Monday, December 8, 2008

Militants in Pakistan burned 160 U.S. military logistics vehicles







U.S. forces in Afghanistan and NATO forces based in Pakistan's two back-transfer station on the 7th was almost at the same time armed attack, at least 160 large trucks were destroyed. This is the U.S. military in Afghanistan logistical supply lines from the most painful loss. It is reported that the attack took place in the northwestern Pakistan city of Peshawar near the border with the freight yard.
As the U.S. military in Afghanistan most of the supplies to be transported by road, so this attack exposed the way the U.S. military logistics supply line (Kabalkin channel) of "weakness."
Therefore, the U.S. military in Central Asia to consider the adoption of transit logistics. Nevertheless, the U.S. military still claims that the attack in the fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan and the "base" organization, the remnants of "little impact."
Since 2001 the United States launched the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. military in Afghanistan and NATO forces need a large number of logistical supplies mainly depend on land for transport: volume accounted for more than 75% of all types of materials must arrive by sea in the southern Pakistani port of Karachi , And then was loaded without any identification of the ordinary container, by truck through burr Pass into Afghanistan.
From the beginning of next year, the U.S. military to send more troops to Afghanistan to about 20,000. Most of them deployed to Afghanistan, the U.S. military will be deployed in the vicinity of the capital, Kabul. This will be in 2001 since the outbreak of the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. military for the first time the main force in the southern suburbs of Kabul security. The so-called "military force did not move the existing food", it appears that all parties are aware that the U.S. military logistics supply line of an important role.
January next year, the first U.S. troops arrived in Afghanistan for the 10th Mountain Division under the Third Brigade of the 3500-4000 officers and soldiers, including four infantry brigades, one aviation brigade, detection and logistics troops, as well as in charge of training the Afghan army and police training Mission officers and soldiers. U.S. troops currently stationed in Afghanistan has 32,000 troops, from other local allies of the 30,000 U.S. military personnel, military strength is obviously inadequate.
According to the person in charge at the transfer station, about 300 militants with rocket launchers pre-dawn explosion in the warehouse door, first killed a guard on duty, and then began to set fire to cars. Very soon where 106 died in the sea of fire vehicles, including 70 U.S. troops in Afghanistan is about to use the Hummer jeep. At the same reinforcement of the police after a brief exchange of fire, the militants quitting en masse, the whereabouts are unknown.
Of these, the main U.S. military in Afghanistan near the Pakistan border in southeastern region. Although Afghanistan is not a large area of territory, can only rely on these foreign officers and soldiers can not ensure the long-term stability throughout Afghanistan, an urgent need to deploy a large number of local reinforcements. U.S. forces will focus on the fight against the Taliban in Wardak and gar Luo stronghold, and local reconstruction work.
AP reporters Shi Houzai and Xian Chang that was a heavy U.S. military back-up storage market has become almost in ruins, the wreckage of the car everywhere and people were burned container. It is said that the police attacks in more than 40 minutes later arrived at the scene. Statistics show that the above-mentioned attacks by the transfer of 600 vehicles per month to send supplies to Afghanistan, a very important status.
On the same day, Peshawar near the transfer station has been cut off by another surprise attack, killing more than 60 trucks were burned. Last week, militants have burned down 12 U.S. military back-up truck. In November, militants hijacked and even a Hummer and drive it around to catch the wind. Due to a large number of trucks transporting goods and materials were not equipped with adequate security measures, a lot of material falling into the hands of militants.
The day before, Peshawar car bomb explosion, killing at least 29 people were killed and more than 100 wounded. The attack is a local Shiite mosque and the hotel. After the Mumbai attacks, Pakistan and India tension between the United States worry that Pakistan is now in full preparedness India retaliation, the U.S. military may not be able to fully guarantee the security of logistical supply line.
Afghanistan is a landlocked country behind blocking almost Yizhenyixian not even have to rely on transport coming in from the outside. And the Taliban "base" organization is aware that the fight against this back-up supply can cause big trouble opponents. Early in July this year, there were 3 military transport helicopter missing, despite repeated search is still no trace of the incident so that NATO forces are very shocked.
The U.S. military believes that Pakistan and Afghanistan border vertical and horizontal mountain terrain is very complicated terrain, where the Taliban and has been the "base" of the main members of the "distribution center." However, due to the U.S. ban on the Palestinian side to carry out immigration "cleaning up" the United States can not send troops to escort convoys of logistics, in most cases can only be taken by way of missile attacks against various types of suspicious goals.
So far this year, all the more critical the situation in Afghanistan, the Taliban continue to expand its influence, largely to regain control of the southern city of Kandahar, and continue to send militants "Northern Expedition", in Kabul a few dozen kilometers away from the local base set up. Sometimes, even members of the Taliban cut off from Kabul to the southern part of Afghanistan's road traffic and to snatch a large number of military supplies.
This year the Taliban through the opium trade profit of about 500,000,000 U.S. dollars. This is so worried that the U.S. military, the majority of the members of the Taliban will not travel to Pakistan this winter, "cold", but left with the U.S. military to fight guerrilla warfare. If the Taliban come back, then the U.S. military since the beginning of the end of 2001 the local anti-terrorist war will be forced to "rework." Therefore the U.S. must first ensure the security of the Afghan capital.
The recent attacks in Mumbai and the supply line aware of the crisis in the United States, including Afghanistan in South Asia's tremendous potential terrorist attacks, "the energy." As the planning of this attack is likely to be militants of the Taliban or "base" of the organization and training assistance, the United States will not sit idly by, or is likely to be a threat to its own interests




驻阿富汗美军和北约部队设在巴基斯坦境内的两个后勤转运站7日几乎同时遭武装分子偷袭,至少有160辆大货车被炸毁。这是驻阿美军后勤补给线遭受的最惨痛损失。据悉,本次袭击发生在巴基斯坦西北部边境城市白沙瓦附近的货场内。
由于驻阿美军的大多数给养要通过陆路运送,因此本次袭击事件暴露了美军路上后勤补给线(卡巴尔通道)的“软肋”。
美军因此考虑通过中亚地区转运后勤物资的可能性。尽管如此,美军仍然宣称,本次袭击对打击阿富汗塔利班和“基地”组织余党的工作“影响不大”。
自从2001年美国发动了阿富汗战争后,驻阿美军及北约部队所需要的大量后勤物资主要依靠陆路进行运输:占总量75%以上的各类物资首先要通过海运抵达巴基斯坦南部港口卡拉齐,然后就被装没有任何标识的普通集装箱内,由大卡车经伯尔山口送入阿富汗境内。
从明年开始,美军将向阿富汗增兵两万左右。其中绝大多数增派到阿富汗的美军将被部署在首都喀布尔附近。这将是自从2001年阿富汗战争爆发后,美军主力部队首次在喀布尔南郊设防。所谓“兵马未动粮草现行”,看来各方都意识到了美军后勤补给线的重要作用。
明年一月,首批抵达阿富汗的美军为第十山地师下属第三旅的3500到4000名官兵,包括四个步兵旅,一个航空旅,侦查和后勤部队,以及负责训练阿富汗军警的教导团官兵。美军目前在阿富汗驻有3.2万人马,当地还有来自其他美国盟友的3万军人,兵力明显不足。
据转运站负责人介绍,大约300名武装分子在黎明前用火箭筒炸开仓库大门,先打死一名值班警卫,然后就开始放火烧车。很快就有106辆汽车葬身火海,其中包括70辆即将送给驻阿富汗美军使用的悍马吉普。在同增援的警方短暂交火后,武装分子一哄而散,下落不明。
其中,美军主要在靠近巴基斯坦边界的阿富汗东南部地区活动。虽然阿富汗领土面积不算很大,可仅仅依靠这些外国官兵根本无法确保阿富汗各处的长治久安,急需向当地增派大量援军。美军将重点打击塔利班在瓦达克和洛噶尔的据点,并在当地开展重建工作。
美联社记者事后在现场看到,原本一片繁忙的美军后勤储物场几乎变成了一片废墟,到处都是汽车的残骸和被人纵火烧毁的集装箱。据称,警察在袭击发生40多分钟后才赶到现场。统计数字显示,上述遭袭击的转运站每月要发送600车次物资给阿富汗,地位相当重要。
当天,白沙瓦附近的另一家转运站也遭偷袭,造成60多辆货车被烧毁。上周,武装分子也曾烧毁12辆美军后勤卡车。11月,武装分子甚至劫持了一辆悍马,并开着它耀武扬威地兜风。由于大量运送物资的卡车没有配备足够的安全保卫措施,不少物资落入武装分子手中。
此前一天,白沙瓦发生汽车炸弹爆炸事故,造成至少29人丧生和100多人受伤。遭受袭击的是当地什叶派清真寺和饭店。孟买袭击案发生后,巴基斯坦和印度之间局势紧张,美国担心,巴方正在全面防备印度的报复行动,可能无力全面保障美军后勤补给线的安全。
阿富汗是个闭塞落后的内陆国家,几乎连一针一线都要靠从外边运进来。塔利班和“基地”组织意识到,打击这条后勤补给能给对手造成大麻烦。今年7月初,曾有3架军用直升机在运输中不翼而飞,虽经反复搜索仍踪迹全无,这一事件令北约各国联军感到甚为震惊。
美军认为,巴基斯坦和阿富汗交界地带山岭纵横,地形地势都相当复杂,这里一直是塔利班和“基地”组织成员的主要“集散地”。不过,由于巴方禁止美军入境开展“清剿活动”,美国不能出兵护送后勤车队,多数情况下只能采取导弹袭击的方式来打击各类可疑目标。
今年以来,阿富汗形势越发严峻,塔利班武装不断扩大影响,基本上重新掌握了南部重镇坎大哈,并不断派出武装分子“北伐”,在距离喀布尔几十公里的地方设置了据点。有时候,塔利班成员甚至能切断从喀布尔到阿富汗南部地区的道路交通,并抢夺到大量军用物资。
今年塔利班通过鸦片贸易获利5亿美元左右。这让美军担心,多数塔利班成员不会在这个冬天前往巴基斯坦“避寒”,而是留下同美军打游击战。如果塔利班卷土重来,那么美军自2001年底在当地开始的反恐怖战争将被迫“返工”。因此美军必须首先确保阿富汗首都的安全。
最近发生的孟买袭击事件和补给线危机让美国意识到,包括阿富汗在内的中南亚地区潜伏着巨大的恐怖袭击“能量”。由于策划本次袭击的武装分子很可能得到了塔利班或者“基地”组织的援助和培训,因此,美国绝对不会坐视不管,否则很可能要威胁自身利益

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