War on terror: Pak army offered 13,000 lives

Pak army has conducted over 850 operations in war on terror in the last 3 years in tribal areas.
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According to sources, a time-frame of three years was set for the operation against extremists in tribal areas that started in 2009. The Pak army has conducted 241 operations of brigade and above level while 650 operations were carried out at battalion level.
However, army equivalent to 4 divisions was functional during Swat operation.
The sources reveal that three of the ISI regional headquarters were targeted by suicide bombers out of five during 2009-2012. Uptill now, 250 officers of intelligence agencies have been martyred in the war on terror.
Further details reveal that the families of army personnel deployed in operational areas also receive death threats.
According to sources, 40 percent of the Pakistan army comprising 230,000 personnel is being deployed in the eastern and western borders carrying out peace mission of United Nations.

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Iran Warships Dock at Syrian Port as Warning to U.S

Iranian MP Hossein Ebrahimi, one of the top ranking members of the nation’s National Security and Foreign Affairs Commission, today slammed calls by top US officials to begin smuggling arms into Syria.

“The presence of Iran and Russia’s flotillas along the Syrian coasts has a clear message against the United States’ possible adventurism,” Ebrahimi warned. US military commander Gen. Martin Dempsey has said any efforts to arm the rebels would be “premature.”

The US is far from the only nation liable to smuggle weapons into Syria, however, and the Arab League has already passed a resolution approving efforts to provide such aid to the various fighters seen as favorable to its faction. In addition, Turkey is openly backing the Free Syrian Army (FSA), while al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) is sending arms and fighters into the nation across the porous Iraqi border.
Iranian officials explained the arrival of two Iranian warships at Tartus, the same port that already houses Russian warships, as a sign that both nations are willing to make an effort to prevent arms smuggling. It is unlikely the ships will have much practical impact, however, as Syria has enormous land borders that are difficult to guard and would be more favorable for such smuggling.

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