Paki civilians understand the INFO WAR

Paki civilians understand the INFO WAR

By Gerald; Internet Anthropologist Think Tank

06.08.09

While the USA Military nor the Paki Gov.

grasp the application of the Info WAR

and its importance in winning against the

terrorist, Mr. Muse has GOT IT.

From a Paki forum:

Friends. I would request your attention to MastanKhan's post - INFORMATION OPERATIONS, is one way to look at it, Mastan has it exactly right - we will win or lose in the media, rather we will LOSE if we do not do a better job with the media.

I do not want to suggest the Pak govt. can do this job, they are a miserable lot, it is up to the FAUJ, it will for the near and middle future continue to be the responsibility of the FAUJ -- and in this regard, FAUJ should have ensured that media get some familiarization with Counter insurgency ideas.

We are continually being fed the notion that our citizenry is "naturally" attracted to the Talib and Al- Qaida, I would suggest to you, that this is simply not the case - You can examine for yourself, are Talib not being huge salary, at least by standards of the FAUJ and Police? Why if Pakistanis are "naturally" attracted to the Talib or Al-Qaida would this be necessary?

Friends, reality is that Pakistan has come to be seen as a weakling without a will to survive, not just by our enemies but by our friends as well - media can help change this, but it cannot create this success without the FAUJ and Police actually being successful.

For your part, every letter to the editor, every opportunity to make public your discontent with the negative role of the media should be taken, you must be active about this - write letters to the editor in a calm tone, please do not inject wild emotion in these letters, please write to the Managers of TV stations, to the producers of the shows which feature "talking heads" glorifying the Talib and attacking the FAUJ, you may imagine that there must be thousands of such letters, you would be wrong, apathy and complacency, someone else will do it, are the kinds of attitudes that our enemies are counting on; our enemies want to break our will, with a bombing here and a bombing there, they hope to break us and if we allow them to succeed, then perhaps we do not deserve Pakistan, don't allow them to defeat us

Sorry if I came across as preachy, but it is my strong conviction and I am sure yours as well, that we can and must do more than be passers by, more than voyeurs, this is about us and the kind of Pakistan we are determined will be created, Talib or no Talib, Al Qaida or no Al Qaida. 

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KARACHI: The Criminal Investigation Department arrested a close aide of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud and recovered 10 suicide jackets and other weapons from his possession here on Sunday. 

Addressing a press conference, Additional Inspector General of Police Syed Jawed Ali Shah Bukhari said they had received a tip-off about the presence of some Mehsud aides in Lyari Town, where they were planning to carry out terrorist activities in the city.

Subsequently, he said, a raid was carried out during which Mohammed Naeem Rehmani, son of Qadir Bukhsh Rehmani, was arrested. However, his accomplices fled under the cover of fire. During the search of his house, the police recovered 10 suicide jackets, 10 hand grenades, two Kalashnikovs, six detonators besides 200 bullets.

Naeem has reportedly told the investigators that he was trained in Waziristan by Mehsudís commanders and was sent to Karachi to recruit youngsters for suicide attacks. He told the police that they used to recruit youths from Madrassas, who were then sent to Qari Hussain Mehsud in Waziristan for receiving the training for suicide bombing.

Naeem and his accomplices were planning to attack Army installations, government offices, CID personnel and other important personalities. It is pertinent to mention that Naeem Rehmani was arrested in 2003 from Karachi and was imprisoned for three years.

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GERALD

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