US moves USS Enterprise into Pakistani water near Balochistan

[Shah-i-Kot]

US moves USS Enterprise into Pakistani water near Balochistan


Posted by Usman 14 June, 2012


Karachi: After failing to strike a deal on Nato supply with Pakistan, violating international laws the US has moved its USS Enterprise, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, into Pakistani territorial waters near Gawadar city of Balochistan province.
“After the deployment of the aircraft in Pakistani sea the country’s security agencies are now investing into the matter. The movement apparently shows the increasing interest of the US in Balochistan province of Pakistan,” sources said.
“The US has moved its biggest aircraft carrier 65 to 70 nautical miles away from Gawadar in the second week of June,” a well informed source told The News Tribe correspondent.
The USS Enterprise, which holds a crew of over 4,000, had taken part in several wars.

http://www.columnpk.com/us-moves-uss-enterprise-into-pakistani-water-near-balochistan/

[Shah-i-Kot]

Reports claim American supership USS Enterprise is in Pak territorial waters

• June 14, 2012
• By Shafqat Ali
• DC
• Islamabad

US moves its nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise, into Pakistani territorial waters near Gwadar, media reports said.
"The US has moved its biggest aircraft carrier 65 to 70 nautical miles away from Gwadar in the second week of June", a Pakistani television channel reported.
The USS Enterprise, which holds a crew of over 4,000, had taken part in several wars.
The move comes as relations between Pakistan and the US have touched new lows. Pakistan has refused to reopen Nato supply through infuriating the US.
The Pak-US relations have never recovered to normal since the killing of Al-Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad in May last year. The killing of 26 Pakistani soldiers by the Nato forces in November further dented the ties.
"After the deployment of the aircraft in Pakistani sea the country’s security agencies are now investigating into the matter. The movement apparently shows the increasing interest of the US in Balochistan province of Pakistan", another channel reported.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Times reported that the Pentagon plans to soon deploy a new generation of drones the size of model planes, packing tiny explosive warheads that can be delivered with pinpoint accuracy.
The move to introduce new small drones seeks to minimize civilian casualties and collateral damage, the report said.
Errant drone strikes have been blamed for killing and injuring scores of civilians throughout Pakistan and Afghanistan, giving the US government a black eye as it targets elusive terrorist groups, the newspaper said.
The Predator and Reaper drones deployed in these regions typically carry 100-pound laser-guided Hellfire missiles or 500-pound GPS-guided smart bombs that can reduce buildings to smouldering rubble.
The new Switchblade drone, by comparison, weighs less than 6 pounds and can take out a sniper on a rooftop without blasting the building to bits. It also enables soldiers in the field to identify and destroy targets much more quickly by eliminating the need to call in a strike from large drones that may be hundreds of miles away.
"This is a precision strike weapon that causes as minimal collateral damage as possible", said William I. Nichols, who led the Army’s testing effort of the Switchblades at Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville, Ala.
The Obama administration, notably the CIA, has long been lambasted by critics for its use of combat drones and carelessly killing civilians in targeted strikes in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen and Somalia.
In Islamabad, on Thursday, Foreign Office spokesman Muazzam Khan said that efforts were underway to mend the strained relationship between Pakistan and the US.
Speaking to reporters at a weekly news briefing, Mr Khan said that the decision to restore the Nato supply route would be made by the political leadership.
The FO spokesman dispelled the impression that Pakistan was raising the tariff on the supply route adding that there were several other issues involved.
"Pakistan will not allow its territory to be used as terrorist safe havens", he added.

[Khostai]

Hmm what could happen now???

[KhyberKhan]

Breaking News: Rawalpindi bombed to sh!t

Further Breaking News: Eye witness reports confirm the bombing has caused £100million worth of IMPROVEMENTS!

[Shah-i-Kot]

Further Breaking News: Eye witness reports confirm the bombing has caused £100million worth of IMPROVEMENTS!

I dont get it?

[KhyberKhan]

I dont get it?

bombings usually cause devastation rather than improvements, doh.

[Shah-i-Kot]

bombings usually cause devastation rather than improvements, doh.

Ok I get it now

[Shah-i-Kot]

Thoughts on this?

Why is NATO indirectly giving Pakistan credit for NATO's failure in Afghanistan? Pakistan supply routes to NATO made the NATO war possible in the first place.

[Shamlawar Khurasani]

Thoughts on this?

Why is NATO indirectly giving Pakistan credit for NATO's failure in Afghanistan? Pakistan supply routes to NATO made the NATO war possible in the first place.

Remember back in school, where there was this very annoying bully who use to roam down the hall ways with his goons? Whenever he would get caught for bullying, harassing or stealing other kids lunch, he would quickly deny it and blame one of his stupid goons. America is the bully and Pakistan is that stupid goon.

[Talal]

so far there is no credible agency reporting this

[Shah-i-Kot]

Remember back in school, where there was this very annoying bully who use to roam down the hall ways with his goons? Whenever he would get caught for bullying, harassing or stealing other kids lunch, he would quickly deny it and blame one of his stupid goons. America is the bully and Pakistan is that stupid goon.

Thats actually an accurate analogy of the whole matter.

[Shah-i-Kot]

so far there is no credible agency reporting this

I think Pakistan is too embarrassed to confirm it. It has been reported by a news channel/news source.

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/world/asia/reports-claim-american-supership-uss-enterprise-pak-territorial-waters-664

A US or other Western aircraft carrier would never enter Iranian territorial waters (giving an example of a regional country for perspective) or say North Korean territorial waters.

The reason the US can do this to Pakistan is because still on the surface Pakistan has not responded to past incidences.

Pakistan has supported drone attacks, so thats another matter. When a nations allows drone attacks, gives supply routes, and conducts war at the behest of the West, then being pressured like this for more concessions should not be suprising.

Since there was no immediate Pakistan response to the Salala attack, US feels more comfortable in doing things like this- having their warships enter Pakistan territorial waters.

Also, I think US media may not be allowed to report on this until a day or two has passed.

This is another pressure tactic for the supply routes which will not work.

At the end, all this war posturing will amount to nothing. It is simply a sign of frustration at a NATO war that has passed the stage of failure.

[Talal]

yes I'm quite familiar with the two that did report it deccanchronicle and newstribe which is why i said no credible agency has reported it

[faye]

Remember back in school, where there was this very annoying bully who use to roam down the hall ways with his goons? Whenever he would get caught for bullying, harassing or stealing other kids lunch, he would quickly deny it and blame ...

his victims.
oh, you mean like shadowman?

[haviZsultan]

These reports have been coming for a while. Perhaps it shows US interest in Balochistan.