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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Pakistani army defied WikiLeaks' Osama allegations

Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) Pakistani army Tuesday denied whistleblowing website WikiLeaks cable's allegation, suggesting Pakistan military and the main intelligence officials were aware of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's presence in Abbottabad city.

The US military killed bin Laden May 2, 2011, leaving the Pakistan government embarrassed over his presence in the country, Xinhua reported.

According to a WikiLeaks report, officials of the Pakistan army and spy agency Inter-State Services (ISI) knew about bin Laden's hideout in Abbottabad.

Pakistani army's spokesman Major General Athar Abbas denied the allegations about contacts between Pakistani intelligence officials and bin Laden.

Gen. Abbas rejected what he called the so called "leaks", saying that they were nothing but a pile of a baseless fabrication.

"These charges are not new. These leaks are actually old wine in new bottle", he said.

On Monday, WikiLeaks published over five million emails from US-based global security analysis firm Stratfor. The messages were reportedly stolen by hacker group Anonymous.

"Mid to senior level ISI and Pak military, with one retired Pak military General, had knowledge of the OBL (Osama bin laden) arrangements and safe house," Online news agency quoted Fred Burton, Stratfor vice-president for intelligence, as writing in an email.

The email was reportedly written May 13 to one of the company's regional directors for South Asia soon after the killing of the Al Qaeda chief.

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