tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post3402104539198998233..comments2024-02-15T21:24:23.524-08:00Comments on Today in The Endless War: War News for Thursday, 22, 2011Cervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post-69695472305881789082011-09-22T16:50:18.324-07:002011-09-22T16:50:18.324-07:00OK, the unanswered question here is WHY THE FUCK D...OK, the unanswered question here is WHY THE FUCK DIDN'T THE US STOP THE TRUCK BOMB AND ATTACK IN KABUL???<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/22/us-bomb-warning-pakistan-ignored" rel="nofollow">US bomb warning to Pakistan ignored</a><br /><br />On Thursday the US military chief, Admiral Mike Mullen, described the Haqqanis as "a veritable arm of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence [spy] agency". He earlier accused the ISI of fighting a "proxy war" in Afghanistan through the group.<br /><br />Pakistan's defence minister, Ahmed Mukhtar, rejected the American accusations of Haqqani patronage as "baseless". "No one can threaten Pakistan as we are an independent state," he said.<br /><br />The angry accusations lift the veil on sensitive conversations that have heretofore largely taken place behind closed doors. On 8 September, General John Allen, the Nato commander in Afghanistan, raised intelligence reports of the impending truck bomb at a meeting with Kayani during a visit to Islamabad.<br /><br />Kayani promised Allen he would "make a phone call" to try to stop the attack, according to a western official with close knowledge of the meeting. "The offer raised eyebrows," the official said.<br /><br />But two days later, just after Allen's return to Kabul, a truck rigged with explosives ploughed into the gates of the US base in Wardak, 50 miles south-west of Kabul, injuring 77 US soldiers and killing two Afghan civilians.Dancewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733269960341895623noreply@blogger.com