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De V.S. voeren meer airstrikes in Pakistan uit

Maandag, 3 November, 2008

Door James Cogan | In open contempt van de herhaalde protesten door de Pakistaanse overheid, voerden de militaire V.S. nog eens twee luchtstakingen op 31 Oktober tegen huizen binnen de Beheerde StammenAgentschappen van Pakistan uit federaal (FATA), dodend minstens 27 mensen.

Vorige Woensdag, gaf de overheid van Eerste Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani een formeel protest aan de ambassadeur van de V.S. aan Pakistan, Anne Patterson, over een luchtstaking op uit 26 Oktober die 15 mensen doodde. Volgens Pakistaanse ambtenaren die door worden aangehaald De New York Times, Werd Patterson verteld „dergelijke aanvallen een schending van de soevereiniteit van Pakistan waren en onmiddellijk“ zouden moeten worden tegengehouden.

Het antwoord van de V.S. werd gegeven twee later dagen. In de eerste aanval, een Roofdiervliegtuig gelanceerde raketten met afstandsbediening, onbemande in het huis van lokale cleric in het dorp van Asori, in het agentschap van het Noorden Waziristan. Het stak toen meer raketten bij een voertuig in brand dat de scène probeert te verlaten. Men gelooft dat 24 mensen, met inbegrip van vrouwen en kinderen stierven. In niet bevestigde rapporten, hebben de Pakistaanse ambtenaren beweerd dat een hogere Al Qaeda leider, Abdur Rehman, die ook als al Irakees wordt bekend van Abu Akasha, onder gedood was. Zoals met alle vorige eisen, is geen bewijsmateriaal voorgelegd.

De tweede Roofdieraanval werd uitgevoerd tegen een huis dichtbij de stad van Wana, in het agentschap van Zuiden Waziristan. Het veronderstelde doel was de Pakistaanse Taliban leider Maulvi Nazir, die wordt verondersteld om dichte relaties met Afghaanse Taliban militanten te hebben die tegen het ons-Geleide beroep vechten. Nazir ontsnapte naar verluidt met slechts minder belangrijke verwondingen, maar drie andere mensen werden gedood.

De luchtstakingen waren het recentst in een stijgende campagne van aanvallen in Pakistan. Wel 20 luchtstakingen en één gemalen incursion in het verleden de twee maanden zijn uitgevoerd.

De Pakistaanse eerste minister bij één gelegenheid stelde de verrichtingen van de V.S. als „handelingen van terrorisme aan de kaak“. Het is niet alleen veronderstelde Al Qaeda of Taliban leiders die worden gedood, maar hun vrouwen, kinderen, bejaarde ouders en een andere onschuldige burgers die om in de buurt van de huizen gebeuren te zijn die aan stukken worden geblazen. De aanvallen veroorzaken massaverontwaardiging door het land en voorzien steun voor organisaties Islamist van brandstof die aan de burgerlijke overheid en het steunen van insurgency de anti-V.S. in Afghanistan tegengesteld zijn.

The official position in Washington is to refuse to confirm or deny that US forces are responsible for the reported attacks.

The reality is that since July, the US military has had carte blanche from the Bush administration to order attacks that violate the sovereignty of Pakistan?an ostensible US ally. Previously, such operations had to be personally approved by the president. Now, the military head of Centcom (Central Command), which covers the Middle East and Central Asia, can unilaterally decide to launch an attack on alleged “terrorist havens”.

Reports are now surfacing that any country, not only Pakistan, can be targeted under Bush’s secret directive. On October 26, US special forces carried out an assault on the Syrian village of Abu Kamal?the first such incursion into Syria. Seven civilians were killed. The operation would have been ordered in close liaison with General David Petraeus, the former commander of US forces in Iraq and the favourite of the most militarist wing of the American ruling class. Petraeus assumed command of Centcom on the same day as the latest Pakistani airstrikes.

The US national security commentator Eli Lake, writing in the New Republic last Tuesday, reported that Bush had authorised Central Command to strike anywhere in its designated region. The only limitation is that Petraeus requires the approval of at least the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to attack targets inside Iran?as the Iranian military theoretically has the capacity to strike back in the Western hemisphere.

If this is correct, the Bush directive has far-reaching implications. It means that Petraeus has the power to order unprovoked acts of war against nations throughout the Middle East and Central Asia, without even the knowledge of the incoming president, let alone a debate and vote in the US Congress.

Roger Cressey, a former aide to Richard Clarke, the chief counter terrorism advisor of the Clinton administration, told the New Republic: “The bar for military operations will be lowered because the downsides for the president are minimal.”

According to Lake, other countries that could be targeted include Yemen, Kenya, Mali and Sudan?the last three are covered by the US military’s newly inaugurated Africa Command.

Barack Obama, the Democratic Party presidential candidate and most likely victor in Tuesday’s election, has made no public comment on either the raid into Syria or Friday’s attack in Pakistan. The silence testifies to his consent. Throughout his campaign, Obama has declared his willingness to order unilateral attacks into Pakistan or other countries allegedly providing a safe haven to terrorists.

Lake commented in the New Republic: “His campaign rhetoric has now become the official war policy he will inherit.” Any administration Obama heads would not only boost the number of US troops in Afghanistan, but intensify the operations over the border.


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  1. Maximus V
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2008 at 3:11 pm

    The deliberate targeting of Civilian population is the clearest evidence of Bush war crimes and these targeting of civilian homes is totally illegal under international law.

    If there are terrorists in these homes arrests and trials should be processed, not deliberate Terrorist atrocities.

    BUSH/ Cheney are clearly International TERRORISTS.

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  2. bearfor
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2008 at 8:21 pm

    I agree 100%—But will anything ever be done? NO!–

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