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major general Tahir Masood commander of SSG said 780 SSG men were martyrd in 2 years

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this is seriously embarassing if 780 ssg were shaheed that mean for every one ssg that was killed something like 4 terrorists were killed which is still kind of bad, even a fraction of the no. is mind boggling


http://www.defensenews.com/story/de...ount-bloody-battles-against-jihadis/84137942/

This story has been updated with additional reporting and quotes.

AMMAN, Jordan — Two battle-hardened commanders, a general from Pakistan and a colonel from Lebanon, debriefed participants Monday at the Middle East Special Operations Commanders Conference (MESOC) here on key operations which, while vastly different, concluded with nearly identical lessons in the war against jihadi terrorism:

Pre-empt. Persist. Grant no sanctuary.

That’s what Pakistan did in its nearly two-year Operation Zarb-e-azb targeting al-Qaida and its offshoots in North Waziristan, at a tremendous sacrifice of some 780 special forces, according to Maj. Gen. Tahir Masood, commander of the Pakistani Special Services Group (SSG).

In that interminable operation conducted over 15,000 square miles of “nonpermissive” tribal area terrain, Masood’s SSG and supporting forces killed more than 3,400 terrorists, destroyed nearly 1,000 safe houses, raided another 16,600 suspected hideaways and netted a treasure trove of ammunition and explosives.

Masood said SSG and supporting forces have effectively “eliminated” sanctuaries on its soil, but the threat is far from over considering the emerging strategic environment as well as the nature and history of such threats.

“We do not claim to be the best,” Masood told MESOC participants. “But we are the most battle-hardened and experienced in fighting terrorism and we’d love to share our experiences and train with like-minded friends and allies.”

And that’s essentially what the Lebanese Strike Force — the elite commando arm of Lebanese Armed Forces intelligence — did at the end of last month, in an April 28 raid that killed a major Islamic State operative, one of his associates and led to the arrest of another associated with the group, known by its Arabic acronym Daesh.



Col. Fadi Kefouri, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Strike Force commander, said the LAF routinely conducts pre-emptive operations against militants from Daesh and Nusra Front, and no longer hesitates to go into Palestinian refugee camps and other places that were once considered “no-go areas.”

In addition to raids, the LAF routinely conducts aerial and ground surveillance, targeting and shelling operations “in a sustained manner against any extremist militant activities in our area of operations.”

“The key is to be pre-emptive and not to relent. We must make the terrorists feel they are constantly hunted,” Kefouri told Defense News.
 
Those martyrs were they married, did they have children?
 
That's a big loss.
 
It's a price the nation paid for delaying what should have been done much earlier. And one of the many returns of this sacrifice is that we have a battle-hardened, ready, well-oiled military which has learn't a lot from these two years experiences of operating and succeeding in hostile terrains.
 
I am strongly against SSG in COIN ops. Stop Using SSG as Assault infantry force. But then send in Regulars or FC and get double triple casualties. why make LCB then. why upgrade FC.
 
Major General Sahab simply exaggerated the casualties just to show that his force has done a lot for world peace.

Major Sahab nobody in this world cares about how many of your soldiers were killed so stop making a fool out of yourself by exaggerating your deaths.

Anyways total army casualties stand at around 500 as per ISPR.
 
That’s what Pakistan did in its nearly two-year Operation Zarb-e-azb targeting al-Qaida and its offshoots in North Waziristan, at a tremendous sacrifice of some 780 special forces, according to Maj. Gen. Tahir Masood, commander of the Pakistani Special Services Group (SSG).

780 is not the figure just for SSG but includes LCBs and Elite Commandos of FC etc. Specific SSG causalities had been least and they had only been used in critical missions and not just for every ops.
 
And this Against Un organised Militias Not Any Professional Forces Seriously Guys

SF are Not Bakras Stop Using them against CT OPs

Pakistan is Need for Dedicated CT ops Forces Like GSG 9 or NSG
 
lol ispr as a credible source lol, the commander of the SSG has revealed the no. of ssg killed who would you rather believe bajwa and his lies who sits behind a desk and says things to improve moral or some one whos been in the line of fire.

I would believe Bajwa and ISPR. What if the statement was misinterpreted?

What if the General said 780 casualties?

Casualties include both deaths and injuries. So I would go with ISPR.

And this Against Un organised Militias Not Any Professional Forces Seriously Guys

SF are Not Bakras Stop Using them against CT OPs

Pakistan is Need for Dedicated CT ops Forces Like GSG 9 or NSG

Statement is misinterpreted. Yes SSG are involved but 780 figure is impossible.
 
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