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2006-09-07 India-Pakistan
Pakistan: Hello al-Qaeda, goodbye America
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Posted by john 2006-09-07 20:09|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11139 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Pakland needs to be reminded they have no assets we REALLY need. We'll overfly and if they give us shit, we'll destroy their air force. If they threaten our troops in Afghanistan, we'll restore Arclight. If they try to perpetrate int'l terrorism, what's the difference from current reality? If they threaten India, we'll supply them with Patriot+'s... They have NO oil or anything else we need. Seal them off and bomb the edges to take out Madrassahs, Talibs and ISI assholes. Naval blockade and air shoot-downs... FUCK EM
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-09-07 21:56||   2006-09-07 21:56|| Front Page Top

#2 Excellent program - I'm in.
Posted by flyover 2006-09-07 22:02||   2006-09-07 22:02|| Front Page Top

#3 although Pakistan's pledge to allow foreign troops based in Afghanistan hot pursuit into a limited area in Pakistan softens the blow a bit. ...
An article by retired US Major Ralph Peters titled "Blood borders" published in the Armed Forces Journal last month has given Pakistan some food for thought over manipulating the geopolitical game on its own terms and conditions. .. Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey read much between the lines of talk of restructuring their boundaries.


To me the most important bits of a very useful article. We already knew Pakistan and Musharraf are not on the side of the angels in this thing.
Posted by trailing wife 2006-09-07 22:36||   2006-09-07 22:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Thus, for example, it has now been agreed between militants and Islamabad that Pakistan will not arrest two high-profile men on the "most wanted" list that includes Osama bin Laden, his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri and Taliban leader Mullah Omar.

The top three perps of the 9-11 atrocity. Pakistan could not send a more clear message. We need to send one too.

Excellent program - I'm in.

Me too, Frank. The buck shit stops here and now. Screw any of their potential use as an ally against China. 'moose, you reading this?
Posted by Zenster 2006-09-07 22:58||   2006-09-07 22:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Kill them!
Posted by Hupailing Ebbuns2352 2006-09-07 23:22||   2006-09-07 23:22|| Front Page Top

#6 Kill them!
Posted by Hupailing Ebbuns2352 2006-09-07 23:26||   2006-09-07 23:26|| Front Page Top

#7 Kill them!
Posted by Hupailing Ebbuns2352 2006-09-07 23:26||   2006-09-07 23:26|| Front Page Top

#8 once was enuf
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-09-07 23:28||   2006-09-07 23:28|| Front Page Top

#9 Don't forget what Musharraf was doing before he had his coup.

He was the master planer behind the Kargil invasion (Kashmir). The troops were the various mujahideen boys and deniable ISI.

He had the coup BECAUSE the Prez. tried to stop his attack. So Musharraf is a terrorist supporter and always was.
Posted by 3dc 2006-09-07 23:48||   2006-09-07 23:48|| Front Page Top

#10  Wikipedia: Kargil War
Posted by 3dc 2006-09-07 23:50||   2006-09-07 23:50|| Front Page Top

#11 n early May 1999, the Pakistan Army decided to occupy the Kargil posts, numbering around 130, and thus control the area. Troops from the elite Special Services Group as well as battalions of the Northern Light Infantry (a paramilitary regiment not part of the regular Pakistani army at that time) backed by Kashmiri guerrillas and Afghan mercenaries covertly and overtly set up bases on the vantage points of the Indian-controlled region. Initially, these incursions were not spotted due to the heavy artillery fire by Pakistan across the Line of Control, which provided cover for the infiltrators. But by the second week of May, the ambushing of an Indian patrol team, acting on a tip-off by a local shepherd in the Batalik sector, led to the exposure of the infiltration. Initially with little knowledge of the nature or extent of the encroachment, the Indian troops in the area claimed that they would evict them within a few days. However, reports of infiltration elsewhere along the LoC made it clear that the entire plan of attack was on a much bigger scale.

The Government of India responded with Operation Vijay, a mobilisation of 200,000 Indian troops. However, because of the nature of the terrain, division and corps operations could not be mounted; the scale of most fighting was at the regimental or battalion level. In effect, two divisions of the Indian Army,[15] numbering 20,000, plus several thousand from the Indian Paramilitary Forces and the air force were deployed in the conflict zone. The total number of Indian soldiers that were involved in the military operation on the Kargil-Drass sector was thus close to 30,000. The number of infiltrators, including those providing logistical backup, has been put at approximately 5,000 at the height of the conflict.[16] This figure includes troops from Pakistan-administered Kashmir that were involved in the war providing additional artillery support.
Posted by 3dc 2006-09-07 23:51||   2006-09-07 23:51|| Front Page Top

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