Feb 22, 2012

This does not make sense.

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I am not saying its not true, but it doesn't make sense.

Granted the JEWSA likes to create Grand Coalitions going back to WWII, against potential adversary's, but.

The JEWSA has Afghanistan with its huge border with Iran, from where drones have been launched and sabotage missions.

The JEWSA has Turkmenistan, which is on very friendly terms with the JEWSA.

Israel has very good relationships with Azerbaijan, from where terrorists have infiltrated Tehran, with the knowledge of the government in Baku.

The JEWSA and Israel have Turkey, which has previously based Israeli jets in the country, and is a NATO member, and is very close to the JEWSA.

With all these on the ground capabilities, why would the JEWSA allegedly open up secret bases in Baluchistan now?

From a Pakistani perspective, such bases would obviously be a threat to the national security of the country given the trajectory of Pakistan/JEWSA relations in the short, medium long term.

No can do would be the best answer.

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US presses Pakistan to allow intelligence bases near Iran
Satellite photo of Iran-Pakistan border

An Indian newspaper says the United States is putting pressure on Pakistan to allow Washington to establish espionage bases in the country’s Balochistan province to gather intelligence on Iran.


According to a report published by The Times of India on Monday, the US Congress has been discussing a resolution to recognize the right of Baloch people to self-determination as a means of putting pressure on Islamabad to give in to the US demands.

The move elicited angry reactions from Pakistan’s top leaders including Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani who described it as an attack on the country's sovereignty.

Pakistan’s foreign minister, Hina Rabbani Khar, also said though the resolution was an isolated move by a few individuals, it "is contrary to the principles of the UN Charter and international law.”

“The outburst in America for Balochistan…is part of the move [by the US] to set up intelligence bases close to the Iranian border,” an unnamed Pakistani official was quoted by the paper as saying.

The official indicated that the Congressional hearing and resolution were nothing but "pressure tactics."

"They [Americans] want to use our soil against Iran, which we can never allow," he added.

Meanwhile, two officials from Pakistan’s security agencies and one from diplomatic circles confirmed to the daily that the American diplomats and military leaders had requested permission for their agents to operate near the Iranian border in Balochistan.

The revelation came a few days after the US House of Representatives blamed Pakistani security agencies for the abductions and extra-judicial killings in Balochistan.

This is not the first time that the United States has made efforts to spy on Iran.

On May 30, 2011, the members of a CIA espionage and sabotage network were arrested by the Iranian Intelligence Ministry.

On November 24, Iran announced the arrest of a dozen other CIA spies, who were found to have been on a mission to sabotage the country's nuclear facilities and other important compounds.

Another CIA espionage network with 12 members was busted in Iran and Lebanon in cooperation with the Lebanese resistance movement of Hezbollah.

On December 4, Iranian Army's electronic warfare unit downed a US RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft when flying over the northeastern Iran city of Kashmar, some 225 kilometers (140 miles) away from the Afghan border.

Two US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed that the drone had been part of a CIA reconnaissance mission, involving the United State's intelligence community stationed in Afghanistan.