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India-Pakistan
'Army's mettle acknowledged worldwide'
2006-09-17
"We are the Black Widows, feared throughout the land!"
LAHORE: The dedication exhibited by the Pakistan Army, both in war and peacetime, had earned them international acclaim as a force maintaining splendid professional standards, said Lahore Corps Commander Lt General Shafaat Ullah Shah on Saturday.
Apparently international military circles are a polite bunch. As far as I'm aware, the Pak military has never actually succeeded in winning a war. I don't think that's any great secret, even in international military circles...
According to an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release, he stated this at the National Standard and Regimental Colour Presentation ceremony of 'Al-Mughirat', an armoured regiment.
And if you can't trust Inter-Services Public Relations, who can you trust?
He said that the armoured corps' efforts for national defence were exalted in the country's military history. He said that the colour presentation ceremony was a befitting recognition and tribute to national heroes for the commendable services they had performed.
... whatever they were...
He said that such ceremonies had a symbolic significance and were Sunnah of the Holy Prophet (PTUI PBUH), who had awarded these colours to Hazrat Ali (RA) in the battle of Khyber.
Really? And they've been in the care of the Pak military all this while?
Posted by:Fred

#6  They were helpless against our Special Forces.

As most of this world is, and should be.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-09-17 13:47  

#5  A Marine friend of mine who served in Somalia said his neighborhood watch could do a better job than the Pakistanis.

I don't doubt their bravery (in the right circumstances). I do doubt their technical competence. Don't forget several thousand Paki soldiers joined the Taliban to fight the Americans. They were helpless against our Special Forces.

Al
Posted by: frozen al   2006-09-17 12:27  

#4  In Â’93 at Mogadishu, I worked with the Pak 10th Balak, in April of that year they had their asses handed to them at a food distribution site that was ambushed. One lieutenant who was shot in both arms pulled ammo out of belted ammunition with his teeth so his troops could press on the fight with their AKs. He bled out, two of his troops survived out of 12Â… When pressured into a fight they will!
Posted by: Joe of the Jungle   2006-09-17 07:50  

#3  The ones they sent to the Mog were considered as abysmal. Officers sent to sit it out and a 'political' reward for connections, not something to get into a fight with. From what I've read, nothing much has changed in the mean time.
Posted by: Gletle Flegum7716   2006-09-17 07:33  

#2  LAHORE, the name says it all.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-09-17 01:55  

#1  LOL. Wow - lookit all those medals. They must be the baddest dudes around. Sure glad they're our "allies".
Posted by: flyover   2006-09-17 00:49  

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