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2012-06-05 India-Pakistan

US diplomats transporting weapons arrested in Peshawar

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Posted by tipper 2012-06-05 01:12|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 In January 2011, Raymond Davis, a CIA agent operating under the cover of a diplomat, shot and killed two Pakistanis in Lahore, triggering a diplomatic crisis.

The impression I got was Davis was acting CIA station chief. Two guys tried to whack him and ended up on the wrong side of dead.

Posted by SteveS 2012-06-05 02:03|| 2012-06-05 02:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Is there anyone who says, "I want to be an American in Peshawar without a firearm"?

Posted by whatadeal 2012-06-05 04:11|| 2012-06-05 04:11|| Front Page Top

#3 The impression I got was Davis was acting CIA station chief. Two guys tried to whack him and ended up on the wrong side of dead.

Davis was NOT the COS - not even close.

Posted by Bangkok Billy 2012-06-05 05:36|| 2012-06-05 05:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Wasn't Mr. Davis a CIA contractor? And the two unfortunate locals were on the ISI payroll, if I recall correctly.

Posted by trailing wife 2012-06-05 07:19|| 2012-06-05 07:19|| Front Page Top

#5 I wish David HAD been the COS. Whahhaha

Posted by Besoeker 2012-06-05 08:43|| 2012-06-05 08:43|| Front Page Top

#6 I recall that Pakistani that stood in the street and gunned down CIA employees on their way into the office in Virginia back in the late 1990's I think. Wasn't he on the ISI payroll too?

Posted by Rob06 2012-06-05 16:05|| 2012-06-05 16:05|| Front Page Top

#7 Does this mean we can toss (search) the Pakistani offices at the U.N.?

Posted by CrazyFool 2012-06-05 16:24|| 2012-06-05 16:24|| Front Page Top

#8 You mean this man, I think, Rob06.

Posted by trailing wife 2012-06-05 18:23|| 2012-06-05 18:23|| Front Page Top

#9 Davis was NOT the COS - not even close.

At the risk of being the pedantic inter-nerd, the issue was acting COS. (not being argumentative, maybe just heard too many over-lawyered disclaimers that depend on what the meaning of 'is' is)

Part of the fun of playing at Open Source Intelligence Analyst, Jr. Grade here at the 'Burg is trying to filter and synthesize signal from all the noise, spin and data. I recognize that we have Rantburgers who actually know stuff about stuff - whether they can talk about it or not.

We are still left with the interesting question of why the ISI sent two (inept) mooks to whack a CIA guy. (yeah, assuming it was the ISI)

Posted by SteveS 2012-06-05 19:29|| 2012-06-05 19:29|| Front Page Top

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