mair wrote:vm wrote:
I will hold my verdict on the f16 shooting down till new facts emerge.
Now I await your opinion on why pak army is not allowing open access to the madrassa.? So easy to rub the Indians face in the mud by giving access to the madrassa.
Ok so let’s say that the pak army is trying to conceal the facts regarding the JeM madrassah In Balakot. Fine. But why has no serious neutral observer(and there are many) agreed with the proposition that there may have been significant damage done to said site ? Restricting access to Balakot , as with the statements of 2 pilots by DGISPR does demand an explanation, but that doesn’t by itself establish either that the damage was extensive or that in the latter case that there really were 2 pilots. There are just too many missing facts to make any such assertion, and all available evidence(satellite images, neutral open source intel etc) all points in exactly the opposite direction, I.e little to no damage in Balakot, only 1 confirmed pilot in Pakistani Kashmir.
Furthermore, if there’s any truth at all to the claims of JeM militant camps in Balakot, there’d be every reason for the Pak army to dismantle them(or hide them) so the delay can be explained under that pretext. Doesn’t have anything to do with alleged damage done by Indian air strikes.
Glad you asked. Out today by a Italian journalist with Pakistan expertise.
https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/sto ... 2019-05-08As many as 170 JeM terrorists killed in Balakot airstrike: Italian journalist
Francesca Marino, an Italian journalist, has reported that up to 170 Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists were killed in the airstrike conducted by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in Pakistan's Balakot.
India Today Web Desk
New Delhi
May 8, 2019UPDATED: May 8, 2019 17:03 IST
As many as 170 JeM terrorists killed in Balakot airstrike: Foreign journalist
A satellite image shows a close-up of the Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. (Photo: Planet Labs Inc via Reuters)
HIGHLIGHTS
Francesca Marino, an Italian journalist, journalist reported 170 Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists were killed in the airstrike
The pre-dawn airstrike was carried out by the Indian Air Force on February 26
She said the inputs are based on information gathered through reliable sources in the region
Up to 170 Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists were killed in the airstrike conducted by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in Pakistan's Balakot, a foreign journalist has reported.
The pre-dawn airstrike was carried out by the Indian Air Force on February 26, days after the Pulwama terror attack. According to a report by Italian journalist Francesca Marino, the airstrike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp in Balakot led to the death of 130-170 JeM recruits.
Speaking to India Today TV, the journalist accused Pakistan of lying as the country has maintained that the Indian Air Force airstrike did not lead to any damage or casualties.
"Despite Pakistan's efforts to deceive the world on the Indian airstrikes on the Jaish-e-Muhammad camp, small details of what happened in Balakot in the wee hours of February 26 and thereafter have kept trickling in from my source," Italian journalist Francesca Marino wrote in her report.
Marino further wrote that a Pakistani army unit from Shinkiari base camp arrived at the location of the strike on February 26 around 6 am, just two-and-a-half hours after IAF successfully bombed the terror camp.
Quoting sources, Marino wrote that a unit of the Pakistani Army arrived at the spot and transported the injured to the Harkar-ul-Mujahideen camp, located in Shinkiari, where Pakistan Army doctors treated them.
Marino wrote that her sources indicated that around 45 individuals injured in the strike are still undergoing treatment at the military camp while 20 have succumbed during treatment.
And, the terrorists who have recovered are in custody of the Pakistan Army, according to her report."