Posted on 01/16/2010 11:33:27 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- They rumble through the narrow snow-clogged mountain passes in black pickup trucks. In the back, eight to ten men armed with Kalashnikov rifles and rocket-propelled grenades huddle together against the cold.
These Islamic militants are on their way to Afghanistan to kill Americans and their allies. Their launching point: Pakistan's North Waziristan district- a lawless border area that has become the nerve center of the insurgency in nearby Afghanistan.
North Waziristan is a place where al-Qaida and its Afghan and Pakistani allies can train fighters, store explosives and rest from the strain of war. The United States is pressuring Pakistan to launch military operations in North Waziristan, and CIA-operated unmanned aircraft are unleashing missiles with increasing frequency at suspected militant leaders holed up there.
However, for now, militants from al-Qaida, the Taliban and allied groups operate with impunity in North Waziristan, a bleak, arid Rhode Island-sized region with mountain passes that run like tentacles into provinces of Afghanistan.
"They go back and forth in pickup trucks, and they are all mixed together," said a senior tribal elder from North Waziristan's Shawal Valley. "They are Arabs, and Afghans and Uzbeks. It's a mix."
He spoke to the Associated Press in Peshawar, about 100 miles northeast of Waziristan, on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution. The elder's descriptions were similar to those provided by other Pakistanis who have recently visited North Waziristan, which is off-limits for Western journalists because of safety concerns and Pakistani government regulations.
From Miram Shah, the capital of the region, roads and trails snake across the mountains into Afghanistan. In the winter, rickety old buses and sleek pickup trucks struggle through the narrow passes, sometimes pushed over the most rugged stretches of road by their occupants, most of them wearing only sandals on their feet.
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Riding along snow covered mountains in black pickup trucks they should be easy to spot.
If the US wants to win, then we must play dirty. Establish a network of agents into Warzistan. Have them integrate into the population as truck drivers and do nothing for one year so no local is suspicious of them being agents of the US. Over time smuggle in vials of Bubonic Plague and on signal have them infect every water well in the population centers of Warzistan. Then sit back and let nature take its course. The UN will end up hearing about an outbreak of Bubonic Plague, though rare can occur in that region of the world. Since the US is not allowed into that region we refrain from helping airlift or drop off any medical supplies into infected areas. Let God’s tiniest creation put a stop to the Taliban and population that supports them.
A grab bag of a-holes. The drones have been dispatching them straight to Hell.
Interesting article. It seems that everyone in this region is either a terrorist or a supporter of terrorists. In other words, the possibility of collateral damage is small. Let loose the B-52s!
The US should declare North Waziristan an independent country because Pakistan says it has no interest in controlling it. Therefore we should be able to attack and Pakistan has no basis for complaining.
I was justing thinking when do you say enough of these barbarians? They know absolutely NOTHING else but fighting. They can’t be reformed as they are far too gone. Beyond all hope. Why not, for the sake of the rest of civilization, just take them out once and for all.
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