Posted on 10/09/2009 11:24:24 PM PDT by Steelfish
Gunmen Open Fire Near Pakistan’s Army HQ ‘Intense’ gunbattle leaves top officers trapped inside, official says
BREAKING NEWS NBC News and news services
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Gunmen have opened fire near the army's headquarters outside the capital of Islamabad, a Pakistani military official said Saturday.
NBC News reported that the assault sparked a shootout and that "intense" fighting was ongoing.
A senior army officer said troops were returning fire and top officers were trapped inside. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
Never fear, Obama’s on top of the situation.
Who’s watching the nukes
Never fear, Obama’s on top of the situation.
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That’s what’s so dangerous.
0bama is going to get a lot of us killed.
Who’s watching the nukes
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Nobody.
The people in control are figuring out how to use them.
Note: Photo included.
ADDITIONAL link:
“Fierce gunbattle after assault on army HQ in Rawalpindi”
Saturday, 10 Oct, 2009
SNIPPET: “ISLAMABAD: A team of gunmen brandishing assault rifles and grenades tried to break into Pakistan’s army headquarters on Saturday, sparking a raging gun battle with troops outside Islamabad, police said.
The brazen attack was the third major militant assault in a week and came as the government said it was planning an imminent offensive against militants in their strongholds in the rugged mountains along the border with Afghanistan.
The gunmen drove up to the army compound in Rawalpindi shortly before noon and tried to force their way inside before being stopped by soldiers, said Mohammed Jamil, a police official.
The attackers jumped out of the vehicle, took up positions throughout the area and began firing at the troops, he said.
One gunman hurled a grenade, and others fired sporadically at those manning the checkpoint at the compound’s entrance, said a senior military official inside.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity.
He said top army officials were trapped inside the compound.”
I hope they have enough to be safe. It sounds like a serious breach of information.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8300371.stm
Page last updated at 06:19 GMT, Saturday, 10 October 2009 07:19 UK
“Shooting outside Pakistan army HQ”
SNIPPET: “One report suggests guards had fired at a suspected suicide bomber.”
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C10%5C10%5Cstory_10-10-2009_pg11_3
Saturday, October 10, 2009
“Rawalpindi security up after Peshawar attack”
SNIPPET: “* Additional bunkers placed at entry, exit points
* Security on the lookout for anyone disguised as policeman”
By Aamir Yasin
RAWALPINDI:
0bama might be receiving his first 3:00 AM call.
Hopefully the Pakistan Army isn’t handcuffed buy a General as retarded as our Gen. McKoocoo and his traitorous rules of engagement.
UPDATE:
“Gunmen Attack Army HQ In Pakistan”
SNIPPET: “BREAKING NEWS
7:39am UK, Saturday October 10, 2009
At least three people have reportedly been killed after gunmen launched a brazen attack on Pakistan’s army headquarters and tried to break into the compound.”
Obama is too busy dancing or watching sports.
Somebody wake up Rahm.
Note: Photo included.
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE59810420091010
“Suspected militants attack Pakistani army HQ”
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (Reuters) -
SNIPPET: “”They wore army uniforms and tried to enter the headquarters area but when they were stopped they opened fire and hurled a hand grenade,” a security official told Reuters.”
SNIPPET: “The suspected militants had driven up to the gate in a white Suzuki van that was carrying explosives, the official said.”
You sure have that right.
The rest of the world is’nt restricted like we are, though.
Previously...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2358190/posts
“Deadly blast hits Pakistan city”
BBC NEWS ^ | Page last updated at 08:27 GMT, Friday, 9 October 2009 09:27 UK | n/a
Posted on October 9, 2009 2:23:04 AM PDT by Cindy
http://islamabad.usembassy.gov/pakistan/citizen_services.html
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http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_930.html
Travel Warning
United States Department of State
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Washington, DC 20520
This information is current as of today, Sat Oct 10 2009 00:00:11 GMT-0700 (PDT).
PAKISTAN
June 12, 2009
Previously...
http://www.longwarjournal.org/images/Swat-Taliban-wanted.jpg
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LONG WAR JOURNAL.org - Threat Matrix - blog:
http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2009/10/pakistan_releases_protaliban_o.php
“Pakistan releases pro-Taliban official”
By BILL ROGGIO
October 9, 2009 4:25 PM
SNIPPET: “A Pakistani court has ordered the release of Syed Muhammad Javed, the pro-Taliban commissioner of the Malakand Division, the region that encompasses the Swat Valley. Javed openly aided the rise of the Taliban in Swat after being appointed commissioner in February. He openly facilitated the Taliban takeover of neighboring Buner, a move that forced the government to launch a military operation to drive the Taliban out of Swat and the surrounding regions.
Pakistani journalist Zahid Hussain summed up Javed’s role in aiding the Taliban in an article written in Dawn on May 31, 2009. Javed hosted a victory party for the Taliban in early April after the government capitulated and signed the Malakand Accord, which gave the Taliban control over a huge swath of northwestern Pakistan. The party was a virtual who’s who of Taliban leaders in the northwest.”
UPDATE:
“Gunmen Killed After Raid On Army HQ
SNIPPET: “BREAKING NEWS7:58am UK, Saturday October 10, 2009
Four gunmen have been killed after they launched a brazen attack on Pakistan’s army headquarters and tried to break into the compound.”
Blog:
“Pakistan official: Gunbattle at army HQ ends with death of all 4 attackers; some troops killed”
Munir Ahmad October 10th, 2009
SNIPPET: “ISLAMABAD — Pakistani officials say a fierce gunbattle outside army headquarters near Islamabad has ended with the killing of all four attackers.
The assault Saturday morning in Rawalpindi lasted nearly 45 minutes, according to an intelligence official and a senior government official. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
The officials said troops killed all four gunmen who had tried to break in to the army compound and several soldiers were killed and wounded in the assault.”
Obama’s straegy is to let Afghanistan implode which sets the falling dominoes in motion. Making Pakistan next where the wacked fundamentalists finally get the nuclear bombs ....
0bama is a tool and subconsciously this is what he wants. Crazed Muslims with nuclear weapons
It’s 3am and the phone is ringing, yet again. Is Obama sober enough to answer it?
Click on “Pakistan” on left menu, then try the different TV news feeds listed.
I’v only been able to get feeds from Dunya TV and WAQT News, both of which are broadcast in Urdu but are semi-live (i.e., showing recorded news video from this incident).
Thank you Angkor.
To report on the ‘success’ of the Taliban assault on the Pak army HQ.
A tool for the globalist elite and they want to see Pakistan destabilized. The Taliban getting hold of Pakistani Dongfeng M-11 missiles is the last thing the Pakis want. Next, they want the Pakistani football (containing the launch authorization codes) for the rest of the missiles (Ghauri I and II MRBM).
You people...I swear. The right wing fox news nuts are more of a threat to world peace than some silly old Islamic militants.../s
I thought he was gonna single handedly strangle OBL with his bare hands if elected.
We could get a twofer!
Muslim fireworks celebrate
Obama’s prize
Decision expected soon, perhaps as early as December, 2010.
ATTN AP: Correct term = “Islamo-terrorist”
NOT Gunmen, Assailants, Militants, Or Insurgents
Managed to use all these in same article -sheez !
Obama for Afghanistan/Pahkestan president/Taleebahn Imam/president...let’s deploy him,in a package deal as a “destroyer of one” along with the czars. Possibly, Russia will do us a favor..or become allied with him and his cronies and peace hopey and changey will reign...then send the Code Pinkos over to harvest the opiates...and teach folks how to sew “burkhas for boys.”
Somedays I feel like I'm living in a bad DC comic book plot.
India...very nervously, I suspect.
Criminy.....I thought it was an attack by the likes of the Mongol hordes the way it was first reported.
"Now back to our regular hysterical reporting....."
Leni
Problem is that most Pakis hate their army.
I agree about the “rules of engagement” - ridiculous and self destructive.
Oorah!
“McChrystal: Give Taliban fighters a political voice”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359370/posts
“US FEELS TALIBAN POSES LESSER THREAT THAN AL-QAEDA”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358970/posts
“Flag of the Taliban is raised above Kamdesh the Day Obama Wins Nobel Appease Prize”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358879/posts
“BARACK OBAMA: TALIBAN CAN BE INVOLVED IN AFGHANISTAN FUTURE”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357805/posts
No, NOBEL LAUREATE OBAMA THE MAGNIFICENT is on top of the situation.
If we don't all get nuked, this is going to be an interesting 3 1/2 years.
Obama is one of THEM
Bombing in Kabul too...
Times of India just out with this article:
Kabul attack handiwork of enemies of Indo-Afghan ties: India
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KABUL/NEW DELHI: Without naming Pakistan or its spy agency ISI, India on Saturday said the attack on its embassy in Kabul earlier this week was
That is what Pakistani nationalists who post at the forum I linked to above think. America wants their country to fall apart and to the nutcases.
0bama is going to get a lot of us killed.
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Of all the worst case scenarios - that is THE worst.
It’s 3am and the phone is ringing, yet again. Is Obama sober enough to answer it?
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Is the teleprompter nearby to tell him what to think/say?
I thought he was gonna single handedly strangle OBL with his bare hands if elected.
We could get a twofer!
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LOL.
Decision expected soon, perhaps as early as December, 2010.
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Right but let’s cram down the 1000 page monstrosity bill that will abscond 20% of our economy, even more of our freedom and set us on the Karl Marx Road, in a week, with no one allowed to read the bill.
Morons.
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