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| Details Emerge of Deadly Raid on Pakistani Base |
| 2011-05-24 |
| The military policeman tightly clasps his weapon. His eyes, though wearied by an obvious lack of sleep, still dart around intently. Standing guard on the edge of Karachi's Mehran naval base, he and others have been positioned to maintain a firm security cordon. With a mere tilt of his gun, he quickly dissuades anyone tempted to draw nearer to the base. But as even the policeman concedes, this new vigilance has come too late. For the previous 17 hours, the base had been besieged by a group of extremist fighters that now turns out to have numbered as few as six — initial reports had put the number of attackers at 15. They had slipped into the base undetected, opened fire inside a hangar damaging two expensive and recently modified aircraft, killed ten members of the security forces and wounded 15. Those carrying out the brazen and carefully organized attack had seemed prepared to lose their lives. Three of the attackers were killed by the security forces; one blew himself up; and the other two escaped. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #8 So does this mean the Chicoms are going to hunt down these miscreants for violating Pakistain's Illusory Sovereignty(tm)? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-05-24 22:43 |
| #7 "Why would the 'good guys' say two got away?" Why do you think there are any good guys involved in this cluster fornication, Bobby? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2011-05-24 15:57 |
| #6 Why would the 'good guys' say two got away? Why tell the truth? Why not say, "We got 'em all", and see who steps up and says, "I got away". Then follow him. Maybe all six were ready to die and the two losers are ashamed. So they ran away and hid. Or is there some other reason? Supposing you thought you got 'em all and are humilated there were only four. Attacker inflation? I put "The Truth" as my last choice. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2011-05-24 12:43 |
| #5 Insh' Allah security. |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2011-05-24 07:49 |
| #4 Suppose you were a Paki cop or security guy, either enlisted or, say, up to lieutenant. You really think your job is security or law enforcement and you do your best. But, time after time, the orders you get put you a day late and a dollar short when it could have been different. Your deployment is to where Something didn't happen and so you weren't able to make a difference. Problems that seem predictable--at least, if you had been involved, you'd have seen it as a priority, you think, not rocket science or fortune telling--suddenly turn into catastrophes for which no provision had been made. Eventually, you start to think...what? |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2011-05-24 06:59 |
| #3 As did the Sri Lankan cricket team attackers, but this a military base and they had nearly a day to secure the perimeter. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2011-05-24 06:19 |
| #2 Some of the Mumbai attackers got away clean, too. Amazingly sloppy. |
| Posted by: gromky 2011-05-24 06:13 |
| #1 2 escaped! Unbelievable |
| Posted by: phil_b 2011-05-24 04:18 |