With tensions already at a high over recent unilateral raids, NATO forces are said to have launched another such incursion into Pakistan today, with a pair of helicopters entering the Gorvait area of the North Waziristan Agency on a “search operation.”
Reports about the incident are still very preliminary, but they all seem to agree on two key aspects of the raid: that NATO did not inform the Pakistani government beforehand and that 5 people were captured and taken back to Afghanistan by the helicopters.
The indications are that the five captured people were believed to be leaders of the Haqqani Network, a militant faction active in North Waziristan and also in parts of Afghanistan. Local tribal leaders condemned the lack of official reaction from the Pakistani government.
And indeed, even though the incursion happened early in the day, there had still been no response from Pakistani officials by the evening, except for anonymous confirmation that the raid indeed happened. It will no doubt fuel more anger among Pakistanis, as many express growing concern about the Zardari government’s inability to stop the raids.
This will continnue as they think that the insurgy will stop by such raids but will increase. NATO has been defeated in Afghanistan and bulk of damage has been caused to Pakistan a front line state.This is real face of america to demoralise their friends and kill them.
NATO is an organization which should have been retired with the fall of the Berlin Wall. It is an organization which is used because it is pro war and easy to get troops into conflict. The United Nation has checks on putting troops in harms way while NATO now is the attack dog of the old colonial powers. I find it interesting that what NATO does would be call terrorism if the other side did it. I sure hopes that someone start to notice the NATO is useless and understand the huge cost of keeping an attack army.
If Pakistan will not stop supporting terrorist networks then the will be taken out by someone else. I always have to laugh at these people who deride NATO or other organizations for carrying out military operations, but would cheer on groups like Hamas and the Haqqani network. The moral and rational acrobatics are fun to watch.
Oh, I dunno, Hamas and Haqqani have their goals just like NATO – all vying for some degree of power/geopolitical influence in the region (long term). Really they are not so different.
usa does not fight for anyone except for england-itis a war being waged by england agasint all non anglosaxon onthe back of american arms.
nato was created to prop up the infulcne of bankrupt england at the end of world war two. IMf and world bank was created to help npobody but england.
itis england and english race which is the main evil running the chaotic world today of perpetaul war -though majority of americans are not origianlly frome nglish origin the while population of usa has bene brainwashed to support engloish agenda .they donto acre about italy france or germany but what england tells them to do through media proapganda and hoilyywood and inbedded policticians.
Well, my good fellow, my father was born in England and I always thought of him as a pretty good fellow. I hope you are not suggesting that the premature departure of the Brits from the Indian sub-continent in 1948 was a good thing. It looks to me that they did not have enough time to complete the anti-racist teaching that they were pursuing among other objectives.
nato is not a western allaince itis an allaince run by and for the parasitic engloish race and thier minions-
nato was created to keep english infulnce in europe and bully germany while keeping russia away-thus prohibiting german russian allaince and peace.apart from that nato was always and is alwasy to further the itnerest of england a thrid rate bastar4d country of pirate turned plumbers.