Pakistani tribesmen settle scores through US drones

[somebozo]

This is long suspected and over due considering casulatities form false targetting. Janglee tribal people see it as an oppurtunity to take "hisab kitab" from their opponents. Meantime, it also points towards the dangerous foothold and activties of CIA in our borders. They have effectively establed an informative and targetting network most likely provide the drone operators with GPS co-ordinates of suspected sites. Tommrow these people could also provide valuable targetting information about our vital instutes. Secondly, it also goes to show that sevral of these collaborating tribals are not in best favour of Pakistan and thirdly, CIA is long lingering in activities violating Pakistan sovergenity.

Pakistani tribesmen settle scores through US drones
By AZHAR MASOOD | ARAB NEWS


Published: May 23, 2011 23:13 Updated: May 23, 2011 23:13

ISLAMABAD: While attacks by US unmanned planes in Pakistan have become a contentious issue, tribesmen hired by US drone operators to tip off the CIA on terror targets have been using the opportunity to settle scores with rivals.


They provide false information identifying their rivals as terror targets prompting US drone operators to hit them. Mehsud and Wazir tribes are said to be locked in the tussle and they settle their scores using US drone attacks against each other.

Drones, in many cases, have hit high-value targets. Taleban leader Baitullah Mesud was killed in a drone strike, but on many occasions the information drone operators relied on proved wrong.

Consequently, CIA established its own network on Pakistan-Afghanistan border and gave more credence to ground information provided by locally hired agents both from Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas and the adjoining provinces in Afghanistan.

For almost a decade US drones have been making relentless efforts to hunt down Al-Qaeda and Taleban militants hiding along the tribal belts in South and North Waziristan. At times they have accurately hit their targets but in many cases civilians have become victims. Earlier, US drone operators used to rely on information provided by sources within the Pakistan Army, but subsequently, they switched to tribesmen who formed a network eavesdropping on suspected terrorists in the tribal belt.

The shift in US strategy came after several errors where drone attacks killed civilians instead of terrorists.

The first error was when drones fired missiles at a school in Dama Dola killing 70 students. Later similar mistakes were committed. Even the field intelligence of the Pakistan Army and the CIA are unaware of the exact casualties and damage to properties caused by drone strikes.

But, with the change in strategy, more innocent people have lost their lives. The latest example was a drone attack on a Jirga (meeting of tribal leaders) in Khyber Agency.

The locally hired operatives who tip off the CIA on terror targets have now started using the opportunity to settle their scores. These CIA agents who are from Mehsud and Wazir tribes identify their rival positions as terror targets prompting US drone operators to hit those targets.

While the ISI and Pakistan Army are watching the new game carefully, reports emanating from Dera Ismail Khan suggest tribes are settling their scores through drone attacks.

Local tribesman and Afghans providing false information to US drone operators is not a new phenomenon.

These agents provide information to US drone operators in exchange for hefty remunerations. According to observers, local tribesmen will continue to keep the CIA busy as long as they get money and are also able to avenge old tribal enmity.


© 2010 Arab News

 

[Bail_Gadi_Driver]

isi ki kasar baki thi Pakistan mea... bhai bhai ko mare....... ya allha... reham

 

[somebozo]

Two pathans,
First Pathan: Oye mere ak-47 wapis ker nahe to american drone se petwaoo ga
Second Pathan: Oye yeh naya pehlwan kaab see aya deera me?

 

[Hulk]

Wow hilarious. Not even tribal's are against drones.

 

[Spring Onion]

This is a problem which had been there since start and people provide false information to US on which many times US drone attacks have killed innocent people in FATA, Pakistan.

The biggest issue is US has hired local informers who are just minting money and throwing the detecting chips at wrong placed just as a formality and when drone strikes it leads to killing of scores of innocent tribesmen, women and children

 

[xTra]

^^^
If true, The USA must recheck the target, before firing drones.

 

[sohailbarki]

Indeed it is true.....I know this personally during operation in Dera Adam Khel people used army(By providing false Information) to blow their enemies houses and properties...

 

[Spring Onion]

^^^
If true, The USA must recheck the target, before firing drones.

they cant recheck \. once the tracking chip is thrown and they pick up the signal they just bombard the people

 

[airuah]

so this ACTUALLY CLEARS THE RESPONSIBLITY OF THE US IN FALSE TARGETS and the blame goes on to the local people themselves

 

[Chogy]

so this ACTUALLY CLEARS THE RESPONSIBLITY OF THE US IN FALSE TARGETS and the blame goes on to the local people themselves

Dang... you beat me to it. The mantra lately is "U.S. STOP KILLING INNOCENTS with DRONES" while all along, it was evil tribal leaders in primitive blood feuds who are lying to the U.S. about exactly who is in that house, that car, etc.

All we want to do is kill the common enemies of Pakistan and the U.S. Instead, we have been played for fools.

 

[Wounded-Monk]

Oh this is stupid....

Animosity between men will continue till eternity for Jar, Joru aur Zameen......there is no solution to this

 

[A1Kaid]

Bhagharat tribes people, this is why direct rule needs to be implemented in FATA, FATA has to be integrated until investment there can be made. Feudalism and tribalism must end, chieftains dismantled this is not small little emirates in FATA they must live under Pakistani national law and provincial law just like everyone else. They have mistrust of Government so what many people do...

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Dang... you beat me to it. The mantra lately is "U.S. STOP KILLING INNOCENTS with DRONES" while all along, it was evil tribal leaders in primitive blood feuds who are lying to the U.S. about exactly who is in that house, that car, etc.

All we want to do is kill the common enemies of Pakistan and the U.S. Instead, we have been played for fools.

I would like to see USA kill some of our enemies too....... BLA chief brahamdagh bughti(in afghanistan sheltered by karzai and india),mullah radio(in afghanistan),hakeemullah mehsud........

 

[muse]

Pretty much the same thing Pashtuns do in Afghanistan - settle scores by naming their "enemies" to armed forces as the enemies of the armed forces.