On January 21 the New York Times printed an article about the United States providing un-manned drones to the Pakistan military to help battle Al-Qaeda along its porous northern border. Since that time Pakistan has been killing or capturing Al-Qaeda terrorists at a breathtaking pace. The article mentions- “The CIA reportedly succeeded in killing the head of the Pakistani Taliban — the most recent in a flurry of drone attacks the agency has launched in South Asia and the Middle East. Another strike in Pakistan reportedly took out one of the FBI’s most wanted terrorists; another in Pakistan took out a master bomb-maker for the al Qaeda affiliate in the Philippines, Abu Sayyaf; and a strike in Yemen targeted a senior military leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the group behind the Christmas Day attack (his fate has yet to be determined).”
2010 is becoming known as The Year of the Drone as top-level Al Qaeda leaders have been rolled up into caskets or jail cells. What took so long? Since the Al-Qaeda attack on the C.I.A. on January 7, 3 major Al-Qaeda officials have been killed. Now the news that Pakistan police may have captured the American Taliban Adam Gadhan. 
Since the C.I.A. personal were attacked it appears that the war has gone into overdrive or has it been since the U.S. “gave’ Pakistan the drone technology?
To me it appears quite clear that a deal has been made. Pakistan in return for some of the best technology America has to offer is rounding up Taliban and Al-Qaeda. Did they know where they were at the whole time? Are the results gained from time and experience or are the Pakistanis playing a global game of poker and using the Al Qaeda members as chips to throw in the pot. I think if you read between the lines it’s quite clear. Now America is going to send Pakistan “smart bomb kits“. I will bet big money that in return for the smart bomb kits Pakistan is going to come up with some big fish. If the lower level leadership is worth drones. Is the top-tier worth smart bombs? Pakistan seems to be fully cooperating with the United States now. It appears that as America makes friends, with its technology, Osama bin Laden is losing his friends. One drone strike at a time.
J.P. Douglas
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Filed under: politics, Terrorism, War Tagged: | Al-Qaeda, Drones, Osama Bin Laden, Pakistan, Pakistani Taliban, Taliban, United States, War on Terror
yeah, I honestly don’t care if we’re killing Al Quida leaders, considering that 75% of the people killed by drones are civilians.
Historically, any US disbursement of weapons and economic aid to Pakistan, has always coinsided with Pakistan catching some A- Qaeda.
This drama between the US and Pakistan has been going on for a long time.
It is not Pakistan, but the US that is playing poker in the neighbourhood of Russia, China, Iran, India and the central Asian republic.
[Did they know where they were at the whole time? ]
Yup. They sure did know – for quite a while even they were afraid to enter those areas.
Pakistan has a lot to atone for – they created the Taliban. And they’re been supporting them under the table – maybe it’s changing now.