EARLY WARNING? - Didn’t we just send troops into Pakistan?

[kpete]

EARLY WARNING
U.S. Troops to Head to Pakistan

Beginning early next year, U.S. Special Forces are expected to vastly expand their presence in Pakistan, as part of an effort to train and support indigenous counter-insurgency forces and clandestine counterterrorism units, according to defense officials involved with the planning.

These Pakistan-centric operations will mark a shift for the U.S. military and for U.S. Pakistan relations. In the aftermath of Sept. 11, the U.S. used Pakistani bases to stage movements into Afghanistan. Yet once the U.S. deposed the Taliban government and established its main operating base at Bagram, north of Kabul, U.S. forces left Pakistan almost entirely. Since then, Pakistan has restricted U.S. involvement in cross-border military operations as well as paramilitary operations on its soil.

But the Pentagon has been frustrated by the inability of Pakistani national forces to control the borders or the frontier area. And Pakistan's political instability has heightened U.S. concern about Islamic extremists there.

According to Pentagon sources, reaching a different agreement with Pakistan became a priority for the new head of the U.S. Special Operations Command, Adm. Eric T. Olson. Olson visited Pakistan in August, November and again this month, meeting with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Chairman Gen. Tariq Majid and Lt. Gen. Muhammad Masood Aslam, commander of the military and paramilitary troops in northwest Pakistan. Olson also visited the headquarters of the Frontier Corps, a separate paramilitary force recruited from Pakistan's border tribes.

Now, a new agreement, reported when it was still being negotiated last month, has been finalized. And the first U.S. personnel could be on the ground in Pakistan by early in the new year, according to Pentagon sources.

more at:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2007/12/musharrafs_woes_have_opened_a.html?nav=rss_blog

[helderheid]

1. kpete, thank you. You amaze me.

[onenote]

2. did you read the article you posted?

Where does it say we sent troops in yesterday?

[kpete]

3. the article was

from yesterday's wapo- BEFORE THE ASSASSINATION - just found that interesting,
By William M. Arkin | December 26, 2007; 6:00 AM ET
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2007/12/musharrafs_woes_have_opened_a.html?nav=rss_blog

he adds an update:
Bhutto's assassination earlier this morning may make deployment of US SOF inadequate... securing Pakistan nuclear weapons is a top national priority.

[onenote]

4. and I can't find anything that says troops were sent in yesterday

Did I miss that part? I see where it says that troops may be sent in early next year.

[kpete]

5. Yesterday-Report FINALIZED - U.S. Troops to Head to Pakistan

reported when it was still being negotiated last month, has been finalized

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2007/12/musharrafs_woes_have_opened_a.html?nav=rss_blog

[onenote]

7. go ahead and make stuff up. The article doesn't say new troops have gone to pakistan already.

The article does not say or even imply that troops headed to Pakistan yesterday. All it says is that "a new agreement, reported when it was still being negotiated last month, has been finalized. And the first U.S. personnel could be on the ground in Pakistan by early in the new year, according to Pentagon sources."

[Karenina]

6. What it means is they announced it yesterday

and the troops are ALREADY THERE. Same shit, different day.

[lebkuchen]

10. These last six years have been a lousy time to be in the military

For those making the army a career, there will be no let-up in the pace of deployment.

Good to see you, Karenina!

[Karenina]

11. Guten Rutsch, Lebkuchen!

:hi::loveya::hi:

[lebkuchen]

13. Ebenso!

ins Neue Jahr!

[MzNov]

12. Exactly. If we're reading about it, it's already been going on.

ChimpCo's M.O.

[IDemo]

8. This announcement came Nov. 19 or 20

http://www.guardian.co.uk/pakistan/Story/0,,2213925,00.html

[NightWatcher]

9. Quick, someone find out where John "deathsquad" Negroponte was/is

is his middle name "Al Qaeda". I still find it funny that "al quaeda" translates to "the base". Isnt it the Reich Wing that speaks of 'their base" all the time?