Why Pakistan's militants can still strike at will

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For BBC, you are right that they are only trying to down play Pakistan military's efforts in this whole saga, what more can we expect sir? They don't allow us to seal the border and then cry that militants are crossing over from Pakistan. If that is the case then why not allow to seal the border? TTP are being nourished in Afghanistan. They say that there still are some people in ISI with a soft corner for Taliban, wont there be a few in CIA as well?? i mean, they their Mujaheddin as much as they were ours. Soft corner or not, this is a proven fact where TTP is getting its training and support from and what role India is playing in Afghanistan. Sadly we cant blame BBC for not shedding some light on it when our own pathetic media is not covering and SHOUTING about it, yes, they MUST BE SHOUTING about it as Indian media did in Mumbai attacks. But our media is silent about it and we cannot accept BBC or CNN or Doordarshan to say that TTP are being supported by CIA and RAW!

That's a bit unfair of you that you blame Pakistani media for not picking up on the indian involvement with ttp in Afghanistan.

Pakistani media from time to time publishes stories on Indian involvement but it never gets noticed in the west.

Why? I'll tell you the reason. Reason being that nobody from the higher ups in Pakistan has ever blamed India. By the higher ups I mean the PM and the Army Chief.

BBC and CNN picked up on Indian stance against Pakistan because their (Indian) every top official in their political and military sphere blamed Pakistan. That made it the official govt stance and the media covered it.

If next week Nawaz or Raheel do a joint press conference together and invite all domestic and foreign media and talk about the Indian nefarious activities against Pakistan from Afghanistan, watch what kind of damage that deals.

But unfortunately the govt and the military have decided against it. And until that happens we cannot blame the Pakistani media or any other media outlet for not telling our story.

 

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They can only strike on a small level now as their C&C system is already destroyed.

 

[Arsalan]

they are few but even one of them carries 100 times more weight than the illiterate and poor that end up in madrassahs and serve as the gun fodder.
the people I am talking about are few but very committed .. I didnt mean the ones that that only verbally sympathise with AQ and TTP ..
I see them as much bigger problem. I have seen them in action personally and they are the ones that escape the scrutiny of our agencies because they are rich and educated .

a false notion that all terrorists are stupid, dumb, poor, angry and emotional brought up in poor families, molested in madrasas and then trained to kill civilians and soldiers.

the people I am talking about have provided logistical support to the terrorists that conducted high end operations against Pakistani installations. I am talking about Bankers, Lawyers, scientists, doctors and engineers.. who have been either caught or escaped. 2 nuclear scientists tried to offer their services to Al Qeda to make a bomb.

A banker in Islamabad decided to join the TTP after (according to him) Pakistan army dropped bombs on Red Mosque and killed thousands of innocent and unarmed students. there was an article in Dawn about the affluent class in islamabad that has been recently radicalized that believes that white phosphorus and rape was used against the Red Mosque unarmed occupants. there was a part played in fabricating the stories about the operation that resulted in such a violent reaction against Pakistan army and Musharraf. (dont forget the judges and lawyers who despite complelling evidence and proud confessions by the terrorists, dont convict them)

A son of a former nuclear scientist hailed from a rich family in Islamabad and said rape and culling is justified to make a pure Pakistan. the guy is MBA graduate and lives a plush and comfortable life .. he is fair skinned , soft spoken, fluent in English and clean shaven and loaded with all the must have gadgets that West has to offer, he may not be actively involved in any terrorism but his point of view is very clear and he was really hurt when i questioned him.

I dont mean to extrapolate one of two experiences on the entire population but some similar news and blogs do show such tendency.


for me its the most dangerous aspect of terrorists. these guys dont appear suspicious and they hit you the hardest.

woner if you can recall an attack on an intelligence office in Lahore. all the attackers were suited in western clothes and they took out the entire security detail in the initial minutes while it was still in shock and surprise. again i dont mean to suggest that they all belonged to families of millionaires and were sons of stock brokers and businessmen but they used the attire of the group which has such people hurting us the most

Well this really is quite disturbing information. I cant figure out what is motivating them to o this path. Money cant be an a reason, nor i think is love for Islam. you need some thing to miss guide someone and to do so with well educated people you need a lot more. It is really disturbing if TTP are managing to impress such high profile elite, however few the numbers are. We need to figure out what is the reason or cause of this and resolve that. I totally agree that a few hundred of these people supporting TTP is much worse then thousands uneducated poor people. Specially when we know the reason why the second type is behind them and can tackle it but cant really figure out what motivates the educated and well-off guys to act such stupidly!!

 

[Arsalan]

That's a bit unfair of you that you blame Pakistani media for not picking up on the indian involvement with ttp in Afghanistan.


Pakistani media from time to time publishes stories on Indian involvement but it never gets noticed in the west.


Why? I'll tell you the reason. Reason being that nobody from the higher ups in Pakistan has ever blamed India. By the higher ups I mean the PM and the Army Chief.


BBC and CNN picked up on Indian stance against Pakistan because their (Indian) every top official in their political and military sphere blamed Pakistan. That made it the official govt stance and the media covered it.


If next week Nawaz or Raheel do a joint press conference together and invite all domestic and foreign media and talk about the Indian nefarious activities against Pakistan from Afghanistan, watch what kind of damage that deals.


But unfortunately the govt and the military have decided against it. And until that happens we cannot blame the Pakistani media or any other media outlet for not telling our story.

Well i do agree that our Gov and even army top brass fail to do so. They do claim that a foreign hand is involved when they bust up a group of terrorist or when a specific attack is carried out by the TTP but always fail to name that FOREIGN HAND!!

However, i cant agree that the media is doing any better at all. They also almost NEVER involve in such reporting.

Shabirr baki sb tu dekh lyta ha but ya us ko b nazar nai aata

They are busy busting groups making some freaking unhealthy ACHAR but never do a detailed report on involvement of India in TTP activities and its role in Afghanistan. They have failed to report what is happening in Baluchistan and what is the role of India, Iran, Oman in all that!!

These are the things which are there to be brought into notice and media have to play a role in that but the dont!