http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200612/25/eng20061225_335687.html
U.S. urges Pakistan to launch fresh military operations in tribal areas: report The United States has asked Pakistan to launch fresh military operations in Waziristan tribal areas on the Pakistani-Afghan border against the suspected al- Qaeda and Taliban militants, the newspaper the Nation reported Monday, quoting diplomatic sources. Washington has provided satellite images and other intelligence evidence to Pakistan about alleged hideouts of foreign and local militants in South and North Waziristans, two tribal agencies belonging to Pakistan's Federally Administrated Tribal Areas on the border, sources was quoted as saying by the Nation. Accordingly, Pakistan's security officials were examining the information provided by the United States. The "uneasiness" of Afghanistan-based international forces with the Sept. 5 peace deal between Pakistani government and the tribesmen in North Waziristan had led to the demand of new military operations in Waziristan, a source told the Nation. The North Waziristan deal has long been criticized by the west world for allegedly offering tolerance to militants who were involved in cross-border movement and fighting in Afghanistan. Pakistan, since aligning itself with the U.S. led "war on terror" after the Sept. 11 attacks, has helped much in arresting a number of al-Qaeda members and Taliban fighters on its soil, including sending some 80,000 troops to hunt militants in the tribal areas and the arrests of many top lieutenants of Osama Bin Laden. Claiming itself a victim of terrorism, Pakistan said it has done all its best for the international anti-terrorism fighting. But the international forces and Afghanistan continue to blame the escalating violence in Afghanistan, where around 4,000 died of insurgency-related fighting in 2006, on Pakistan's alleged reluctance to fighting militants on its soil. Pakistan categorically denied the charges. Earlier reports said the Afghanistan-based international forces are worried about a possible violence surge in the coming spring after a cold winter, described by them as a recruiting and recovery season for Taliban militants. Source: Xinhua +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
