Allies Martyr 24 Unsuspecting Pakistani Troops in “Self Defense”

PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD NATO helicopters and fighter aircraft attacked two Pakistani military checkpoints along Afghan border in a pre-dawn attack on Saturday, killing up to 26 troops and prompting Pakistan to shut vital supplies to NATO/ISAF troops, besides lodging strong protests with the US and NATO authorities.

A major and a captain were among the martyred troops and about 11 others were wounded in the attack that came around 2am at two mountaintop checkpoints, about 2.5 km from the border. About 40 Pakistani army troops were stationed at the outposts at Selala, a suburb of Balezai region in Mohmand Agency, and sources in political administration suggested the casualties had reached 28.

The attack is the worst single incident of its kind since Pakistan uneasily allied itself with Washington after Sept 11, 2001 attacks. The reaction from Pakistan military as well as the civilian government at this apparent provocation was strong and prompt, and they sent a clear message that no such action at any pretext was acceptable to Pakistan.

An ISPR statement released Saturday said that Pakistani troops effectively responded immediately in self-defence with all available weapons. The press release said a strong protest has been launched with NATO/ISAF in which it has been demanded that strong and urgent action be taken against those responsible for this aggression. The incident occurred a day after US General John Allen met Pakistani Army Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani to discuss border control and enhanced cooperation.

Strongly condemning the attack, Gen Kayani said that the NATO/ISAF’s ‘blatant and unacceptable aggression’ resulted in loss of precious lives of Pakistani soldiers, according to the ISPR press release. While lauding the effective response by the soldiers of Pakistan Army in self-defence, he directed to take ‘all necessary steps’ for an effective response to this irresponsible act. A senior Pakistani military officer said efforts were under way to bring the bodies of the slain soldiers to Ghalanai, the headquarters of Mohmand tribal region. “The latest attack on our post will have serious repercussions as they (NATO troops) without any reason attacked our post and killed soldiers asleep,” he said.

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Sherry Rehman Sworn in as US Ambassador

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and MNA Sherry Rehman has been appointed Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Express 24/7 reported.

The appointment comes after Husain Haqqani was asked to resign by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani in the wake of the Memogate scandal. Gilani has approved the appointment.

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The case of the secret memo

Mansoor Ijaz wrote a memo to Mike Mullen in May after OBL murder by US SEAL Team. There was no reaction and memo remained unnoticed for several months till Mansoor Ijaz wrote an article in a newspaper specifically about the memo. Why?

Question should not be why but rather "WHO?"... who is Mansoor Ijaz? Mansoor Ijaz is a confirmed CIA operative. His agenda was to create a rift between Pakistan Civil and Military. To weaken ISI and put Pakistan military leadership in an awkward situation.

Pakistan army and ISI are the only institutions which resisted allowing USA to freely operate within Pakistan and also supposed issuance of Pakistani visas to US CIA agents. CIA has been extremely unhappy with ISI's opposition. Mansoor Ijaz created this memo on his own. Neither Ambassador Hussain Haqqani, President Asif Zardari or the Pakistan military knew about this secret memo.

Mansoor Ijaz should be the one who should be arrested, interrogated and held accountable for creating this situation. Pakistani media needs to realign their guns in the right direction and focus on this culprit called Mansoor Ijaz who is anti-Pakistan and a CIA's paid bitch. Our political and national security analysts also need to calm down and think like patriotic Pakistanis. We need to see who benefits and who suffers from this memo... once we do this everything will be crystal clear.

The US and Pakistan

Pakistanis are being constantly told that the Raymond Davis episode and the Osama bin Laden event soured relations between the US and Pakistan and that these are the issues that have brought the bilateral relationship to a new low. They are not being told what it was about these events that made them so significant. Could it be that a CIA operative under the cover of being a diplomat was where he should not have been and that he killed two Pakistanis in broad daylight and then a US Consulate vehicle sent to retrieve him crushed another Pakistani dead? How do you get over something like that? The raid into Pakistan that led to the killing of OBL and was carried out without taking Pakistan into confidence left its Army and Intelligence to face the humiliation of being publicly accused of complicity or incompetence or both. This was indeed a watershed event and has had led to consequences that such events inevitably lead to. Perhaps it is relevant to consider that these events were the result of a perception on the US side that Pakistan was not cooperating as an ally should and a perception on the Pakistani side that the US had gained covert access into Pakistan through devious means and their intentions were not clear. If so, then several months later not much has been done to clear the air — in fact it is more fogged up than before. There is a crying need for clarity over divergences and perceptions.

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“Normalization Roadmap” for Indo-Pak Trade Relations

NEW DELHI - Pakistan took further steps toward normal trade and travel ties with India on Tuesday, agreeing to open most commerce with its larger neighbour by February and ease visa rules in the latest sign of a thaw in relations between the nuclear-armed rivals. “We have turned the corner,” Pakistan’s Trade Secretary Zafar Mehmood said at a joint news conference with his Indian counterpart in Delhi. “We are talking of a complete normalisation roadmap,” he added.

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Iran’s Nuclear Program and the IAEA Report: Old Lies Behind a New Mask

The UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) long awaited, much ballyhooed report on Iran’s nuclear activities has been thunderously greeted here as conclusive evidence that Iran is working on nuclear weapons.

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Reality TV show lifts veil on Muslim Americans

WASHINGTON: It’s been a decade since the September 11 attacks and many Americans still don’t know quite what to make of their 2.75 million Muslim compatriots. Could a reality TV series help?

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Khan Believes Karachi Rally will be the Turning Point

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) announced on Sunday that it would continue to interact with various political entities across the political spectrum to invite “pure” politicians but ruled out the possibility of alliance with any conventional party for now.

“The PTI will approach electable politicians from each constituency,” said PTI Chairman Imran Khan.

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Enemies of Islam and Pakistan

For all those people (especially Imran Khan &the PTI leadership) who believe we should strike a peace deal with TTP terrorist khwarjis,please listen to the following clip. If anyone needs references from Hadith and Islamic text,please read the attached PDF file.

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Imran Khan: the myth and the reality

WHEN Imran Khan launched the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf in 1996, then Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto rhetorically asked, “Can Imran win 51 per cent seats in parliament to form a government?” A decade and a half later, the same question haunts Mr Khan even when he has recently gathered together the largest public assembly of his entire political life. His supporters, critics and opponents are asking if he will ever get the parliamentary strength he needs to realise his aspirations of becoming prime minister.

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Insecure Western Media & Secure Pak Nukes

Defanging Pakistan by dismantling her nuclear programme must rank as one of US’ most fervent yet unfulfilled wishes and hitherto unattained strategic interests! Western media interest in Pakistan’s nukes remains unrelenting, uncompromising, sensational, wishful and largely ill-informed. A good example could be the recent article “The Ally from Hell” in The Atlantic magazine.

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Pakistan - China to build even stronger ties

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday expressed their resolve to further strengthen bilateral ties in economic, defence and energy sectors for the mutual benefit of two countries. The two leaders, who met on the sidelines of summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) here in Petersburg, discussed the whole gamut of strategic and economic cooperation between their countries. They discussed the matters relating to agriculture, power generation and finance, besides reviewing progress on Sino-Pak bilateral ties. The meeting, which was scheduled for 40 minutes, lasted for more than an hour. Chinese Premier Wen reiterated his government’s support for Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. He underscored the importance of time-tested strategic partnership between China and Pakistan, an official told APP.

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American War Heroes Remains Become Landfill

The Dover Air Force Base mortuary for years disposed of portions of troops’ remains by cremating them and dumping the ashes in a Virginia landfill,a practice that officials have since abandoned in favor of burial at sea.

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The War of the Rallies

The Chairman Pakistan Tehrik Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan started it. Sensing that the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML—N) had been sidelined with even their government in Pakistan’s largest province with Shahbaz Sharif as the Chief Minister under criticism and the ruling party, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), helpless against the mounting grievances of the people, Imran announced a political meeting in Punjab’s capital Lahore for Sunday October 30th. Not only that, Imran rubbed his advantage in by predicting a massive turn out that would decisively tilt the people in his favor. Woken from their slumber and desperate not to be outdone on their home turf the PML(N) announced a political rally (as distinct from meeting) for Friday October,28th with one single agenda—to start a movement “Go Zardai Go” against the President of the country. People wondered what this meant because the PML(N) was part of the political set up, being the government in Punjab, and so far had been an ineffective opposition. Once the PML(N) rally had railed against the government in strong language the PPP’s coalition partner the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) jumped in and announced a rally in their home city Karachi to be addressed by their exiled leader from London with the objective of supporting the President and condemning the outbursts of Shahbaz Sharif that had come in for across the board criticism because of the language used.

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