pakistan
Pakistan is a hub of covert activity in Central Asia, with strong ties to the US reaching back to the Afghan war against the Soviets. The resulting relationship between the CIA and the ISI, the Pakistani secret service, has been well documented elsewhere. These ties persist – CIA drones fly sorties out of secret bases in Pakistan to bomb rebellious Pashtun tribes (‘Taliban terrorists’) in the north, meanwhile, the ISI makes no secret of having created and operated Taliban proxy militias to destabilize its neighbours. (Tellingly, the Taliban Shura was airlifted to safety inside Pakistan by the US during the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan.) Today, American security contractors and ‘Al Qaeda’ mercenaries for hire run similar operations across the border into Iran, shady training camps disgorge wind-up terrorists to menace Western populations into a state of panicked xenophobia, bombs and propaganda are unleashed, and the war continues to expand.
Smoking Guns — Suggested Reading
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US Allowed Taliban, Al-Qaeda Airlift Evacuation
Archive (Most recent headlines first)
2010
Bin Laden’s location still unknown: CIA boss | LSE Report: Pakistan ISI backs Taliban | Al Qaeda Number 3 Killed… Again | Options studied for a possible Pakistan strike by US | US drone attack ‘kills Pakistan insurgents’ | Taliban behind Times Square plot, says US AG Holder | New York terror suspect received calls from Pakistan before buying SUV, charged with using ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction’ | Pakistan Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud is alive, says spy agency | Canadian Afghan withdrawal could pass through Pakistan | Pakistan air strike ‘kills 71 civilians’ | U.S. officials say Pakistani spy agency released Afghan Taliban insurgents | Defence Department official used private contractors for spy network in AfPak | 1 in 3 Killed by U.S. Drone Attacks In Pakistan Are Civilians | Arrested Terrorist Leader Exposes Extensive CIA Connections | White House welcomes Afghan Taliban No. 2 capture | Report: ‘US to expand military centers in Pakistan’ | Pakistani Taliban leader reportedly killed in U.S. strike | General McChrystal indicates talks with Taliban to be discussed | No new Taliban crackdowns for 6 months, Pakistan says | Killer of CIA agents in Afghanistan called for revenge for Baitullah Mehsud | Suspected US drone ‘kills 12′ in Pakistan
2009
Mumbai terror attack suspect withdraws confession | Mumbai suspect is US double agent, India claims | U.S. prods Pakistan to expand offensive | Pakistan anti-Taliban offensive in South Waziristan ‘over’ | CIA admits Blackwater presence in Pakistan | U.S. Military Joins CIA’s Drone War in Pakistan | Bin Laden not in Pakistan, says prime minister | Pakistan charges 7 in Mumbai attacks | UK: Rights watchdog reveals Pakistani spies pressed by British to torture detainees | Taliban: Blackwater to blame for Pakistan attacks | Taliban Chief Blames Blackwater, ISI for Peshawar Blast | UN: Drone attacks may violate international law | Bomb kills dozens in Pakistan as Hillary Clinton arrives | Pakistani Army working with ‘Good Taliban’ | Refugee flood reveals human cost of South Waziristan’s invisible war | ‘Taliban’ resist Pakistan onslaught | Pakistani troops assault ‘Taliban’ stronghold | Militants attack Pakistani cities | Pakistan launches air strikes before offensive | Pakistan hit by another deadly bomb blast | Bloody siege in Pakistan ends with 20 dead | Pakistan to indict suspects in Mumbai attacks | Links to ‘Al-Qaeda’, Pakistani training camps linger after ‘Toronto 18′ member imprisoned | Pakistani militant leader dead: Taliban | Mumbai attack suspect shocks court and own defence lawyer by pleading guilty | Taliban flee new U.S. drive in Afghanistan | Pakistan remains silent as U.S. air attack kills 80 | Whistleblower Who Linked “Taliban” Leader To US Intelligence Is Assassinated | CIA: Bin Laden still in Pakistan | Pakistan army backs citizens fighting Taliban | The Main Result of the “War on Terror”: The Destabilization of Pakistan | Homing chips are CIA’s latest weapon against ‘al-Qaida’ targets hiding in Pakistan’s tribal belt | Pakistani troops battle Taliban in key Swat Valley city | Canada eyes arms sales to Pakistan | MacKay to discuss security concerns with Pakistan | Caught in the crossfire — the Swat valley’s fleeing families | CIA: Our Drones are Killing Terrorists. Promise. | 500,000 fleeing Pakistani airstrikes, fighting, UN reports | Pakistan is ‘abdicating to the Taliban,’ says Clinton | Mumbai attacks suspect alleges torture, retracts confession | US military may escalate ‘war on terror’ by striking deeper into Pakistan | Pakistan restores outspoken judge | Pakistani police attack opposition march for independent judiciary | Not very cricket: Witnesses report Pakistani security abandoned convoy prior to attack | Pakistani officers helped plan Mumbai attacks, says India | Report: CIA runs secret bases in Pakistan | Indian Mumbai dossier details gunmen’s calls with handlers
2008
India to create national spy agency in wake of Mumbai attacks | Former ISI Chief: Mumbai And 9/11 Both “Inside Jobs” | Indian Intelligence Provided SIM Cards to Mumbai Gunmen | Mumbai Attacks Politicize Long-Isolated Elite | Mumbai terror attacks: Rice calls for ‘total transparency’ from Pakistan | CIA Foreknowledge of the Mumbai Attacks | “Fair-skinned, blonde” assailants began attack in Mumbai | Mumbai Attacks Blamed On Al-Qaeda As Pretext For U.S. Military Response | Terror strikes Mumbai | Don’t-ask-don’t-tell Policy: Pakistan and U.S. Have Tacit Deal On Airstrikes | Death toll climbs after U.S. air strike in Pakistan | US Incursion Turned Back by Pakistan Army | Bush secret order to send special forces into Pakistan | Pakistan fury over ‘US assault’ | Musharraf resigns as Pakistan president | Key Benazir Bhutto assassination witness shot dead | CIA, Pakistani ISI have long, complicated relationship | U.S. Intel Officer: Al Qaeda Leadership Allowed To Operate Freely in Pakistan | Afghanistan suggests Pakistan responsible for embassy bombing
2007
Bhutto report: Musharraf planned to fix elections | Video: ‘The most conclusive evidence’ Bhutto was shot | Police abandoned security posts before Bhutto assassination | Bhutto assassinated | Benazir Bhutto: Bin Laden Murdered
2006
Terror accused refuses to discuss links to Pakistan secret service, family threatened | London terror plotter was ‘hardened’ in ISI camp
2001
US Allowed Taliban, Al-Qaeda Airlift Evacuation
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