O Asia Times traz um artigo do jornalista, Syed Saleem Shahzad, mostrando que as notícias do assassinato de ontem chegaram rapidamente aos líderes tribais que estão ajudando os americanos a caçar o Osama na "fronteira" com o Afeganistão.
The Jamaat-i-Islami Pakistan, an influential religious political party, was quick to organize massive demonstrations all over the country. Although these were held to condemn "Israeli brutality", most of the speakers focussed on the goings-on in the tribal areas, where they are highly critical of the military's intervention in the semi-autonomous region, and of the United States' "meddling" in the region.
Ainda no Asia Times, o Pepe Escobar detalha o fiasco da semana passada no anúncio da captura iminente do segundo homem da Al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri.
It featured all the trappings of a glorified video game. Thousands of Pakistani army and paramilitary troops played the hammer. Hundreds of US troops and Special Forces, plus the elite commando 121, were ready to play the anvil across the border in Afghanistan. What was supposed to be smashed in between was "high-value target" Ayman al-Zawahiri, as Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf enthusiastically bragged - with no hard evidence - to an eager CNN last Thursday. But what happened to this gigantic piece of psy-ops? Nothing. And for a very simple reason: al-Qaeda's brain and Osama bin Laden's deputy was never there in the first place. And even if he was, as Taliban-connected sources in Peshawar told Asia Times Online, he would choose to die as a martyr rather than be captured and paraded as a US trophy.
Sobre a participação do Paquistão na "Guerra contra o terror" não dá para deixar de lado tb o contrabando nuclear liderado pelo AG Kahn (veja nota) e a participação do serviço secreto paquistanês na fuga de vários membros da Al Qaeda durante a invasão do Afeganistão em 2001 (veja nota).
Hj 12 soldados paquistaneses que estão caçando o Osama foram mortos em uma emboscada (veja The Scotsman)
Comentários recentes