Nadeem Malik

Sunday, April 12, 2009

60 drone hits kill 14 al-Qaeda men, 687 civilians

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Will USA or CIA attack with Drone any building in USA or Europe in
which there are white Christian Children or Women along with Al-Qaeda
or Osama Bin Laden? Why always innocent Muslim or Pashtun children and
Women are killed across the Durand line during US/NATO carpet bombing
and CIA Drone Attacks?


60 drone hits kill 14 al-Qaeda men, 687 civilians

http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=21440

Friday, April 10, 2009

By Amir Mir

LAHORE: Of the 60 cross-border predator strikes carried out by the
Afghanistan- based American drones in Pakistan between January 14,
2006 and April 8, 2009, only 10 were able to hit their actual targets,
killing 14 wanted al-Qaeda leaders, besides perishing 687 innocent
Pakistani civilians. The success percentage of the US predator strikes
thus comes to not more than six per cent.

Figures compiled by the Pakistani authorities show that a total of 701
people, including 14 al-Qaeda leaders, have been killed since January
2006 in 60 American predator attacks targeting the tribal areas of
Pakistan. Two strikes carried out in 2006 had killed 98 civilians
while three attacks conducted in 2007 had slain 66 Pakistanis, yet
none of the wanted al-Qaeda or Taliban leaders could be hit by the
Americans right on target. However, of the 50 drone attacks carried
out between January 29, 2008 and April 8, 2009, 10 hit their targets
and killed 14 wanted al-Qaeda operatives. Most of these attacks were
carried out on the basis of intelligence believed to have been
provided by the Pakistani and Afghan tribesmen who had been spying for
the US-led allied forces stationed in Afghanistan.

The remaining 50 drone attacks went wrong due to faulty intelligence
information, killing hundreds of innocent civilians, including women
and children. The number of the Pakistani civilians killed in those 50
attacks stood at 537, in which 385 people lost their lives in 2008 and
152 people were slain in the first 99 days of 2009 (between January 1
and April 8).

Of the 50 drone attacks, targeting the Pakistani tribal areas since
January 2008, 36 were carried out in 2008 and 14 were conducted in the
first 99 days of 2009. Of the 14 attacks targeting Pakistan in 2009,
three were carried out in January, killing 30 people, two in February
killing 55 people, five in March killing 36 people and four were
conducted in the first nine days of April, killing 31 people.

Of the 14 strikes carried out in the first 99 days of April 2009, only
one proved successful, killing two most wanted senior al-Qaeda leaders
- Osama al Kini and Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan. Both had lost their
lives in a New Year€ ¢⒠'¹s Day drone strike carried out in the South
Waziristan region on January 1, 2009.

Kini was believed to be the chief operational commander of al-Qaeda in
Pakistan and had replaced Abu Faraj Al Libi after his arrest from
Bannu in 2004. Both men were behind the 1998 bombings of the US
embassies in Dares Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, which killed
224 civilians and wounded more than 5,000 others.

There were 36 recorded cross-border US predator strikes inside
Pakistan during 2008, of which 29 took place after August 31, 2008,
killing 385 people. However, only nine of the 36 strikes hit their
actual targets, killing 12 wanted al-Qaeda leaders. The first
successful predator strike had killed Abu Laith al Libi, a senior
military commander of al-Qaeda who was targeted in North Waziristan on
January 29, 2008. The second successful attack in Bajaur had killed
Abu Sulayman Jazairi, al-Qaeda€ ¢⒠'¹s external operations chief, on
March 14, 2008. The third attack in South Waziristan on July 28, 2008,
had killed Abu Khabab al Masri, al-Qaeda€ ¢⒠'¹s weapons of mass
destruction chief. The fourth successful attack in South Waziristan on
August 13, 2008, had killed al-Qaeda leader Abdur Rehman.

The fifth predator strike carried out in North Waziristan near
Miranshah on Sept 8, 2008 had killed three al-Qaeda leaders, Abu
Haris, Abu Hamza, and Zain Ul Abu Qasim. The sixth successful predator
hit in the South Waziristan region on October 2008 had killed Khalid
Habib, a key leader of al-Qaeda€ ¢⒠'¹s paramilitary Shadow Army.

The seventh such attack conducted in North Waziristan on October 31,
2008 had killed Abu Jihad al Masri, a top leader of the Egyptian
Islamic group. The eighth successful predator strike had killed
al-Qaeda leader Abdullah Azzam al Saudi in east of North Waziristan on
November 19, 2008.

The ninth and the last successful drone attack of 2008, carried out in
the Ali Khel region just outside Miramshah in North Waziristan on
November 22, 2008, had killed al-Qaeda leader Abu Zubair al Masri and
his Pakistani fugitive accomplice Rashid Rauf.

According to the figures compiled by the Pakistani authorities, a
total of 537 people have been killed in 50 incidents of cross-border
US predator strikes since January 1, 2008 to April 8, 2009, averaging
34 killings per month and 11 killings per attack. The average per
month killings in predator strikes during 12 months of 2008 stood at
32 while the average per attack killings in the 36 drone strikes for
the same year stood at 11.

Similarly, 152 people have been killed in 14 incidents of cross-border
predator attacks in the tribal areas in the first 99 days of 2009,
averaging 38 killings per month and 11 killings per attack.

Since September 3, 2008, it appears that the Americans have upped
their attacks in Pakistani tribal areas in a bid to disrupt the
al-Qaeda and the Taliban network, which they allege is being used to
launch cross border ambushes against the Nato forces in Afghanistan.

The American forces stationed in Afghanistan carried out nine aerial
strikes between September 3 and September 25, 2008, killing 57 people
and injuring 38 others. The attacks were launched on September 3, 4,
5, 8, 12, 15, 17, 22 and September 27. However, the September 3, 2008
American action was unique in the sense that two CH-47 Chinook
transport helicopters landed in the village of Zawlolai in the South
Waziristan Agency with ground troops from the US Special Operation
Forces, fired at three houses and killed 17, including five women and
four sleeping children.

Besides the two helicopters carrying the US Special Forces Commandos,
two jet fighters and two gun-ship helicopters provided the air cover
for the half-an-hour American operation, more than a kilometre inside
the Pakistani border.

The last predator strike on [April 8, 2009] was carried out hardly a
few hours after the Pakistani authorities had rejected an American
proposal for joint operations in the tribal areas against terrorism
and militancy, as differences of opinion between the two countries
over various aspects of the war on terror came out into the open for
the first time.

The proposal came from two top US visiting officials, presidential
envoy for the South Asia Richard Holbrooke and Chairman of Joint
Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen. However, the Pakistani military
and political leadership reportedly rejected the proposal and adopted
a tough posture against a barrage of increasing US predator strikes
and criticism emanating from Washington, targeting the Pakistan Army
and the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) and creating doubts about
their sincerity in the war on terror and the fight against al-Qaeda
and Taliban.

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Taliban requested for 9/11 proofs before trying or handing over OBL to
USA. Have any Muslim or Pashtun or anyone else ever seen those 9/11
proofs for involvement of Al-Qaeda/OBL about which Bush mentioned? Has
any Muslim or anyone from Media ever tried to access 9/11 proofs from
CIA, NATO or USA? Has CIA/USA shared 9/11 proofs with anyone outside
CIA/West?

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Israel initiated 1967 Arab Isreal war after planning air strikes and
practicing flying pattern for almost ten years since 1957. Has US,
NATO, CIA planned a war in Afghanistan after 9/11 in couple of months?
Is it possible in such short time frame to plan military campaign in
Afghanistan thousand miles away from mainland? Were such war plans
existing already and US was waiting for flag post event like 9/11 to
happen.

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How many Muslim or Pashtun were killed in containers on Bagram Air
Base? Were there any Northern Alliance or Hazra Wall ? How many Muslim
or Pashtun are held in Gitmo? How many Muslim or Pashtun s have been
tried and proved guilty? Out of 700 +, 400 + have released and only 4
have been under trial and none proved guilty?

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Is only Wali Karzai (Hamid Karzai Brother, a poor and helpless Muslim
and Pashtun proxy) involved in the drug trade? Who are other big
shots involved in Drug Trade? Is Hamid Karzai blackmailed through his
brother by CIA and Northern Alliance in order to keep mum over Muslim
or Pashtun genocide? Are most of the drug war lords from Northern
Alliance or Muslim or Pashtun? How Heroin came to Afghanistan? Who
invented Heroin? Who control and benefit most from Trillion dollars
drug industry? Does CIA use drug money to buy proxies like Hamid
Karzai? Were US Stringer missile made by private MNC for Soviet Afghan
War paid by CIA through Drug Money?

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How many woman or children have died from US carpet bombing and Drone
Attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan? Is explosive (in tonnage) used
for carpet bombing of Afghanistan by USA/NATO force more or less than
explosive (in tonnage) used in WW II against Japan or Germany? Who
were killed most from these carpet bombing Muslim or Pashtun or
Northern Alliance? How many woman or children have died from US carpet
bombing and Drone Attacks? How many videos have been brought by Media?

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Is there any country across Africa or Latin America where US, NATO or
CIA after involving has brought peace, stability or democracy? Why US
always favor auto crates and proxies like Hamid Karzai? Why 1/3 of
US/NATO small arms and weapons are unaccounted, missing in
Afghanistan? Are those unaccounted weapons used in Pakistan? Will US,
CIA and NATO hunt Muslim or Pashtun just like Red Indians or
Australian Aborigines?

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Why so called enlighten War for Terror local contractors and Free
Media create justification and support for ethnic cleansing of masses
under the label of WOT and name of Taliabn/Alqaeda. Every bomb blasts
is accepted by some mysterious Mullah/Talib sitting in cave in Tribal
Area (Swat, North/South Waziristan). All killed by US Drone attacks;
Jets Bombers and Heavy Artillery are always terrorist? For last eight
years how many such occurrences have been investigated? How many bombs
blast have been preemptively avoided/intercepted? How many such
foreigners' alive/dead bodies have been investigated by Media?

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Is US WAR FOR TERROR crucial and essential non financial bailout
package and economic stimulus for US Economy, Banks and Financial
Markets ?

War on terror quite often appears to be an enigma wrapped in a riddle.
The complex consequence of war on terror on societal mosaic and
resultant state behaviour of USA and regional actors like Pakistan,
Afghanistan and India thereof often denotes more confusion than
clarity. Terrorism is the over growth and extension of efforts of CIA
for last thirty years in whole region.

Oil is traded in dollars and most of the Arab oil dollars are saved in
US banks considered to be safe havens. WAR FOR TERROR resulted turmoil
and chaos across Arab countries, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. This
turmoil escalated oil and commodities prices exponentially during last
eight years. Hence WAR FOR TERROR was crucial and essential non
financial bailout package planned for US Banks and Financial Markets.

As an example Pakistan oil import bill was US $ 2 Billion in 2000
whereas in 2007 Pakistan oil import bill jumped up to US $ 12 Billion.
As result in a single year Pakistan paid additional US $ 10 Billion to
various Arab countries.

These oil dollars were naturally diverted to US Banks and financial
markets. Saudi Arabia has more than 1 trillion $ reserves in various
US banks (World GDP is around US $ 55 trillion). Over past eight years
several trillions dollars have been diverted each year to US banks and
financial market across the globe from more than 150 countries on oil
import due to escalating oil prices.

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Does US embark wars, violence and adventures like Iraq/Afghanistan
away from main land in economic recession ?

US economy, banks and financial markets are revolving around cycles of
wars, chaos and violence across the globe away from US mainland.
Starting with WW I (initiated by Non-state actors), each US
recession/depression alternate with some war in some other part of the
world away from US main land. Before WW I, many US banks failed and
financial system collapsed in the same way as today in 2008/09.
Similarly unemployment and inflation in US reached record heights
during great depression. Great depression was followed by World War
II. Wars, violence and crisis across the globe act as agents for
pulling US economy out of recession due to enhanced public spending,
reconstruction work after war and preferential monopolies over
trade/resource.

Therefore US embarked wars and adventures like Iraq and Afghanistan
away from main land in economic recession.

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