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2007-11-07 India-Pakistan

Frontier takes Pak troops away from India border All disquiet on western front, Pak troops thin

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Posted by john frum 2007-11-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 elements from the Mangla-based Army Reserve North (ARN) and Multan-based Army Reserve South (ARS), the two strike corps, have been dispatched to either Peshawar or Quetta for deployment along the troubled Afghan frontier.

Why?

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2007-11-07 04:13|| 2007-11-07 04:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Either to keep volunteers from entering to join the growing pro-sharia insurgency, or NATO troops from whacking Taliban facilities.

There are reports of officers refusing to attack targets, and the astonishing case, still unexplained, of nearly 300 officers and jawans surrendering to the militants in Waziristan where they are still being held hostage, writes Cohen, explaining that the US is in for a tough ride as far as its Pakistan policy is concerned.

It could be ethnic-based; the troops are in sympathy with the Wazoos. Also, is it paramilitary or regular army? I would think a left-leaning think tank like Brookings would provide answers, not political sound-bites.

Posted by Pappy 2007-11-07 09:32|| 2007-11-07 09:32|| Front Page Top

#3 I believe they were paramilitary, Pappy.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2007-11-07 10:45|| 2007-11-07 10:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Why do they need this big, so called "elite" army to fight India? What are the chances that India would attack Pakistan? Zero, right? Why on earth would they? Far more likely that Pakistan would try something really stupid like trying to invade India. The same thing goes for Pakistan's nukes. Are they really afraid India will launch a nuclear attack against them? Nonsense. Absolute rubbish. India needs a deterrent against China and Pakistan. Pakistan needs no deterrent against anybody because nobody in their right mind would want to invade such a hell hole. And the US government gives them aid? My tax dollars go to this regime? Probably helped fund the nuclear program, at least indirectly. Probably indirectly funds the insurgency in Kashmir as well while the vaunted Pak army does nothing about the Taleban. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. What a mess.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-11-07 12:10|| 2007-11-07 12:10|| Front Page Top

#5 BCCI funded the Paki-bomb.
That resulted in the Savings and Loan failure in the 80s that led to a certain black stock market day.

You can thank the Paki's, Saudi and a certain ex-head of the Democratic party for that.

Posted by 3dc 2007-11-07 13:14|| 2007-11-07 13:14|| Front Page Top

#6 Ah, yes. I seem to recall the first Pak nuke was detonated on Bill Clinton's watch. Of course, I'm sure he had more pressing affairs to attend to at the time.

Posted by treo 2007-11-07 13:36|| 2007-11-07 13:36|| Front Page Top

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