Note to readers: I am the one who wrote that open letter to talibs. I wish i was important enough to have been wooed by the agencies but that is just a wish …

We do not have the tech.

How difficult is that?? even a layman with a common gps reciever in his mobile phone can triangulate his positon…that position is determined on the basis of data from satelllites, so why is the location of Mehsud so secret? so Undiscoverable?? same with OBL, they cannot find him he is always on the move, he is a specter what a load of bull shit. They can pick up 600 people from Pakistan on the basis of “credible intelligence” but they cannot track satellite phone calls? To top it off… in Mehsuds this last outing the “data” was provided to them yet no predator drones swooped in to take him to hell. No those are kept in top condition to bomb wedding parties in wazirastan?

I think all of us including the entire population of the western world are being taken for a big giant ride in the park as they put it. I think OBL died a few years ago due to kidney problems, i think if the war stops no one will buy any more daisy cutters so the threats have to remain…they have to be a constant fear so that corporations can rape profit from the plunders of war.

the reason is that a reporter from a local channel was recently abducted by security forces after he met with an underground Baloch leader. i must remind you that the Baloch insurgency, which is not allowed any media coverage, is not really as high intensity, and doesn’t pose anywhere near the level of collateral damage the fata/taliban one does.

contrast that fact with the reality that any ‘do korree’ journalist can get an interview lined up with the likes of Mangal Bagh and Maulvi Omer within an hour’s notice, and actually be escorted by the militants’ ‘protocol’ en route to their ‘hideouts.’

dozens of people have got such interviews now without having the agencies pick them up. so the question is, why is one insurgency allowed the media fanfare, while another is swept under the rug.

clearly because the baloch insurgency is the work of others, and the fata insurgency is the work of the agencies themselves. i know that is a huge claim to make, but in the ruthless world of intelligence agencies, the losses of innocent lives are often used as leverage to get certain agendas pushed along.

the more dangerous the taliban get, the more scared the populace becomes, and the more willing it gets to temper down its demands (such as a free judiciary) in return for increased security. again, this is highly speculative, so you are free to ignore it.

but the fact is that the agencies are giving a free hand (in terms of media access) to one group, and not to another.

PS I also must admit that Mangal Bagh and Baitullah Mehsud are two very different entities, and the former is more likely to be on the agencies’ payroll rather than the latter. but regardless, i wanted to make the point to highlight the cynicism and cold blooded nature of this issue.