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2008-07-31 Afghanistan

Bomb blast near Pakistani consulate in Afghanistan

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Posted by john frum 2008-07-31 08:19|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 See.. Pakistan is also a victim of terrorism. How could poor Pakistan be involved in terrorism? How could innocent Pakistan be guilty of bombing the Indian embassy in Kabul? Look.. Pakistan's own consulate is being bombed. Pakistan is innocent.

Posted by john frum 2008-07-31 08:21|| 2008-07-31 08:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Pakistan is innocent.

LOL! Pakistan has been a home for terrorists since it was created in 1947, and the government has been behind most of the terrorism in that part of the world. Only idiots and small children would be deceived by this. I don't think anybody believes it was anything but a farce. Pakistan, however, IS the home of large numbers of idiots and small children, so maybe it'd be believed there. Nice snark, John.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-07-31 11:48|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-07-31 11:48|| Front Page Top

#3 any good regular reader of Rantburg should realize "Pakistan" does not really exist as a player in this game. The Pakistani foreign ministry may well be innocent, or at least not thoroughly guilty. Certainly many Pakistani judges are innocent. The ISI is almost certainly not innocent - and while they may not be wild about harming their 'conationals' in the foreign ministry, I cant see theyd have any problem in looking the other way while their pals in the Taliban take out a soft target that just happens to fly the same flag that the ISI does. Even this is oversimplifying, as it assume the ISI is a homogeneous entity, which I guess it is not, though I dont really know much about its own internal factions.

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-07-31 11:53|| 2008-07-31 11:53|| Front Page Top

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