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2007-08-07 India-Pakistan

'Pakistan will act against Al Qaeda if given actionable intelligence'

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Posted by Fred 2007-08-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda

#1 CIA spook: "OK, Chaudhry. There's a high-value AQ in that house right there."
ISI spook: "Which room?"
"Umm...the back bedroom on the left."
"Where in the room?"
"He's hiding in the closet."
"How can you be sure?"
"We have a camera in there. Here's the live-feed video."
"I'm sorry. We need more specific information..."

Posted by PBMcL 2007-08-07 01:10|| 2007-08-07 01:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Is he admitting that his own intelligence service is freakin' useless and unable to develop "actionable intelligence" in their own damned country?

What a sack.

Posted by crosspatch 2007-08-07 01:32|| 2007-08-07 01:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Of course they will act if given actionable intel. That's why we don't give it to them - they'd use it to make sure the terrorists got away safely before the action.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-08-07 07:33|| 2007-08-07 07:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Durrani said Pakistan was committed to going after miscreants,

Figures - no plan for dealing with brigands & rabblerousers...

Posted by Raj 2007-08-07 07:53|| 2007-08-07 07:53|| Front Page Top

#5 Glenmore nailed it. The ISI may get rid of a few bit players now and then for show, but they aren't going to let anyone important get whacked.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2007-08-07 07:59|| 2007-08-07 07:59|| Front Page Top

#6 "Criminy, Chaudhry, he's in the closet, he's wearing a black nightgown and a pink feather boa, and he's dancing about!"
"Nope, sorry, not specific enough. How many feathers on the boa?"

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2007-08-07 10:06|| 2007-08-07 10:06|| Front Page Top

#7 if we ~~have actionable, timely intelligence~~ don't have them on the payroll already and they are not related to someone in the intelligence service or other ministries and its convenitnet and we have troops nearby that are loyal enough and we don't think we can blow smoke again this time, we will go after them

Posted by OldSpook 2007-08-07 10:24|| 2007-08-07 10:24|| Front Page Top

#8 Not much will happen until/if the ISI is cleaned up.And Musharraf is probably more scared of the jihadisymps there than of Al-Qaida or the Taliban.

Posted by charger 2007-08-07 10:26|| 2007-08-07 10:26|| Front Page Top

#9 "I'm sorry, but his aunty says he's visiting his cousin in Sheffield and he won't be back until next week. We must, so unfortunately, deny you permission."

Posted by mrp 2007-08-07 20:42|| 2007-08-07 20:42|| Front Page Top

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