Thursday, December 29, 2011

Pakistani Death Squads Are Now Targeting CIA Drone Informants

Pakistani Death Squads Go After Informants To U.S. Drone Program -- L.A. Times

The militant group known as Khorasan Mujahedin terrorizes villages near the Afghan border. Tribal elders say most of those killed are innocent.

Reporting from Peshawar, Pakistan—The death squad shows up in uniform: black masks and tunics with the name of the group, Khorasan Mujahedin, scrawled across the back in Urdu.

Pulling up in caravans of Toyota Corolla hatchbacks, dozens of them seal off mud-hut villages near the Afghan border, and then scour markets and homes in search of tribesmen they suspect of helping to identify targets for the armed U.S. drones that routinely buzz overhead.

Once they've snatched their suspect, they don't speed off, villagers say. Instead, the caravan leaves slowly, a trademark gesture meant to convey that they expect no retaliation.

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My Comment: These thugs are operating with impunity .... makes you wonder who in the Pakistani security forces are protecting them.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

how are they thugs? Atleast they have the balls to take with their own hands; instead of sitting in a cold room like a nerd with a controller in your hand

Playing Flight Sim Craccer XX Drone Wars.

Not Saying They Right, But Black Folk Will get Protected first. If they afghani have em, cuz we'll have you ;)