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Quake was âGodâs wrathâ for backing Afghan invasion: MP
 ISLAMABAD: Riaz Hussain Prizada, a treasury member, has said in the National Assembly that the devastating October 8 earthquake was âGodâs wrathâ for Pakistanâs support of the US invasion of Afghanistan.
| You knew this was coming, didn't you? |
God was also angry with Pakistan because âwe welcomed the holy month of Ramazan by rigging the last phase of the local government elections,â Pirzada said on Monday, which the National Assembly devoted entirely to debate on the earthquake.
| "That's why the epicenter was in Muzaffarabad, y'know. Because... ummm..." |
Pirzada opposed the North Atlantic Treaty Organisationâs (NATO) offer to dispatch 1,000 troops to the earthquake-ravaged areas to help relief work. âWhen the Pakistan Army is capable of dealing with the situation, why should the government agree to the deployment of NATO forces in the earthquake hit areas?â
| "We don't need no help from no damned infidels!" |
He said there was no guarantee that the NATO forces would return home after relief operations were over.
| "They're gonna take over the country and hang us all with our own turbans! I jest know it!" |
He said the government should have invited Turkish or Chinese engineers if it needed technical aid to rebuild the destroyed cities.
Posted by: Fred 2005-10-25 |
