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At the height of Afghan operation, he was giving strategic and operational direction to 300 unit commanders, 150000 full time and 500000 part time fighters. He coordinated the efforts of ten countries and oversaw an annual budget of more than US $ 2 billion. In other words, Vickers was the...

Chasing Vickers Chasing Vickers is easier said than done. Michael Vickers is the assistant secretary of defence responsible for special operations and low intensity warfare. A former Green Beret, he was confirmed as assistant secretary for defence on 23 July 2007. Vickers was the...

Look for patterns It was even more confusing. “Sorry, but we cannot make head or tail of all this,” we said. “Look for patterns,” said Sasha like a teacher whose patience was wearing thin. ”The pattern here is,” explained Sasha, “that CIA...

Misha started speaking when Sasha broke the conversation. “We are not saying that LeT did or did not engineer the suicide bombing in the BB procession on 18 Oct. “What we are underlining is that a dead BB would be very useful for the region-wide American objectives, and the...

First, let’s clarify the question of funding by Americans. Financing, arming and training of enemy elements is nothing new in the American policy. The whole Russo-Afghan was fought on funding and training the kind of people who would never be welcome in Washington. However, their being...

Complicating the picture “It is a rather confusing picture you are painting. First we find that Americans are funding a splinter group of LeT, then you predict that the money given to that jihadi outfit will lead to ‘explosions’ and now you are saying that BB was chosen as...

OK, let’s a bit of picture for you,” said Sasha. He started, “BB has hired the lobbying firm BKSH & Associates in a six-month contract for US $ 250000. It is the same firm that is working for Hillary Clinton. “Burson-Marsteller is the parent company of BKSH and...

Was there any connection between the suicide attack on BB’s convoy and the American funding of a jihadi outfit? Instead of jumping to conclusions, we went back to Sasha and Misha. Look at the whole picture “Look at the whole picture. Never get distracted; look at the whole...

Money Explodes “It cannot be an isolated phenomenon. There must be something before and after it. Look for patterns, always look for patterns,” said Sasha. Misha said, “This money will explode. It will explode in many places.” It was early September 2007, and...

The jihadi went to Karachi and met a colleague in Shah Faisal Colony and apparently gave him some of the cash he received from the American in Quetta. This assumption is based on the fact that the jihadi’s colleague in Shah Faisal Colony purchased a flashy SUV a few days later. We...

According to our source, the representative of the jihadi outfit was a burly man in mid thirties with medium-length, thick beard. In Sadabahar, where the compound walls are typically high, he met an American who was dressed like a Pushtun. The meeting lasted more than three hours and the jihadi...

Yankee-Jihadi Marriage We turned our attention back to Balochistan and patched into the local grapevine. Misha’s phrase ‘Yankee-Jihadi Marriage’ was the key we were trying on every lock. Something seemed to click after a while. There was buzz that a...

The trouble with Misha is that he speaks Cryptese. With his inherent fondness for crosswords, anagrams and puzzles, Misha is almost always difficult to decipher. ”Unorthodox what,” we asked in exasperation. ”Such as Yankee-Jihadi marriage,” said Misha with a...

”There can be many reasons for increased espionage. It usually indicates some major shift in policy or preparation for a big operation. Looking at other developments, I would say that it is the both. The Americans are going for a major shift in their policy toward Pakistan and they may...