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2010-03-22 India-Pakistan

Pakistan simply sees no reason to stop supporting terrorists

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Posted by john frum 2010-03-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 From Strategypage:

"many tribal leaders are calling on the army to finish off the Taliban. But the army fears getting involved in a lot of "Taliban fighting" which is actually a tribal feud."

"the Pakistani army is not willing to lose thousands of troops for that kind of victory."

Posted by newc 2010-03-22 00:36|| 2010-03-22 00:36|| Front Page Top

#2 "the Pakistani army is not willing to lose thousands of troops for that kind of victory."

hypersensitivity to "type" or "kind" of victory, likely explains the Mighty Pak Army's historic lack of "any" victories

Posted by Frank G 2010-03-22 15:21|| 2010-03-22 15:21|| Front Page Top

#3 NEWS KERALA/TOPIX > IRANIAN MILITANT TRAINING CAMPS A "DROP IN THE BUCKET/OCEAN" COMPARED TO PAK TRAINING ONES.

KING SAUL [Iran] has His FEW, whilst DAVID [Pakistan] HAS HIS MANY???

ARTIC > the PAK Talibs may be asking Iran for Arms + Assistance, etc. due to their losses incurred via the recent PAK ARMY offensives.

* DAILY TIMES.PK OP-ED > 2003 BUSH STRATEGY WAS GOOD FOR FIGHTING MILOITANTS, BUT NOW PAK NEEDS RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT.

IMO read, POTUS BAMMER needs extens "PAK/
AFPAKCARE" = Spend, Spend, Spend.

* TOPIX > AL-SHABAAB/SHABAB DISMISSES MUSLIM SCHOLARS' JIHAD CLAIMS [fatwa agz "UN-ISLAMIC" VIOLENT JIHAD]; + SUDAN: DON'T BREAKUP FROM SUDAN< WEST TELLS SOUTH | BREAKUP/PARTITION OF SUDAN COULD DESTABILIZE ENTIRE REGION.

SAME > HIZBUL ISLAM VOWS ATTACKS AGZ ETHIOPIAN TROOPS IN CENTRAL SOMALIA.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-03-22 22:00|| 2010-03-22 22:00|| Front Page Top

#4 VARIOUS > PAKISTAN: PREMATURE US TROOPS WITHDRAWAL WITHOUT DEMOCRACY/DEMOCRATIC SET-UP WOULD BE DISASTROUS FOR PAK, REGION [Islamist MilTerr violence, insurgencies would only start anew].

CORRECTAMUNDO, SAVE THE MILTERRS WOULD NOW HAVE NUCLEAR, OTHER ADVANC WMDS = NBC-CBRN(E) TECHS.

* TOPIX [Oldie but a Goodie Artic] > NUCLEAR TERROR RISK IN BRITAIN FROM AL QAEDA.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-03-22 22:07|| 2010-03-22 22:07|| Front Page Top

#5 Bush was too nice!

Posted by 3dc 2010-03-22 23:07|| 2010-03-22 23:07|| Front Page Top

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