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WHAT about if ,PAF has to defend pakistan on 2 different fronts!
India was ready for air strike
December 16, 2008 Tuesday Zilhaj 17, 1429
By Our Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec 15: The United States believes that after the Mumbai attacks Indias air force began preliminary preparations for possible strikes at suspected terrorist camps in Pakistan, a US news channel reported on Monday.
US military officials confirmed to CNN that the United States had information, indicating that India began to prepare air force personnel for possible missions into Pakistan after the terror attacks.
The comments indicate that the two nuclear powers were perhaps closer to conflict in the days just after the Mumbai attacks than previously acknowledged, the American television network observed.
One Pentagon official told CNN that the Indian air force went on alert.
A second official said the United States concluded these preliminary preparations would have put India quickly in the position to launch air-strikes against suspected terrorist camps and targets inside Pakistan. During these preparations, a number of senior US officials were urging India to exercise restraint.
Until now, the Bush Administration has publicly said it saw no signs of military movement by India and no indication that the Indian government was preparing any type of retaliation.
The Pentagon officials broadly described the activity as checking on the status of crew, fighter jets and weapons that were available. The extent of the reported preparation was not immediately known.
The report, however, indicates that the Bush administration took the possibility of an India-Pakistan war over the Mumbai terror attacks much more seriously than they publicly acknowledge.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen visited both India and Pakistan right after the attacks, apparently to ease tensions between the neighbours.
On their return to Washington, both officials said they saw no indication that either India or Pakistan were preparing for a war.
But in an interview to CNBC on Friday, Ms Rice said that while in New Delhi she urged Indian leaders not to take actions that could destabilise the region.
Anything that, in fact, would make the situation worse or might introduce unintended consequences is not going to be good for the stability of the region, said Ms Rice. It isnt going to address what needs to be done, and that was also my message to India.
The statement confirms that the US not only worried about the possibility of the Mumbai attacks leading to a war but also discussed it with Indian and Pakistani leaders, urging both to show restraint.
Drone attacks to continue, says Bush
December 16, 2008 Tuesday Zilhaj 17, 1429
dawnnews
By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Dec 15: US President George W. Bush has indicated that drone attacks on suspected terrorist targets inside the tribal areas would continue and Washington will not consult other governments before ordering such strikes.
You know very well that when it comes to certain matters, the US government doesnt discuss operations, said Mr Bush when asked if Afghan President Hamid Karzai and he were on the same page on drone attacks.
President Bush, who was talking to the White House press corps on his plane en route to Afghanistan, said he believed the Pakistani government, particularly President Asif Ali Zardari, had the determination to fight terrorists.
President Zardari is determined, said Mr Bush. Hes said so publicly and hes said so to me privately. He looked at me in the eye and said: You dont need to talk to me about extremist violence; after all, my wife got killed by extremists.
The US president said that for dealing with extremists who got embedded in the population, a country needed to combine pressure with a strategy to win over the hearts and minds of the local people.
Find them and get them, press them hard, and then win the hearts and minds of the locals through economic development, he added.
Mr Bush said that if Pakistan continued to be a place from which terrorists felt comfortable attacking infrastructure, citizens and troops, its going to make it difficult to succeed in Afghanistan.
Thats why were working with the Pakistan government to keep the pressure on the extremists. And the more that we can get Pakistan and Afghanistan to cooperate, the easier it will be to enforce that part of the border region, he said.
Even during this serious conversation on the situation in Pakistan and Afghanistan, Sundays incident, when an Iraqi journalist threw two shoes at Mr Bush, kept coming up.
Asked what Pakistan needed to do to fight terrorism, Mr Bush replied: Well, first of all, the first question is, is there a determination and then the engine of his plane made a sharp noise.
The other shoe just dropped, Mr Bush joked, causing every one to laugh.
Quick ducking there, sir, said a journalist referring to Mr Bushs reaction to the shoe-throwing incident in Baghdad.
I was worried about you. I thought you were going to have a heart attack, said Mr Bush.
I didnt know what the guy said, but I saw his sole his first Im pretty good at ducking, as most of you will know.
You were quick, said another journalist.
Im talking about ducking your questions, said Mr Bush.
So you werent a lame duck, said a third journalist, using a phrase used in the US to define a president about to hand over power to another. The comment caused moans and groans from other journalists.
It was just a bizarre moment, but Ive had other bizarre moments in the presidency, said Mr Bush.
US missile attack kills two near Miramshah
December 16, 2008 Tuesday Zilhaj 17, 1429
dawn news
MIRAMSHAH, Dec 15: A missile strike by US forces killed at least two militants and injured three othersin North Waziristan on Monday, an official said.
Nuclear assets out of terrorists reach, Kerry told
December 16, 2008 Tuesday Zilhaj 17, 1429
dawn news
By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: Pakistans nuclear assets are safe and out of terrorists reach, President Asif Ali Zardari told US Senator John Kerry on Monday.
He is also reported to have assured the Senator, who had arrived here after a visit to India, that no one would be allowed to use Pakistani soil for terrorist activities against any other country.
The president accused India of levelling baseless allegations against Pakistan, without providing evidence.
Pakistan, he said, had already offered to cooperate with India to investigate the Mumbai terror attacks, but it had not yet responded.
India is not providing any evidence against people allegedly involved in the attacks, he added.
President Zardari said that Pakistans nuclear assets were in safe hands and well-protected and there was no possibility of their falling into the hands of terrorists.
According to sources, the president also apprised Senator Kerry about two intrusions by Indian Air Force planes into Pakistan territory.
The Senator said he did not believe that the Inter-Services Intelligence or the government of Pakistan were involved in the Mumbai attacks, but that Pakistan should take tough action against non-state actors and cooperate with India in investigating the attacks.
He said terrorist organisations like Lashkar-e-Taiba were also a constant threat for Pakistan.
Conveying a message from US President-elect Barack Obama, Mr Kerry said the US government would help Pakistan in combating terrorism.
According to the APP, he praised the role of Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and said he was aware of what needed to be done and so was the Director-General of ISI, Lt-Gen Shuja Pasha.
He said the government had evolved a good strategy to combat Taliban in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and the NWFP, and the military had done a good job in the anti-terror war.
He said: We hope they continue to remain more active in western parts of Pakistan and with Gen Kayani there, I think we are building a strong foundation. Acknowledging the democratic nature of Pakistans government, he said: I was there as an observer and I know it was a truly democratic election... So, we have to help them. They understand that this insurgency is also a threat to them, he adeed.
Agencies add: Earlier in New Delhi, Mr Kerry said after meeting Indian leaders that the ISI must be tightly controlled and not be allowed to act independently.
It is imperative that the intelligence service of Pakistan not be able to make its own choices or operate outside of the standards that we have a right to expect.
A missile fired by US forces killed two people outside the town of Miramshah in North Waziristan tribal district, a security official told AFP.
Three other people were injured in the strike and it was not immediately clear if the missile was fired from a drone or by US forces deployed across the border in Afghanistan, he added.
dear commrads, this a very important time in pakistan's history, most of us were thinking , about IAF ambitious plans to strike inside pakistan, but i guss , its not only that, i guss , from 1 side USAF+NATO will be taking on PAF, on the other side IAF would be looking in to the ezy targets inside pakistan.
so, does PAF has a plan & capabilities to defend pakistan , on both sides at the same time!
plz give up your good sums!
thanks
India was ready for air strike
December 16, 2008 Tuesday Zilhaj 17, 1429
By Our Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec 15: The United States believes that after the Mumbai attacks Indias air force began preliminary preparations for possible strikes at suspected terrorist camps in Pakistan, a US news channel reported on Monday.
US military officials confirmed to CNN that the United States had information, indicating that India began to prepare air force personnel for possible missions into Pakistan after the terror attacks.
The comments indicate that the two nuclear powers were perhaps closer to conflict in the days just after the Mumbai attacks than previously acknowledged, the American television network observed.
One Pentagon official told CNN that the Indian air force went on alert.
A second official said the United States concluded these preliminary preparations would have put India quickly in the position to launch air-strikes against suspected terrorist camps and targets inside Pakistan. During these preparations, a number of senior US officials were urging India to exercise restraint.
Until now, the Bush Administration has publicly said it saw no signs of military movement by India and no indication that the Indian government was preparing any type of retaliation.
The Pentagon officials broadly described the activity as checking on the status of crew, fighter jets and weapons that were available. The extent of the reported preparation was not immediately known.
The report, however, indicates that the Bush administration took the possibility of an India-Pakistan war over the Mumbai terror attacks much more seriously than they publicly acknowledge.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen visited both India and Pakistan right after the attacks, apparently to ease tensions between the neighbours.
On their return to Washington, both officials said they saw no indication that either India or Pakistan were preparing for a war.
But in an interview to CNBC on Friday, Ms Rice said that while in New Delhi she urged Indian leaders not to take actions that could destabilise the region.
Anything that, in fact, would make the situation worse or might introduce unintended consequences is not going to be good for the stability of the region, said Ms Rice. It isnt going to address what needs to be done, and that was also my message to India.
The statement confirms that the US not only worried about the possibility of the Mumbai attacks leading to a war but also discussed it with Indian and Pakistani leaders, urging both to show restraint.
Drone attacks to continue, says Bush
December 16, 2008 Tuesday Zilhaj 17, 1429
dawnnews
By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Dec 15: US President George W. Bush has indicated that drone attacks on suspected terrorist targets inside the tribal areas would continue and Washington will not consult other governments before ordering such strikes.
You know very well that when it comes to certain matters, the US government doesnt discuss operations, said Mr Bush when asked if Afghan President Hamid Karzai and he were on the same page on drone attacks.
President Bush, who was talking to the White House press corps on his plane en route to Afghanistan, said he believed the Pakistani government, particularly President Asif Ali Zardari, had the determination to fight terrorists.
President Zardari is determined, said Mr Bush. Hes said so publicly and hes said so to me privately. He looked at me in the eye and said: You dont need to talk to me about extremist violence; after all, my wife got killed by extremists.
The US president said that for dealing with extremists who got embedded in the population, a country needed to combine pressure with a strategy to win over the hearts and minds of the local people.
Find them and get them, press them hard, and then win the hearts and minds of the locals through economic development, he added.
Mr Bush said that if Pakistan continued to be a place from which terrorists felt comfortable attacking infrastructure, citizens and troops, its going to make it difficult to succeed in Afghanistan.
Thats why were working with the Pakistan government to keep the pressure on the extremists. And the more that we can get Pakistan and Afghanistan to cooperate, the easier it will be to enforce that part of the border region, he said.
Even during this serious conversation on the situation in Pakistan and Afghanistan, Sundays incident, when an Iraqi journalist threw two shoes at Mr Bush, kept coming up.
Asked what Pakistan needed to do to fight terrorism, Mr Bush replied: Well, first of all, the first question is, is there a determination and then the engine of his plane made a sharp noise.
The other shoe just dropped, Mr Bush joked, causing every one to laugh.
Quick ducking there, sir, said a journalist referring to Mr Bushs reaction to the shoe-throwing incident in Baghdad.
I was worried about you. I thought you were going to have a heart attack, said Mr Bush.
I didnt know what the guy said, but I saw his sole his first Im pretty good at ducking, as most of you will know.
You were quick, said another journalist.
Im talking about ducking your questions, said Mr Bush.
So you werent a lame duck, said a third journalist, using a phrase used in the US to define a president about to hand over power to another. The comment caused moans and groans from other journalists.
It was just a bizarre moment, but Ive had other bizarre moments in the presidency, said Mr Bush.
US missile attack kills two near Miramshah
December 16, 2008 Tuesday Zilhaj 17, 1429
dawn news
MIRAMSHAH, Dec 15: A missile strike by US forces killed at least two militants and injured three othersin North Waziristan on Monday, an official said.
Nuclear assets out of terrorists reach, Kerry told
December 16, 2008 Tuesday Zilhaj 17, 1429
dawn news
By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: Pakistans nuclear assets are safe and out of terrorists reach, President Asif Ali Zardari told US Senator John Kerry on Monday.
He is also reported to have assured the Senator, who had arrived here after a visit to India, that no one would be allowed to use Pakistani soil for terrorist activities against any other country.
The president accused India of levelling baseless allegations against Pakistan, without providing evidence.
Pakistan, he said, had already offered to cooperate with India to investigate the Mumbai terror attacks, but it had not yet responded.
India is not providing any evidence against people allegedly involved in the attacks, he added.
President Zardari said that Pakistans nuclear assets were in safe hands and well-protected and there was no possibility of their falling into the hands of terrorists.
According to sources, the president also apprised Senator Kerry about two intrusions by Indian Air Force planes into Pakistan territory.
The Senator said he did not believe that the Inter-Services Intelligence or the government of Pakistan were involved in the Mumbai attacks, but that Pakistan should take tough action against non-state actors and cooperate with India in investigating the attacks.
He said terrorist organisations like Lashkar-e-Taiba were also a constant threat for Pakistan.
Conveying a message from US President-elect Barack Obama, Mr Kerry said the US government would help Pakistan in combating terrorism.
According to the APP, he praised the role of Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and said he was aware of what needed to be done and so was the Director-General of ISI, Lt-Gen Shuja Pasha.
He said the government had evolved a good strategy to combat Taliban in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and the NWFP, and the military had done a good job in the anti-terror war.
He said: We hope they continue to remain more active in western parts of Pakistan and with Gen Kayani there, I think we are building a strong foundation. Acknowledging the democratic nature of Pakistans government, he said: I was there as an observer and I know it was a truly democratic election... So, we have to help them. They understand that this insurgency is also a threat to them, he adeed.
Agencies add: Earlier in New Delhi, Mr Kerry said after meeting Indian leaders that the ISI must be tightly controlled and not be allowed to act independently.
It is imperative that the intelligence service of Pakistan not be able to make its own choices or operate outside of the standards that we have a right to expect.
A missile fired by US forces killed two people outside the town of Miramshah in North Waziristan tribal district, a security official told AFP.
Three other people were injured in the strike and it was not immediately clear if the missile was fired from a drone or by US forces deployed across the border in Afghanistan, he added.
dear commrads, this a very important time in pakistan's history, most of us were thinking , about IAF ambitious plans to strike inside pakistan, but i guss , its not only that, i guss , from 1 side USAF+NATO will be taking on PAF, on the other side IAF would be looking in to the ezy targets inside pakistan.
so, does PAF has a plan & capabilities to defend pakistan , on both sides at the same time!
plz give up your good sums!
thanks