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Official: Bush OK'd Raids Into Pakistan
Official: Bush OK'd raids into Pakistan
Kelli Arena | CNN.com
President Bush authorized U.S. special forces to conduct ground assaults inside Pakistan without seeking Islamabad's permission first, a senior American intelligence official said Thursday.
Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, said better U.S.-Pakistan cooperation is needed to fight terror.
"We have had the president's OK for months," said the official, who declined to be identified because the order is classified. "It is my understanding that the Pakistanis are well-aware of the change."
The official would not elaborate on the exact nature of the order.
The official says Pakistan's leaders will be notified during an assault or after the fact, depending on the situation but "most definitely after a decision has been made and things set in motion."
National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe declined to comment on the report.
Thursday's report comes after a statement from Pakistan's armed forces chief on Wednesday that no foreign forces will be allowed to operate inside Pakistan.
Pakistan's "territorial integrity ... will be defended at all cost and no external force is allowed to conduct operations ... inside Pakistan," according to a military statement attributed to Chief of Army Staff Gen. Parvez Kayani -- who succeeded Pervez Musharraf after he stepped down as Pakistan's army chief last year.
A senior U.S. official said last week that U.S. helicopters dropped troops in the village of Angoor Adda in South Waziristan, which borders Afghanistan.
Local media reports said the troops came out of a chopper and fired on civilians. The U.S. official said there may have been a small number of women and children in the immediate vicinity, but when the mission began, "everybody came out firing" from the compound.
Pakistan summoned the U.S. ambassador in Islamabad to complain about the incident, which it said killed 15 civilians. It called the raid "reckless."
Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Wednesday that the United States and Pakistan must increase cooperation to battle al Qaeda and Taliban militants that are using areas along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan as a safe haven.
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Mullen stressed that Afghanistan can't be referenced without "speaking of Pakistan," where, he said, the militant groups collaborate and communicate better, launch more sophisticated attacks, employ foreign fighters and use civilians as human shields. Video Watch how Pakistan is trying to fight militants »
"In my view, these two nations are inextricably linked in a common insurgency that crosses the border between them," he said, adding that he plans "to commission a new, more comprehensive strategy for the region, one that covers both sides of the border."
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Meanwhile, NATO tells BushCo "Good luck with that . . you're on your own."
(clipped headline and article)
"NATO Won’t Participate in US Strikes in Pakistan - During a news briefing, NATO spokesman James Appathurai agreed with Pakistan that NATO’s mandate ends at the Afghan border, and insisted that NATO forces would not take part in 'ground or air incursions' into Pakistan. Despite NATO’s seeming disinterest in participating in such operations, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has promised to press newly elected Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari to allow NATO forces to enter the country."
(full story)
http://news.antiwar.com/2008/09/11/nato-wont-participate-in-us-strikes-i...
Of course, the Zionists can count on good ol' team player Gov. Sarah Palin to support the "BushCo Doctrine" . . . once someone explained to her what it was . . . if she is elected vice-President. . . provided someone explains to her what the vice-President does, of course . . .;-)
(clipped article from Haaretz)
"Palin did stumble when asked if she supported the Bush doctrine of pre-emptive attacks on states that threaten the United States, seeming at first unsure of what Charlie Gibson was referring to, then saying 'I believe that what President Bush has attempted to do is rid this world of Islamic extremism, terrorists who are hell bent on destroying our nation,' before adding 'there have been mistakes made.' Palin also said 'If there is legitimate and enough intelligence that tells us that a strike is imminent against American people, we have every right to defend our country. In fact, the president has the obligation, the duty to defend,' in response to Gibson's questions on whether the United States should go after terrorist hideouts in Pakistan without securing the country's permission first."
(full story)
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1020605.html
Well, this latest Dan "The Face To Get The Female Vote" Quayle STAR from the GOP Zionist machine apparently knows all she needs to know . . .as evidenced by the headline of this article . .
"Palin: U.S. shouldn't 'second guess' defensive military steps taken by Israel"
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1020605.html
Yup, we mustn't question our "betters", kidz . . ;-)
After all, it can ALL be easily explained away by . .. uhm, hmm, . . . it can all be easily explained away by
"Unusual Magnetic Forces" . . .yup, "Unusual Magnetic Forces", . . . or "UMF", as I'm sure those NEOCON hipsters over at Rupert "War Criminal" Murdoch's FOX NEWS & PROPAGANDA are probably referring to them by now. . .
(clipped healine and link to full story)
"'Unusual Magnetic Forces' Should Not Have Caused the Twin Towers to Collapse"
http://www.prisonplanet.com/unusual-magnetic-forces-should-not-have-caus...
Yup, "UMF" can easily explain away anything, kidz . .. From the CURRENT Genocide of the Palestinians . . .to the 5 Dancing Israelis on 9/11 . .. to PRE-EMPTIVE WARS AGAINST INNOCENT SOVEREIGN NATIONS ...
"Palin Links Iraq to Sept. 11 In Talk to Troops in Alaska"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/11/AR200809...
. . .FAITH in "UMF" is all you need to know . .. ;-)
. . . because if you DON'T believe with all your heart in the BushCo Doctrine, Netanyahu's "Greater Israel" Doctrine, and "Unusual Magnetic Forces", then you are just going to burn in "H-E-double-toothpicks" anyway . . .you low down holocaust-denying-bed-wetting-commie-pinko-anti-semite!!!! . . .the "terrorists" will win, of course, . .. and Jesus won't come back with your pony, cake and ice cream . . .and neither will NATO . . .;-)
"Take a right at the light
Keep goin' straight until night
And then, boy, you're on your own"
- Blinded By The Light by Bruce Springsteen/Manfred Mann
peace.