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Perv Pulls In the Welcome Mat
Debka piece from June 11. This might be a contributing factor to the recent uptick in activity, besides the usual Fearsome Summer Offensive bluster. I was surprised by the large number of hadjis The biggest refugee repatriation operation in the world is underway. It is the cover for Pakistan's mass-export of al Qaeda operatives back to where they came from Afghanistan. The UN refugee agency reports that from 2002, nearly 2.4 million Afghan refugees returned home from Pakistan. This week, General Pervez Musharraf gave the remaining estimated 400,000 until June 30 to leave the country or face expulsion. snip DEBKAfile's correspondent quotes diplomatic sources in the capital as referring to the belief of US intelligence agents that al-Qaeda and Taliban operatives who took shelter in Pakistan as refugees are now regrouping and moving back into Afghanistan. Their numbers are small but are expected to swell, posing fresh dangers to the Karzai government's stability in Kabul. American military strength in Afghanistan is not nearly large enough to deal with any major influx. Bah. Typical Debka doom and gloom. The remainder of the article is a strange hodgepodge of UNHCR stats and a list of difficulties for the Pak gov't. Posted by: Rory B. Bellows 2005-06-23 |
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