Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Our Traitor in AfPak

Background: On January 27, Raymond Davis, a U.S. "diplomat" (read: CIA/whatnot operative), kills two Pakistani ISI agents said to be attacking him. He is arrested by Pakistani authorities, leading to an impasse between the U.S. and Pakistan. The latter refuses to acknowledge his diplomatic immunity, and demand that he face trial.

DAWN (March 8): US envoy insists on immediate release of Davis

"The United States made it clear to Pakistani authorities in talks here on Monday that it wanted immediate release of jailed CIA operative Raymond Davis and that there would be no business as usual until the matter was resolved...

"I think, I’m confident that we can resolve this (Davis) problem and once we do we can get back to business … we can build the relationship between the United States and Pakistan,” US Special Representative Marc Grossman said at a meeting with a group of journalists."

The next day, the "Taliban" targets an ISI building...

At least 25 killed in car bomb attack in Faisalabad

Early on in the story we learn that, "According to a Western agency report, the Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack."

Not until the final two sentences does Taliban spokesman Ahsanullah Ahsan step forward to claim responsibility.

Those familiar with the Sibel Edmonds saga will immediately recognize the infamy of the name "Marc Grossman" - after an indictment for treason and of course a fair trial and sentence, it is likely that this man would be executed...

An unnamed high-ranking State Department official helps a nuclear smuggling ring connected to Pakistani nuclear scientist A. Q. Khan and Pakistan’s ISI to plant “moles” in US military and academic institutions that handle nuclear technology, according to FBI translator Sibel Edmonds. The State Department official apparently arranges security clearance for some of the moles, enabling them to work in sensitive nuclear research facilities, including the Los Alamos nuclear laboratory in New Mexico, which is responsible for the security of the US nuclear deterrent. The high-ranking State Department official who is not named by Britain’s Sunday Times is said to be Marc Grossman…

Fore her part, Sibel Edmonds has this to say:

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