Faced with an embarrassing collection of WikiLeaks cables released by Dawn, Pakistan’s military today issued an official denial of the information contained within one of the most damning cables. They insists no US special forces were deployed anywhere in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
Yet diplomatic cables from summer of 2009 clearly contradict this, with former US Ambassador Anne Patterson reporting on the successful embeds to the State Department. As of May 2009, they were not allowed on deployments, but only to help in coordination.
But this soon changed, as later cables show that by September, the US was embedding across the Frontier Corps, including at their headquarters, and had also set up operations in Balochistan. Other cables showed US troops providing “assistance” in the Malakand invasion of early 2009, but did not specify how deeply this went.
Still, the revelations that Pakistan’s military has been allowing growing integration with the US military for years is untimely for them, as Pakistan’s armed forces are still reeling from a number of recent failures. The denial is predictable, though as with many official denials in recent months, will likely not change much in the face of strong evidence to the contrary.
isn't it awesome how the US government wants everyone to have democracy because, yo uknow, we respect the will of the people and all. Except when the will of the people is to not have US military in their country.
anglosaxon have so much abused the word democracy that this word stands for piracy and evil deeds of the english and americans .
Well, of course not. If we want a second opinion on that, we should refer all questions to the Pentagon and they'll tell us again how there are no embedded US troops in NW Pakistan. All this they will do while bobbing their heads up and down and repeating "there are no US troops in Pakistan"
Sadly, Pakistan will get exactly what Pakistan has asked for. I feel sorry for the millions of innocent civilians that will get slaughtered in the process.
US poloticians are liers by trade now it seems the same for Pakistan government.What happend to the shooting down drones that invade your airspace.Seems to have been talk to calm the Pakistan civilians.Don't think for 1 minet the US would let that happen not only in there country but in all the countrys that support the NWO or bare ZIONISTS or NEOCONS.Never they think might means right when real humans now right means might eventually the right always prevail sometimes after millions die thats the sad part.Americans please wake up.
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