CIA's operations against Al-Qaeda in Pak 'very successful', says Panetta.Byline: ANI Washington Washington, town, England Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area. , Sep.20 (ANI): Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA CIA: see Central Intelligence Agency. (1) (Confidentiality Integrity Authentication) The three important concerns with regards to information security. Encryption is used to provide confidentiality (privacy, secrecy). ) Director Leon Leon Medieval kingdom, northwestern Spain. Leon proper included the cities of León, Salamanca, and Zamora—the adjacent areas of Vallodolid and Palencia being disputed with Castile, originally its eastern frontier. Panetta has said that the agency's operation against Al-Qaeda al-Qae·da or al-Qai·da n. An international organization of loosely affiliated cells that carry out attacks and bombings in the attempt to disrupt the economies and influence of Western nations and advance Islamic fundamentalism. and other extremist groups in Pakistan has been 'very successful'. Panetta said the CIA was establishing more bases in Afghanistan as the Taliban and Al-Qaeda were constantly expanding their network, and added that the influence of these outfits was also on the rise. "We are increasing our presence because the Taliban's capabilities in Afghanistan have improved a great deal. The result is that both our military and civilian operations demand better intelligence," Panetta said. He said the CIA is preparing itself to handle the situation if countries like Yemen and Somalia fall down to extremist forces. Panetta said the CIA must be able to respond before banned outfits such as Al-Qaeda set up their bases in those failed states. "If Yemen or other vulnerable nations become failed states, the CIA must be ready to 'interdict' Al Qaeda agents before they could set up cells there," The Daily times quoted Panetta, as saying. Commenting on the US led 'war on terror' in Afghanistan, Panetta said he believed that America would certainly succeed in Afghanistan through counterinsurgency coun·ter·in·sur·gen·cy n. Political and military strategy or action intended to oppose and forcefully suppress insurgency. coun tactics. "While the Taliban are clearly increasing their threat, we at the same time are learning a lot more about how we deal with them. That gives me at least some hope that we can direct this in the right way," he said. (ANI) Copyright E 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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