Posted on 06/17/2004 11:16:30 PM PDT by AdmSmith
ISLAMABAD (CNN) -- A tribal leader accused of harboring Al Qaeda militants in Pakistan's western border region was killed Thursday night in a targeted missile strike, according to Pakistan intelligence sources. The Associated Press quoted an army spokesman Friday as identifying the tribal leader as Nek Mohammed, a former Taliban fighter.
He was killed late Thursday at the home of another tribal chief, the spokesman said.
"We were tracking him down and he was killed last night by our hand," Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan told The Associated Press.
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I will not see it, thus I will not give money to Moore.
Why not send him here:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL257149.htm
Pakistan seeks U.S. intelligence in al Qaeda hunt
14 Jul 2004 14:10:41 GMT
By Mike Collett-White
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, July 14 (Reuters) - Pakistan has asked the United States for more intelligence to help its forces track down top al Qaeda figures such as Osama bin Laden believed to be hiding near the Afghan border, a top official said on Wednesday.
Brigadier Mehmood Shah, head of security in tribal agencies where tens of thousands of Pakistani troops are trying to flush out al Qaeda fighters, said he had no specific information about the whereabouts of bin Laden or his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri.
"We haven't got any intelligence," he told Reuters in Peshawar, a city close to the Afghan border.
"In fact, we are asking our friends the Americans if they have any from the satellites, because they have better capabilities. I think they have not been able to give us that."
The United States has persistently put pressure on Pakistan to do more to crush Islamic militants, and on Wednesday Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said in New Delhi that Pakistan should step up its crackdown on Taliban remnants.
The U.S. military suspects Taliban fighters are crossing into Afghanistan from Pakistan to wage an insurgency against the U.S.-backed government in Kabul.
But al Qaeda guerrillas hiding in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt have been more closely associated with militant attacks on targets inside Pakistan, including President Pervez Musharraf, who narrowly survived two assassination attempts in December.
The al Qaeda-linked fighters, among them Arabs, Chechens and Uzbeks, have been sheltered by some Pakistani tribes since the fall of the Taliban in late 2001 deprived bin Laden of his refuge in Afghanistan.
TRIBESMEN TURN ON MILITANTS
But in a new development that could make life more difficult for fugitive fighters, some Pakistani tribesmen have turned on a group of 100 to 150 foreign militants being hunted by government troops near the village of Shakai, Shah said.
"According to my information, yesterday when they (militants) were firing on the army, there was fire exchanged between the locals and those foreigners," he said.
"They are now in a destabilised state."
No "high value" targets were believed to be among the militants in the area, he added.
Some Pakistani tribesmen, including the Zali Kheil in South Waziristan, had sheltered and fought alongside al Qaeda suspects during Pakistani military operations in March and June in which a total of more than 200 people were killed.
South Waziristan is the southernmost of seven tribal agencies and lies 400 km (250 miles) southwest of Islamabad.
Shah said the group of 100 to 150 foreign fighters were holed up in mountains near Shakai, from where they were firing mortars at Pakistani forces.
On Tuesday, two children died of wounds sustained in one such attack near Shakai, said military spokesman Major-General Shaukat Sultan.
Shah urged the army to pursue the guerrillas before they dug in.
"It will take them time to get settled into a new area and we should not let them get settled," he said.
Armed resistance by up to 600 foreign fighters in tribal areas should drop off sharply if those near Shakai were routed, Shah said. But he warned that they could flee over the mountains into North Waziristan if given too much time.
Links between foreign militants in the tribal belt and violence in Pakistan have been weakened by military operations.
Shah said explosives used in one of the attempts on Musharraf's life were transported from tribal areas, and the attackers who fired on the corps commander's cavalcade in Karachi may have received orders from South Waziristan. (Additional reporting by Zeeshan Haider in ISLAMABAD)
Massive LOL!
You had to do that didn't you, Coop. Post that picture. Working hard to get my blood pressure down and then I have to unexpectedly look at that guy's mug. 180/100 in a nanosecond.
What is best in life? To destroy the jihadists, to drive their enablers before you, and to hear the lamentations of their media!
What is best in life? To destroy the jihadists, to drive their enablers before you, and to hear the lamentations of their media!
If it's any consolation, I bet your BP is about 50 points better (upper & lower) than Meatloaf Moore's is.
I think that qualifies as a rare moment of candor!
--Boot Hill
Yes Boot, that helps, and I'll get at least the southern Lwara placed next time I update the relief map. The one near Khost is outside the northern extent of most of the detailed maps.
To all, I am about to create a series of maps detailing possible ingress routes around the perimeter of the Shawal Valley, and I'd like some input before doing so.
The idea will be similar to the Mantoi map I posted a few days ago in terms of area covered, but I have some specific questions and one general one.
1. Do you get more utility from a shaded relief overhead view (Shawal Shaded Relief Map) or from the two dimensional renderings of the three dimensional elevation models (Mantoi)?
Link for comparison purposes:
http://host1.in-motion.net/~jefft/tech/Mapping/afghanistan/index.html
2. On a straight overhead view, do you get more utility from a shaded relief overhead view or from a satellite image overhead view? On a 2D rendering of the 3D elevation model, do you get more utility from a shaded relief overlay or from a satelite image overlay? The villages rivers and roads can be draped over either background, and then draped over the 3D elevation model or simple viewed from directly overhead.
3. Would you like to see more villages marked or fewer villages marked? There are so many tiny villages in this area (over 100 within 10 miles of Razmak, for example) that there simply isn't room to place them all. I have tried to limit the ones noted to those which might indicate roads or trail systems over the passes. The odds are against my predicting exactly which villages may see combat in the future, so in that regard it seems better to place specific engagement villages as they take place in updated versions of the map.
4. What monitor resolution do you normally use?
5. Do you have access to an image browsing program that allows you to pan and zoom?
6. Does your internat connection make it reasonably efficient to download maps up to 1.5 megabytes in size? If not, what size are you comfortable with?
7. Would you prefer to see possible road and trail systems marked on the map, based on village locations and terrain restrictions, or do you prefer to make those estimations yourself? If you want them on the map, should they be visibly distinguished from known roads?
8. Generally, do you have suggestions for improvements not listed here?
No sense setting up a new series of maps without finding out what helps everyone understand the terrain. Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to offer.
Why is this foul swine in my internet browser? I thought FR had rules about posting objectionable imagery of a disgusting nature.
Sounds ok with me...
. What monitor resolution do you normally use?
Don't know...
5. Do you have access to an image browsing program that allows you to pan and zoom?
No.
6. Does your internat connection make it reasonably efficient to download maps up to 1.5 megabytes in size? If not, what size are you comfortable with?
I'm on a dial up...
I appreciate your suggestion. Your dual box, KVM solution is one that I've considered in the past from a security aspect, rather than platform stability. The problem I see is that, unless you want to pin a "kick me" sign on the Linux box, you also need anti-virus and firewall software. Not only does this requirement relate to Linux platform stability, but when you consider the files that you would be transferring from the Linux box to the Windows box, it raises questions of cross-platform infections. While I know there are AV and firewall solutions available for Linux, I remain unconvinced of their current compatibility, effectiveness and support.
How do you handle those problems?
--Boot Hill
I have this theory AQ is using the rivers to move around...less chance of being spotted.
Exactly how you do this depends on which version of windows you are running, but in Win98 you can right click in the clear area of the desktop, then click on "Properties" and then click on "Settings" to find out. The resolution will be in the area marked "Screen Area" and will probably be either 800x600, 1024x768, or 1600x1280.
Again depending on your operating system, you can open Windows Imaging, Start>Programs>Accessories>Imaging to get some rudimentary image browsing capabilities, such as pan and zoom.
Files up to 500k will come across a 56k dialup connection in a couple minutes, so I'll try to keep them smaller than that.
Thanks for the input.
:-)
Well i am unconvinced of the Security tools on the Windows side which is where 95% of the attacks are directed.
See this :
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The magnitude of the problem is growing rapidly, well beyond just viruses, new exposures with internet Explorer being discovered everyday.
From Pest patrols entry:
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