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2007-12-28 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Seafarious 2007-12-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Pakistan's fundamentalism was mobilized and made sectarian by the government of Zia

And now his daughter has been murdered by his own hand. Again, I am sorry for her death, but it can not be forgotten what she represented.

Posted by Whomong Guelph4611 2007-12-28 05:47|| 2007-12-28 05:47|| Front Page Top

#2 As noted in this letter most ex pat Pakistanis and, probably most Pakistanis realize that their terrorists are Muslims (he even says Mullahs) who take their holy books seriously (or militantly). The writer can't bring himself to put it this way but he comes much closer than he would a few years ago.

Posted by mhw">mhw 2007-12-28 08:02|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2007-12-28 08:02|| Front Page Top

#3 It wasn't Zia's daughter who was assassinated, but Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's. Zia hung Zulfiqar.

His (Zia's) son was lately Minister of Religious Affairs.

Posted by Fred 2007-12-28 08:43|| 2007-12-28 08:43|| Front Page Top

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