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Xeric , do deny the following?
1- At army check posts in FATA, there are no stop or halt signs,
A professional Army that has been operating in the area since a decade would know how to establish a simple CP, and wouldnt erect barriers nor would it place any kind of warnings, right? Is that what you wanted you say? If yes, then i really feel sorry for you as you know nothing of the military operations nor are you aware of any of happenongs in the area.
people are themselves supposed to know where to stop their vehicles, at a distance well clear of the post. Those who unwittingly makes the slightest mistake, bullets are sprayed on them..lot of unpleasants accidents have occured, in many instances families got killed when they didnt stop at the specific distance.
Funny, right?
You should feel ashamed before making such an absurd claim. You speak as if it's a child's play while fighting an insurgency and collateral damage is widely accepted. The Army couldnt have survived a month if God forbid there had been any such incident.
Moreover the driver has to raise his hand in air as in surrender while walking towards check post, a security measure, but awkward and insulting for a tribal in his own area.
There is nothing insulting in this, what would you do if challenged by someone holding a gun for a bonafide purpose sanction specifically by the govt that legislate you?
Apart from this, we take utmost care in this regard, i have served in Balochistan during the peak period when Bugti was killed, and i exactly know how difficult it had been to check our Balochi brothers with turbans, but guess what, we checked them also, and they never complained, because there's a thing know as understanding and trust. Not that we would remove the turbans or something, but when things take p;ace with mutual understanding, issues are always resolved amicably.
2- You can not overtake a military vehicle in FATA and adjacent settled territories in south, fire would be opened on you if you try to overtake it. In the one of the incident in my area, a wedding coach tried to overtake a large and slow military truck, bullets were sprayed on coach killing 12 individuals including groom who was sitting in the front seat.
There are approx 3 Divisions in FATA, one Artillery unit alone has more than 112 vehicles, so 3-4 artillery units in each Divisional Artillery, plus the Infantry, Armour, Engineers, Signals, EME, Ordnance, S n T, Docs/Medical etc. The figure come down to a few thousand vehicals. Then there are over 80 K troops who require food, rations, supplies, ammo, clothing etc...i guess, atleast 20-25 convoys (of 15-30 vehicles each) would move atleast twice a day from their bases to froward areas. Now, at this rate, i think all of FATA and evey weddding there should have been 'sprayed with bullets' by now, no?
You are a douchebag!
3- Heavy use of artillary and mortars by army whenever their checkposts are attacked. Heavy collateral damage occurs from use of heavy weaponry by army, lot of civilian deaths and damage to properties.
Yep, we use artillery.
FYKI, no heavy arty is used, only medium and field caliber is being deployed there with mortars.
We also use tanks, and airforce. But then 'heavy collateral damage' dont occur because of 'heavy weapons', but because of their incorrect use, which we dont.
So educate yourself!
4- Army doesnt know how to interact with locals neither they are trained for it, searches and checking by army is stern and gruff...check posts at every second with army having this attitude, tribals feel as if they dont belong to pakistan. It should be done through FC and levies who belong to area and know how to interact with locals.
The Army has been there for more than a DECADE now. If that had been the case, by now people would have been so against the Army that there had been no Lashkars, IDPs would not have been looked after and they would have shown no respect for the 'outsiders' (Army) who have been residing among them since the past 10 years.
Dude, a biy who was 10 in 2002 is now an adult now, and with the kind of image you are portraying for the Army, things should have been different, instead, the rate of youth joining the Army from FATA have never been so high in the hisory of Pakistan!!
5- Heavy use of air strikes in FATA, cause heavy collateral damage. In addition to human losses , Air strikes by jet fighters destroy houses, shops, markets, crops etc. The fact that high level air force is used on them, makes tribals feel that they are treated as adversaries and their area as enemy territory.
Houses are destroying, shops are damaged etc etc, yes they are so that they cannot be used as hideouts and shelters by the militants. But the owners are paid compensations, i think you missed that too when you fled the area. PM me, i'll make sure you get your rightful share in shape of compensation.
i think it is this 'lack of compensation' that is bothering you and thus you hate speech, right?
6- Wherever operation has taken place in FATA, the area present the view of war zone. Houses, shops, madrassas and other buildings are demolished...these are poor people , they wont be able to re-construct it. No aid to assist them.
Like i said, they are compensated to the extent possible, or else what do you think those over a million IDPs would have done after they were reverted without compensation? Use you facking brain!
8- More than million IDPs in KPK...due to operation rahe e nijat in south and situation in north waziristan...they were asked by military to leave the area without provision of food and shelter. They are in very bad condition in camps. Those who returned to south waziristan , found their houses completely destroyed. They are living in conditions like refugees in their own waziristan...they are proud people, their dignity is badly injured.
The IDP operation was the biggest in the world to date, though it was not ideal and shortcomings were there, however no country has handled such an issue ever and as it was done by us. The entire Nation is witness to it!
i feel sorry for the IDPs and accept all the mistakes due to which they had to suffer, but at the same time, i can assure you that the actions by the military as regards to IDPs are being taken as standards by most countries.
9- When army caravan move on road, first road is cleared then there is automatic curfew , no announcement to locals. When you see approaching caravan from far distance, you have to halt at your location. Army shoots any moving human being at sight...lot of ugly incidents have occured in which many people including childern were shot because they were moving when army caravan was approaching.
You are a liar!
Normally RODs (Road Opening Days) are not held in major towns/cities which are still populated and thus it can be assumed that they are safer than the wilderness. However, RODs to take place in the far flung areas, routes are surely picquted and at times curfews imposed. But it is normally only for the duration for which the convoy is moving.
Moreover, when the civilians have already vacated the area, there exactly isnt any civilian who is affected by these measures, yep, militants do have a problem with this, i hope you are not one of them?
10- "Action in Aid of Civil Power Ordinance, 2011" is imposed on FATA for the purpose of giving a free hand to troops to conduct search-and-arrest operations without prior notice. The law even empowers them to execute any person without due legal process on the basis of mere suspicion that he or she may have, or might establish, links with militants...
This is the text of the "The Actions (in Aid of Civil Power) Regulation, 2011":
The Actions (in Aid of Civil Power) Regulation, 2011 | The Institute for Social Justice (ISJ)
Readers can go through it and decide for themselves.
