"US weighs tougher forays into Pakistan; Some fear shift could threaten resupply sites" by Pamela Hess and Matthew Lee, Associated Press | August 9, 2008
WASHINGTON - Top Bush administration officials are pressing the president to direct US troops in Afghanistan to be more aggressive in pursuing militants into Pakistan on foot as part of a proposed radical shift in regional counterterrorism strategy, the Associated Press has learned.
Senior intelligence and military aides want President Bush to give American soldiers greater flexibility to operate. The plan could include sending US special forces teams, temporarily assigned to the CIA, into the tribal areas to hit high-value targets, according to an intelligence official with direct knowledge of the plan.
Officials closer to the front lines in Afghanistan also are pushing for a newly aggressive stance. The rules currently limiting US incursions into Pakistan when in hot pursuit of enemy fighters or targets would not be stretched under the plan. But US forces would be encouraged to use that authority liberally.
The AP reported last year that US rules of engagement allowed ground forces to go a little over 6 miles into Pakistan when in hot pursuit and when forces were targeted or fired on by the enemy. US rules allow aircraft to go 10 miles into Pakistan air space.
And Condi Rice is hollering about GEORGIAN SOVEREIGNTY?
Well, FUCK YOU, Ms. Rice!!!!!!
Looks here like Pakistan NEVER HAD SOVEREIGNTY over US!!!!
The obvious -- yet unstated -- conclusion is WE ALREADY ARE in Pakistan with our special ops!
Hell, we are DIRECTING "Al-CIA-Duh" for God's sake!!!
The Federally Administered Tribal Area, a Maryland-sized swath of ungoverned territory bordering Afghanistan, is home to about 2 million Pakistanis, representing between 20 and 30 fiercely independent tribes.
Who NEVER DID ANYTHING TO US, America -- no matter what you think of them!
The region also is increasingly home to Al Qaeda terrorists and a growing network of foreign fighters, according to Defense Department officials.
You know what you can do with your 'Al-CIA-Duh," a-holes!
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I mean, if THESE are the GUYS, WTF are we doing and why?
Pakistani militants yesterday left a camp in the Maryland-sized tribal area bordering Afghanistan, a hide-out for Taliban and Al Qaeda rebels, as battles left 10 troops and 25 rebels dead. US incursions there may get more aggressive. (AFP/Getty Images)
They are BAREFOOT for Christ's sake!!!!!!!!!!
Never mind the KILLING THEM BECAUSE of a LIE bit!!!!
I don't want my country in my name killing these INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO NEVER DID ANYTHING TO US!!!!
You can shove the "Al-CIA-Duh" and Taliban -- an ethnic characteristic of Pashtuns that most brain-drunk, brain-dead Americans have no awareness of -- justifications into the "toilet," if you know what I mean.
