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2009-04-09 India-Pakistan

Extremists relocating to big cities to avoid drone attacks

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Posted by Steve White 2009-04-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Binori Mosque and a plane crash - sounds like an appropriate drone.

Posted by 3dc 2009-04-09 02:23|| 2009-04-09 02:23|| Front Page Top

#2 "Taliban and other militants have been relocating from the Tribal Areas to Pakistan's overcrowded and impoverished cities"

Where we have a better chance of getting someone to drop a dime on them for a cool million or five. And where their communications are more likely to be intercepted and their interactions with others more easily watched.

I say this is a "good thing".

"US intelligence and military officials"

This could mean two people out of thousands believe this. And a "military official" doesn't need to be "in the military". This could be some mid-level civilian working at the Pentagon cafeteria for all we know.

Safe to ignore this story until they can give a clearer picture of the source. This one is vague enough to have been made up by the reporter.

Posted by crosspatch 2009-04-09 03:13|| 2009-04-09 03:13|| Front Page Top

#3 ISI HQ, Top floor, NW corner.

Posted by mojo 2009-04-09 11:03|| 2009-04-09 11:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Let them move into the cities, then ARCLIGHT the cities. Once there aren't more than a handful of survivors, give the eastern half to India. Use the western half as a carrot to get rid of the corruption in Afghanistan.

Works for me, anyway...

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-04-09 22:39|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-04-09 22:39|| Front Page Top

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