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In the early months of his presidency, President Barack Obama's national-security team singled out one man from its list of most-wanted terrorists, Baitullah Mehsud, the ruthless leader of the Pakistani Taliban. He was to be eliminated.

Mehsud was Pakistan's public enemy No. 1 and its most feared militant, responsible for a string of bombings and assassination attempts. But while Mehsud carried out strikes against U.S. forces overseas and had a $5 million bounty on his head, he had never been the top priority for U.S. airstrikes, something that at times rankled Pakistan.

"The decision was made to find him, to get him and to kill him," a senior U.S. intelligence official said, recalling weeks and months of "very tedious, painstaking focus" before a CIA drone aircraft killed Mehsud in August near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan.

It wasn't the first airstrike on Obama's watch, but it marked the first major victory in his war on terrorism, a campaign the administration believes can be waged even more aggressively than its predecessor's. Long before Obama went on the defensive for his handling of the failed Christmas Day airline bombing, he had widened the list of U.S. targets abroad and stepped up the pace of airstrikes.



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Obama also has sought to reach out to Islamic allies and tone down U.S. rhetoric, which critics contend shows weakness, in an effort to win more cooperation from countries like Yemen and Pakistan.

For example, though Pakistan officially denounces U.S. airstrikes within its border, following the Mehsud strike, the U.S. has seen an increase in information sharing from Pakistani officials, which has helped lead to other strikes, according to the senior law-enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity.

dbackjon wrote:Obama also has sought to reach out to Islamic allies and tone down U.S. rhetoric, which critics contend shows weakness, in an effort to win more cooperation from countries like Yemen and Pakistan.

For example, though Pakistan officially denounces U.S. airstrikes within its border, following the Mehsud strike, the U.S. has seen an increase in information sharing from Pakistani officials, which has helped lead to other strikes, according to the senior law-enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity.

From what I understand, Pakistan's objections are complete bullshat, as the I believe the drones are stationed in Pakistan. They know what is going on and approve, they just have to make the people of Pakistan think they don't.

SeattleGriz wrote:
From what I understand, Pakistan's objections are complete bullshat, as the I believe the drones are stationed in Pakistan. They know what is going on and approve, they just have to make the people of Pakistan think they don't.

THAT is the problem...the Pakistani leaders are afraid of their own people.

dbackjon wrote:Obama also has sought to reach out to Islamic allies and tone down U.S. rhetoric, which critics contend shows weakness, in an effort to win more cooperation from countries like Yemen and Pakistan.

For example, though Pakistan officially denounces U.S. airstrikes within its border, following the Mehsud strike, the U.S. has seen an increase in information sharing from Pakistani officials, which has helped lead to other strikes, according to the senior law-enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Why are law enforcement officials involved in this???

These are not criminals...they are terrorists...


Oh yea, we read terrorists their "rights" now under this administration....

Cluck U wrote:

SeattleGriz wrote:
From what I understand, Pakistan's objections are complete bullshat, as the I believe the drones are stationed in Pakistan. They know what is going on and approve, they just have to make the people of Pakistan think they don't.

THAT is the problem...the Pakistani leaders are afraid of their own people.

That's the way it's supposed to be cluckster. In all countries

Col Hogan wrote:

dbackjon wrote:Obama also has sought to reach out to Islamic allies and tone down U.S. rhetoric, which critics contend shows weakness, in an effort to win more cooperation from countries like Yemen and Pakistan.

For example, though Pakistan officially denounces U.S. airstrikes within its border, following the Mehsud strike, the U.S. has seen an increase in information sharing from Pakistani officials, which has helped lead to other strikes, according to the senior law-enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Why are law enforcement officials involved in this???

These are not criminals...they are terrorists...


Oh yea, we read terrorists their "rights" now under this administration....

Just one more thing that hasn't changed, Colonel........

SeattleGriz wrote:

dbackjon wrote:Obama also has sought to reach out to Islamic allies and tone down U.S. rhetoric, which critics contend shows weakness, in an effort to win more cooperation from countries like Yemen and Pakistan.

For example, though Pakistan officially denounces U.S. airstrikes within its border, following the Mehsud strike, the U.S. has seen an increase in information sharing from Pakistani officials, which has helped lead to other strikes, according to the senior law-enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity.

From what I understand, Pakistan's objections are complete bullshat, as the I believe the drones are stationed in Pakistan. They know what is going on and approve, they just have to make the people of Pakistan think they don't.

Well of course they do, otherwise they are going to have problems at home when the drones accidentally take out civilians.

Col Hogan wrote:

dbackjon wrote:Obama also has sought to reach out to Islamic allies and tone down U.S. rhetoric, which critics contend shows weakness, in an effort to win more cooperation from countries like Yemen and Pakistan.

For example, though Pakistan officially denounces U.S. airstrikes within its border, following the Mehsud strike, the U.S. has seen an increase in information sharing from Pakistani officials, which has helped lead to other strikes, according to the senior law-enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Why are law enforcement officials involved in this???

These are not criminals...they are terrorists...


Oh yea, we read terrorists their "rights" now under this administration....

Jesus, did you miss the thread about there being more targeted assassinations of terrorists under Obama?

houndawg wrote:

Cluck U wrote:
THAT is the problem...the Pakistani leaders are afraid of their own people.

That's the way it's supposed to be cluckster. In all countries

AMEN!

houndawg wrote:

Cluck U wrote:
THAT is the problem...the Pakistani leaders are afraid of their own people.

That's the way it's supposed to be cluckster. In all countries

houndawg wrote:

Cluck U wrote:
THAT is the problem...the Pakistani leaders are afraid of their own people.

That's the way it's supposed to be cluckster. In all countries

You guys are jaded.

Of course our current goofballs should be afraid of their own people...we should throw them the hell out because they are a bunch of crooks.

However, if elected officials actually represented their constituents instead of trying to line their own pockets, they wouldn't need to be afraid. Of course, that would mean that people should also make tough decisions for the good of the whole instead of themselves. Hard to see a teacher's union not trying to pass tax increases to get 10% pay increases and reduced hours.