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  • In 2001 the US and Pakistan began new era of secutrity cooperation agasint the IEA (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) and Al Queda.

  • By 2006 relatioship showed signs of strain, Bush and ppl wanted to elimate Al Queda and IEA operatives (known as Taliban)

  • Musharraf and his ppl wanted to take out homegrown miltants in areas in federally admistated tribal areas, FATA

  • Priorities intensified & govs changed by December 2007

    • the PPP former prime minister was assassinated

    • survived motorcade that killed at least 139 people, sperate attack took Bhutto’s life and 23 of others.

      • both suspected to be al Queda

    • PPP center left, more in favor of state/gov, helping poor

    • while PML center right, religiously conservative, more probusiness

    • Bhutto’s widower, man named Zardari carried banner for her party

    • PPP came first and formed gov and he became president of Pakistan ceremonial figure unlike minister)

    • General Ashfaq Kayani, for US policy matters more than minister or others

    • US attacked alleged terrorists in Pakistan for war on global terror

      • remember OG terrorists (for 9/11) were not Pakistani, Arab guys

      • Explanation Bush’s people were looking for Laden and Zawari

        • does not work, knew they were not there

        • most strikes shot Pakistani militants who did not belong to al Queda leaders or agents

      • the longer the war of terror went on the longer the pool of terrorists became, even man or parties that didn’t exist (or been born)

        • any 9/11 coconspirators, even if did not know about 9/11 attacks, then IEA leadership, and then FATA leaders hosting IEA and AQ, Pakistani opponents of US Pakistan war in FATA

          • US joined fight and killed with drones

          • people became terrorists due to reaction to terrorisms

          • counterterrorism created terrorists?! (irony and paradoxes)

      • TTP - roughly translate to Pakistani Taliban movement or Pakistani Taliban

        • group put word Taliban on name and flag, unlike IEA

          • yet difference obscured when Americans fight “Taliban“

          • distinct from Afghan Taliban

        • Non state actor (group not gov)

        • US accused TPP of killing US soldiers in Afghanistan

          • Pres Obama and trump authorized UVAC strikes to kill the TPP leaders in 2009, 2013, 2018

        • even if US assassinated TPP leaders did not hold state the way the OG Taliban did nor linked to attacks in US.

        • TPP main war against Pakistan gov, Obama happy to fight with arsenal drones tho, partly cause TTP hurt American war in Pakistan and to continue transactional relationship that got US to assassinate Nek Muhmmad in exchange for Pakistani help to fight al Queda