Ex-UK Special Forces commander to work on reconciliation with TalibanAugust 21st, 2009 LONDON - A former British special forces commander has been appointed to mastermind a program of reconciliation with members of the Taliban, General David Petraeus, the US military chief, said overnight. Lieutenant-General Sir Graeme Lamb, who retired recently from the British Army, was personally requested by General Stanley McChrystal, the US and NATO commander in Afghanistan, to take on the role, which is considered crucial to reduce the impact of the insurgency.
CENTCOM chief Petraeus in Pak, to discuss weapons deliveryAugust 19th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - U.S. Central Command chief General David Petraeus has arrived here to hold discussions with Pakistan's military leaders on expediting delivery of US equipment to Pakistan so it can expand its offensive against Taliban militants.
INS Arihant a 'destabilising step' by India, says PakistanJuly 27th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Monday called the launching of India's first nuclear-powered submarine a "destabilising step" that could trigger an arms race in the region, a media report said. The induction of INS Arihant is "a destabilising step which will jeopardise the security paradigm of the entire Indian Ocean region", Pakistani Navy spokesman Captain Asif Majeed Butt was quoted as saying by Dawn News.
Pak fighting for its own survival in Swat, Malakand: PetraeusJune 17th, 2009 TAMPA - The US Central Command Chief, General David Petraeus, has said that Pakistan is fighting for its own survival, as the Pakistan Army continued its offensive against the Taliban and other insurgents in the Malakand and Swat Valley of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). Talking to media persons at the Central Command headquarters here, General Petraeus approved of the military offensive against the militants in Pakistan's restive region, and said that the country was engaged in a war which was directly related to its existence.
Pakistan has shifted forces from Indian border: US generalJune 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Pakistan has shifted forces from the Indian border to the west as it now sees very clearly the existential threat posed to their country by the extremists, said a top US general. "In Pakistan, there is no question I think at this point that the Pakistanis see very clearly the existential threat that is posed to their country by the extremists," General David Petraeus, Commander of the United States Central Command, said Friday.
War funding bill gets sidetracked over IMF funding, detainee abuse photosJune 8th, 2009 War funding bill gets sidetrackedWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's penchant for last-minute demands, and a rebellion by liberal allies over his efforts to block the release of detainee abuse photos, have combined to sidetrack his bill to pay for an expanded war in Afghanistan as well as continuing military operations in Iraq. The $100 billion measure is awaiting a House-Senate conference committee after winning easy approval last month in both chambers, but an emerging compromise on the bill has become caught in the crosscurrents coming from both Obama's left and right on Capitol Hill.
Pakistan realizes threat posed by Taliban : General PetraeusMay 28th, 2009 LAHORE - The US Central Command chief General David Petraeus has said that Pakistan has now realized the existential threat posed by the Taliban. In an interview to a foreign radio channel, General Petraeus said : "The four major elements of Pakistani society, the government, the opposition, the military and the civilians, realise that Pakistan must oppose and confront the Taliban, who pose a threat to the Pakistani state."
He said there has been a major shift of opinion among the people of the country towards the Taliban, as they now realize that the outlawed outfit only fosters oppression.
Obama attempts to censor images Abu Ghraib sexual abuseMay 28th, 2009 LONDON - US President Barack Obama is attempting to censor images of apparent rape and sexual abuse at Iraq's infamous Abu Ghraib prison, it has emerged. At least one picture shows an American soldier raping a female prisoner while another is said to show a male translator raping a male detainee, reports The Telegraph.
New Iraq 'prisoner abuse' photographs surface in AustraliaMay 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Graphic photographs of alleged prisoner abuse in Iraq have surfaced in spite of the Obama administration trying its level best to halt its release. The images emerged from Australia yesterday where they were originally obtained by the channel SBS in 2006 in the wake of the Abu Ghraib scandal.
Pakistan "nerve center of al Qaeda's global operations": PetraeusMay 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON -Terming Pakistan as the "nerve center of al Qaeda's global operations", the US Central Command chief General David Petraeus has said that top commanders of the outfit are utilizing the terror safe havens situated in country's ungoverned tribal regions to plot terror strikes around the world. General Petraeus said that Al-Qaeda was also using the Pakistan based sanctuaries to channelize finance, recruit young men and pass orders to affiliates operating across the world.
Haqqani claims Petraeus refuted saying next two weeks critical for Pak govtMay 2nd, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan's Ambassador to US Husain Haqqani has said that US CENTCOM chief General David Petraeus did not made any comments suggesting that the next two weeks are critical for the Pakistan Government's survival. Haqqani said that after media splashed reports about General Petraeus' comments, he had talks with the CENTCOM chief who denied giving any such statement.
Next two weeks decisive for Pakistan's survival : PetraeusMay 1st, 2009 LONDON - US Central Command chief General David Petraeus has said that the next two weeks would be decisive to ascertain the stability of the Pakistan Government. According to Fox News, General Petraeus told US officials that Pakistan has run out of excuses, and are "finally getting serious" about the countering the existential threat that the Taliban and Al-Qaeda poses.
Focus on internal threat rather than India, US tells PakApril 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The United States has once again urged Pakistan to focus more on the Taliban threat that is challenging its very existence rather than its arch rival India. Addressing the House Appropriations Committee, CENTCOM chief General.
US CENTCOM chief warns of more attacks from LeTApril 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The commander of US forces in the Middle East has claimed that the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group is planning to carry out more attacks similar to one launched on Mumbai in November last year. The Daily Times quoted CENTCOM chief General David Petraeus as telling lawmakers here: "We should observe that the Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group that carried out the Mumbai attacks, we think they're trying to do more damage and they're trying to carry out additional attacks."
Warning of further attacks, General Petraeus said the US expected "that extremists that are trying to cause that kind of tension and also to take (Pakistan's) focus off of the internal extremist threat would indeed strive to do that."
He also said that Pakistan's leaders must recognise that internal extremists and groups such as the Taliban pose the most pressing threat to their country.
Terrorists pose an "ever more serious threat to Pak's existence": CENTCOM chiefApril 16th, 2009 LAHORE - US Central Command (CENTCOM) chief General David Petraeus, has said that the presence of extremists outfits such as Al Qaeda on Pakistan's soil pose 'an ever more serious threat to its very existence'. In an interview to the Philadelphia Inquirer, General Petraeus said the US policy's prime focus was on Afghanistan and Pakistan, because of the presence Al-Qaeda in the tribal regions of Pakistan.
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