-39158108804328150602008-09-16T00:23:00.000-07:002008-09-16T00:25:01.928-07:00Pakistani tribes vow reprisal for U.S. missile attacksThe new U.S. strategy of unilateral attack against suspected militants inside Pakistani territory is threatening to send moderate Pakistani tribesmen to go fight alongside extremists against coalition forces in neighbouring Afghanistan.The move piles more pressure on the fragile new democratic government in Islamabad, which is struggling to defend Pakistan's role in the war on terror against a jbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928788891365094351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-680162872013681558.post-58991838514909490612008-09-15T07:57:00.000-07:002008-09-15T07:58:24.546-07:00Pak troops open fire at US military helicoptersFiring by Pakistani troops forced US military helicopters to turn back to Afghanistan after they crossed into Pakistani territory in the early hours of Monday, Pakistani security officials said. The incident took place near Angor Adda, a village in the tribal region of South Waziristan where US commandos in helicopters raided a suspected al-Qaida and Taliban camp earlier this month. "The US jbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928788891365094351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-680162872013681558.post-53277592143061252142008-09-14T08:57:00.000-07:002008-09-28T08:58:01.763-07:00US Attack in Pakistan No Isolated IncidentAn early morning attack on a South Waziristan village by US helicopters and ground forces on September 3rd may have been unprecedented, but according to a report by National Public Radio, this was no isolated incident but rather “phase one” of a three stage plan to escalate attacks in Pakistani tribal regions aimed at targeting al-Qaeda safe havens. NPR quotes one source as saying “the gloves jbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928788891365094351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-680162872013681558.post-41743840923990011202008-09-13T09:05:00.000-07:002008-09-28T09:06:38.765-07:005 Militants Killed in US Drone AttackA suspected US missile strike has killed five people in a Pakistani village less than a day after the US military chief reiterated American respect for Pakistan's sovereignty.A Pakistani security official says five militants died when four missiles from a suspected US drone hit a compound in South Waziristan, near the Afghan border.Another official said the attack on a container loaded with jbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928788891365094351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-680162872013681558.post-10118656044011682292008-09-10T00:26:00.000-07:002008-09-16T00:27:51.270-07:00Pakistan army chief criticizes U.S. raidPakistan's military chief on Wednesday lashed out at the United States over cross-border raids by American troops from Afghanistan and said his country's sovereignty will be defended “at all cost.”In an unusually strong public statement, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said a raid last week into Pakistan's South Waziristan region killed innocent civilians and could backfire on the anti-terror allies.Hejbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928788891365094351noreply@blogger.com0