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Originally posted by murphy22
Originally posted by boondock-saint
Originally posted by murphy22
Or is it a U.S. C.I.A. Operation making it look like someone else? Just saying, know how they work.
It's got to be US Forces or CIA doing this.
The Taliban or insurgents do not have
this kind of sophisticated weaponry
and tactics.
edit on 5/22/2011 by boondock-saint because: (no reason given)
Yeah, Roger that. My thoughts also.
Originally posted by boondock-saint
Originally posted by yourmaker
pakistani taliban claim responability but that could be merely to frame them for local justice.
on a geopolitical level i'd assume this means somewhere along the line they were contacted by x gov't agency to attack the base and hold it, but perhaps they came to them as insurgents themselves.
set up... to set up another setup along the line ahah damn. all in theory. could be a couple average joe talibans, which is perfect for the gov'ts because no work involved, and a good story to roll with for their credential.
this is NOT Taliban tactics or weaponry.
IMO
Taliban do hit and run attacks,
not hostage negotiations blowing
up planes and laying siege to a
military base.
Originally posted by boondock-saint
Originally posted by thoughtsfull
reply to post by Gregandgemma
I'm going to hope this turns out to be nothing..
and no one has been hurt
you and me both
if this was an attack by the US,
you can expect retaliation from
both Pak and China.
Obama could not be that stupid.
Can he ???
NEW YORK – "President Obama today issued an executive order that permits ongoing indefinite detention of Guantánamo detainees while establishing a periodic administrative review process for them. The administration also announced it will lift the ban on bringing new military commissions charges against detainees that don’t already have ongoing cases in the substandard system."
Originally posted by ExCommando
Are you kidding?
Do either of you have military experience?
KARACHI: An overnight battle with militants at Pakistan’s naval aviation base erupted again after dawn on Monday, with blasts ringing out and choppers hovering overhead as security forces launched a counter-offensive.
“The operation still continues. It is not over yet,” said one security official, eight hours after a group of up to 15 militants stormed the installation with guns and grenades, killing at least five people and blowing up at least three military aircrafts.
More than 30 troops entered the PNS Mehran base in the southern city of Karachi as the battle resumed and eight blasts were heard in the space of 30 minutes.
Eleven people were wounded in the attack on one of the country’s most heavily guarded military installations, where jet fuel tanks appeared to have caught fire and exploded.
“They were carrying guns, rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) and hand grenades. They hit the aircraft with an RPG,” Navy spokesman Commander Salman Ali said earlier.
“They have destroyed three P-3c Orion aircraft,” he added.
It was not immediately clear who was behind the raid. But Taliban militants, who have vowed to avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden by US Special Forces, have carried out several attacks since the al Qaeda leaders’ death on May 2.
The assault started at approximately 10:30 pm on Sunday.
The dead included one sailor, three firefighters and an Army ranger, Yasir said.
A spokesman said one P-3C Orion, a maritime patrol aircraft, had been destroyed and that intermittent gunfire was continuing.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik said earlier the militants had attacked from the rear of the base. “We have been able to confine them to one building and an operation is underway either to kill or capture them.”
He said that terrorists sneaked into the base from three of its boundaries bordering civilian populated areas.
“A building in the premises is still under their occupation from where they are exchanging fire with our soldiers,” he said.
“The situation is being tackled delicately to secure assets, minimise human losses and defeat the terrorists completely,” Malik said, adding that Al-Qaeda and the Taliban had become a danger to the existence of Pakistan.
“It is not just an attack on a navy establishment, it is an attack on Pakistan,” Malik said, warning that those who sympathise with the Taliban and al Qaeda should realise the gravity of the situation and “join hands with us to save our country”.
Malik said the Taliban had vowed to avenge the death of bin Laden by attacking Pakistan’s military and civilian interests.
Media reports said the attackers had made their way in through a sewer line, but that was not confirmed. The military’s goal is to capture as many of the attackers alive as possible, Pakistan television reported.
The militants also took some Chinese personnel hostage in a building inside the base, which was subsequently surrounded by naval commandos, the sources said.
The sources said that four militants were killed and two injured suspects were arrested by law-enforcement personnel while they were trying to flee from a seminary located near the Karsaz flyover.
Originally posted by Primal Scream
Aight let's say the CIA and US are all over this...
what could be the first possible targets on our mainland?
East Coast? West Coast? Hidden nukes in the Heartland?
F.F or not if TPTB mean to get things started then its gonna happen here,, where?
Chinese nuke subs?
one of the many missing nukes from our arsenal?
If this is the work of TPTB then be ready for the STHTF on our land,
likely scenerios?
Originally posted by AmericanProdigy
Check this out...
tribune.com.pk...
Very interesting!