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2008-11-29 India-Pakistan

Pak may relocate 100,000 army personnel to border

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Posted by john frum 2008-11-29 12:40|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 ahhh so the ISI guy is insulted? F*ck him.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-11-29 12:44|| 2008-11-29 12:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Was the ISI guy insulted or just fearing becoming a very-deserving POW?

"Pakistan would not be able to concentrate on the war on terror and against militants around the Afghanistan border as defending its borders with India was far more important"
Absurd on many levels. What have the 100,000 military personnel accomplished so far? Who keeps starting and fanning the fires along the Indian border? Pakistan seems determined to get its butt whipped on both sides plus either self-destruct or vaporize in its middle.

Posted by Darrell 2008-11-29 13:48|| 2008-11-29 13:48|| Front Page Top

#3 So the Afghan border is now a free firezone for more predators and spec-ops to fill in the vacuum?
Right?

Posted by 3dc 2008-11-29 13:53|| 2008-11-29 13:53|| Front Page Top

#4 This is exactly out of the 2001 playbook. Terrorist Infantry assault on Indian Parliament, then Islamabad says "Due to increased tensions, we've got to move our troops away from NWFP to the Indian border."

Posted by Plastic Snoopy 2008-11-29 14:02|| 2008-11-29 14:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Does that include the Counter Drone Ack Ack Batteries that inspire fear deep into the silicon hearts of every Predator?

Posted by Alaska Paul 2008-11-29 14:24|| 2008-11-29 14:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Mission Accomplished.

Posted by Seafarious 2008-11-29 16:00|| 2008-11-29 16:00|| Front Page Top

#7 So the Afghan border is now a free firezone for more predators and spec-ops to fill in the vacuum?

Uh, yeah. That'd be my guess. Who's gonna protect bin Laden when they're gone?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2008-11-29 16:42|| 2008-11-29 16:42|| Front Page Top

#8 I do not believe this was an ISI sponsored operation though it may have been done with people who have had access to some ISI-sponsored resources in the past. I believe this was an al Qaeda operation using groups active in the Kashmir region.

I further believe that one of the PURPOSES of this operation would be to increase tensions with India and force a relocation of troops out of the tribal regions to the Indian border.

The attack on the Jewish center is one indication. I don't believe an ISI-planned attack would have wasted time/energy/resources on that target. The targeting of US and UK tourists is another indication to me that this was not ISI-planned. ISI would have gone after purely Indian targets and Hindu targets at that, not after foreigners and Jews. Attacking foreigners is an al Qaida trademark.

Posted by crosspatch 2008-11-29 20:13|| 2008-11-29 20:13|| Front Page Top

#9 In fact, targeting hotels is a technique I have seen al Qaida affiliated groups use again and again in Indonesia, Jordon, Iraq, and other places.

I am fairly convinced that this operation was planned and trained by al Qaeda.

Posted by crosspatch 2008-11-29 20:15|| 2008-11-29 20:15|| Front Page Top

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