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2003-02-20 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Pete Stanley 2003-02-20 10:14 am|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Well, here's the obvious question: did the plane have any encouragement prior to kissing dirt?

Posted by Crescend 2003-02-20 02:08:53|| 2003-02-20 02:08:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Didnt the Paki's lose a prime minister this way some time back? A General Zia, I believe his name was.

You know what they say, once by accident, more than once, by design.

Posted by Frank Martin 2003-02-20 02:23:37|| [varifrank.blogspot.com] 2003-02-20 02:23:37|| Front Page Top

#3 General Zia was killed in a plane crash that lead to Pakistan's brief and ineffectual democracy of the 90's. Theories about who brought it down included the CIA, KGB, ISI, it's Indian equivalent, the Military, aliens, Allah. But one of the more accepted theories is that a Shia from Pakistan controlled Kashmir, angry at Generals Zia's brutal crackdown on an uprising there with the use of hundreds of Pashtun mercaneries, planted the bomb.
The funny thing is that absolutely noone has ever shown the slightest interest in finding out exactly what happened, which shows you how popular Pakistan's last military dictator was before he died.

Posted by Paul 2003-02-20 03:57:19|| 2003-02-20 03:57:19|| Front Page Top

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