<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6c12be73-a6f9-419e-b850-156eb2308a9e/A6BD12CC-E1C7-45C3-A81E-12F6F1EBE3E8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2009/09/no_us_strikes_in_baluchistan_g.php" href="http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2009/09/no_us_strikes_in_baluchistan_g.php" style="font-size: 11px;">www.longwarjournal.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2009/09/no_us_strikes_in_baluchistan_g.php"><P>General Ashfaq Kiyani, Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, has weighed in on the debate over the potential for the US air campaign against the Taliban and al Qaeda to expand into Baluchistan province, <A href="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\30\story_30-9-2009_pg1_6" mlb_binding_key="92">according to the <EM>Daily Times<SPAN mlb_idspanflag="true" idspanfor="LINK" mlb_binding_key="92">18</SPAN></EM></A>. During a meeting of the Tripartite Commission, Kiyani reportedly warned the US against conducting strikes in the province.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2009/09/no_us_strikes_in_baluchistan_g.php"><P>Last week, US military and intelligence officials told me that an expansion of the US air campaign into Baluchistan <A href="http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/09/reliance_of_countert.php" mlb_binding_key="93">would likely lead to an internal revolt<SPAN mlb_idspanflag="true" idspanfor="LINK" mlb_binding_key="93">19</SPAN></A> in the Pakistani military. General Kiyani knows the impact a wide-reaching US air campaign would have on his military.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2009/09/no_us_strikes_in_baluchistan_g.php">Kiyani's statements come as Anne Patterson, the US Ambassador to Pakistan, said that the Quetta Shura, the Afghan Taliban command led by Mullah Omar, has risen to the top of the US target list. But Pakistan has refused to operate against the Quetta Shura as it is hedging its bets that the Taliban will return to power in Afghanistan. </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A6BD12CC-E1C7-45C3-A81E-12F6F1EBE3E8/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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