-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! US forming action plan for strikes MESSAGE TO TALIBAN: TIME TO ACT, NOT NEGOTIATE CHIDANAND RAJGHATTA TIMES NEWS NETWORK ASHINGTON: The United States will use Pakistan as a staging ground for possible commando strikes against terrorists in the region amid continuing distrust of Pakistan's reliability as an ally and the consequent apprehension about the safety of American forces. The Pentagon has begun preparation for deployment of troops overseas for direct military action even as it considers a variety of other operations including air attacks and cruise missile strikes. President Bush's assertion that the US had the capability to "smoke out" terrorists from their hide-outs also suggests Washington may be considering using chemical and biological weapons in an unprecedented attack on those it believes perpetrated the worst terrorist carnage in history. US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld added to the speculation by saying Washington would "use the full spectrum of our capabilities." "I think of it in the sense of self-defence, and there is nothing that inhibits the United States of America from defending itself," Rumsfeld said. US officials are not releasing any operational details. But reports here suggest small groups of American commandos based on board US ships in the Arabian Sea could be sent on lightning raids after terrorist hideouts are softened by air raids and cruise missile strikes. However, one school of thought here feels the US will be hamstrung if it tries to conduct a purely air drop missions; it will need at least some ground forces to be based in Pakistan. But given the sensitivity of the Pakistani establishment to the growing protests against being used in such a manner, US officials are indicating the land deployment will be as austere as possible. A team of US officials is leaving for Pakistan to discuss the details. Some analysts feel Washington is being reckless and shortsighted in using Pakistan as a staging ground and expressed scepticism about Islamabad's commitment to a partnership to fight terrorism. "It is a charade…Pakistan's commitment has no depth," South Asia scholar Selig Harrison of the Woodrow Wilson Center warned on CNN, calling the US move to send in commandos an "insane idea." Harrison also pointed out what many in the US military circles are missing – terrorist organisations such as the Lashkar e-Taiba, backed and bankrolled by Pakistan's intelligence agencies, are in cahoots with Osama bin Laden and his murderous men. Most western embassies have asked all non-essential personnel to leave Pakistan. The US has gone a step further and warned its nationals not to travel to Pakistan and leave the country immediately if they are already there. Washington has been jolted by the groundswell for the beleaguered Taliban regime and its guest, not to speak of fatwas calling for a Holy War and assassination of Gen. Musharraf for his support to the United States. One unconfirmed opinion poll spoke of just seven per cent of Pakistani respondents supporting the strikes against Afghanistan. Meanwhile, reports from Afghanistan indicate a softening, perhaps even a split among the leadership there in response to the US ultimatum to hand over Osama bin Laden. While the supreme Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar has said bin Laden would continue to be a guest and asked Muslims to prepare for a Holy War, one of his deputies suggested they would not protect bin Laden if the US proved he was involved in the attacks. Bin Laden is now related to Mullah Omar by marriage. Washington says providing such proof could compromise its intelligence sources and apparatus. Taliban officials also said they were willing to hold talks with Washington, but the White House immediately rebuffed the offer. Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer bluntly said, "The President's message to the Taliban is very simple - it's time for action not negotiations." Meantime Pakistan's gambit of milking the situation to its advantage has been greeted with outrage in some quarters, leading Islamabad to deny it drew up a list of conditions to support the US military operations. One official who did not want to be named said the administration was "furious" that Pakistan had proposed conditions for support when "the bodies were yet to be counted." Despite a statement from Islamabad by the US ambassador Wendy Chamberlain that Washington could reward Islamabad for its support, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said support to the US mission to strike at terrorists was "unconditional." Elsewhere, India's National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra is expected in New York Wednesday afternoon for talks with US officials that won't take place till early next week. Mishra will come to Washington only on September 25. Officials here did not offer any explanation for the inexplicable delay in the confabulations beyond saying Mishra had UN-related engagements in New York. However, reports from India indicate the two sides have been in contact at the operational level, following the green signal from the political and executive masters. The US ambassador to India Robert Blackwill met the Indian navy chief Sushil Kumar to discuss details of cooperation, making it almost certain that there will some Indian support to the American war effort against terrorism. On the ground, some 4000 law enforcement officials continued to run down leads to piece together the plot that resulted in the world's worse terrorist attack. 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