The Expansion of hidden US War In Pakistan–Exposed

The “discovery” of a “Rogue” Death Squad run a Pentagon official who had millions of Dollars under his disposal may fool the simpletons, or those who wish to believe—but the story of the investigation cannot pull wool over the eyes of any serious analyst.

Michael D. Furlong, a defence department official, is now under investigation by the Pentagon. Photograph: US Air Force/AP

Didn’t we see a similar story about Dick Cheney last year and other similar stories?

• http://www.zimbio.com/Pakistan/articles/k_Qj5NOgqEb/recent+revelations+CIA+point+Benazir+murder
• …and we are supposed to believe the CIA now?
• http://rupeenews.com/2009/03/31/and-we-are-supposed-to-believe-the-cia-now/
• General McChrystal’s Command (JSOC) runs Blackwater/Xe etc. Murder & bombing in Pakistan– Jeremy Scahill reports
• Russian TV reports Blackwater death sqauds in Islamabad
• The murders JSOC commits

The news blared across the major newspaper. “The Pentagon is investigating an official who is alleged to have set up a private network of spies and informants to track and kill Taliban militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan.”

The investigation, first reported in the New York Times, was supposedly  aimed at gleaning information about the region to aid the US Army’s assault.

The culprit: A Pentagon official, Michael Furlong

Furlong had up the network to develop intelligence to be used by military units to track and target insurgents. According to the story n the UKs Guardian, the story is being investigated, and no one knew about it.

Sure!

Military officials told the New York Times that Furlong, a former air force officer, claimed his network of informants had gathered information which the military used to kill suspected militants who were transporting rockets over the border.

An associate of Furlong’s said he had boasted of having a team of “Jason Bournes” at his disposal, referring to the fictional American assassin in Robert Ludlum’s novels, who was played by Matt Damon in a series of Hollywood films.

Furlong is also said to have boasted over the summer that he was working to free a US soldier being held captive by the Taliban and that contractors working for him had been hired to try to free David Rohde, a New York Times reporter kidnapped by Taliban militants.

The soldier remains in captivity; Rohde escaped on his own. Guardian

There are persistent reports in the Pakistani, US and world media about the Blackwater/Xe death squads roaming the streets of Peshawar and Islamabad. There are reports by “The Nation” in the US media. The Bill Maher show had several guests and the author of the book on Blackwater/Xe who discussed Blackwater/Xe activities in various countries of the world. This excerpt from Russian TV also exposes the Blackwater/Xe death squads in Islamabad which are seeking targeting assassinations in the country. It is to be mentioned that this was the expertise of General McChrystal. In fact Admiral Mullen brought him to Afghanistan because of his special talents. Various defense analysts in Pakistan are also naming Xe/Blackwater as a death squad which is looking for Abdul Qadeer Khan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTSIXBFLf44

A US defence official speaking on condition of anonymity said that by late Monday morning the Pentagon had yet to locate military officials who had received intelligence data from Furlong.

The Pentagon acknowledged contracting with an agency the New York Times linked to Furlong but an official said the firm, International Media Ventures, was engaged in media analysis and not covert intelligence operations. The firm is managed by former US army commandos.

The $22m (£14.6m) contract began as an effort to gather political and cultural information on tribal Afghanistan, part of the US government’s acknowledged need for deeper understanding of the socio-political context of the military campaign. Guardian

• Ambassador Husain Haqqani’s latest games protecting Blackwater mercenaries
• Pakistani media exposes–hounds Xe Worldwide (Blackwater) spies

In 2008 Furlong helped to hire a former CNN news person and an author with extensive experience in war zones to set up a website called AfPax, described as a news gathering operation that would feed news, images and video clips to military personnel in Afghanistan.

Furlong appeared then to have diverted money from that effort, with $15m remaining unaccounted for, the New York Times reported.

In January, General Michael Flynn, a top US intelligence officer in Afghanistan, reported publicly that the US needs to devote more intelligence resources to learning about the political and cultural context surrounding the effort to topple the Taliban and stabilise the Kabul government. Guardian

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The Guardian story seems to shed light on something new. However JSOC activities in Iraq and Pakistan do not leave much to the imagination.