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2005-08-11 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Paul Moloney 2005-08-11 04:06|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Could this be a version of "let a thousand flowers bloom" or just a total caving of Pakistan to the Taliban elements of Pak society?

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-08-11 04:59|| 2005-08-11 04:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Heh, SPo'D. Methinks the "hunting" was show and the current situation was The Plan from the first day after the Taliban's fall. PakiWakiLand is now, and has always been, the enemy of civilization. The Taliban are the true face of the PakiWakis.

Posted by .com 2005-08-11 05:07|| 2005-08-11 05:07|| Front Page Top

#3 I've never trusted a place that calls itself "the land of the pure".

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-08-11 07:44|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-08-11 07:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Perv plays the double game, as evidenced with the PakiWaki land relationship with the ChiComs and the obscure "apprehension" of A. Q. Khan.

Posted by Captain America 2005-08-11 08:28|| 2005-08-11 08:28|| Front Page Top

#5 "Despite tall claims of eliminating Al-Qaeda from the troubled Northern areas, Pakistanâs General Pervez Musharraf has, in practice, handed over the once hotbed of foreign militants, the South Waziristan Agency, to a former Taliban Commander, until recently a wanted terrorist by the Army."

Gen. Mushy: "Look Ubaidullah, I'm not too keen on the bit about banning cricket, but if your boys concentrate on crossing that Afghan border, I'm cool with it. Just stay out of my domain."

Waziri militants were also given millions of rupees that they demanded to pay back their Al-Qaeda masters, the advance they had taken to resist the Army operation.

Umm, has Gen. Mushy ever seen "The Godfather?" You know that "protection" money in the end doesn't work.

Posted by Glolusing Flereth5459 2005-08-11 08:40|| www.calderonswirbelwind.blogspot.com]">[www.calderonswirbelwind.blogspot.com] 2005-08-11 08:40|| Front Page Top

#6 go to the link, and go to the front page. Paper has a lot of overthetop headlines - some are interesting, but im not sure this can go with less salt than Debka.

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-08-11 09:09|| 2005-08-11 09:09|| Front Page Top

#7 Al-Qaeda and its mistress the Taliban are not about Islam nor of anti-Western... The West is just an excuse and Islam is it's cover. The Taliban and Al-Qaeda are about revolution and a goal of vast self-empowerment. This self-empowerment through revolution is manifested thru narcotics trafficking, slavery, deception, prostitution, murder, extortsion, arms smuggling, money laundering, theft, intimidation, rape, blackmail, assaults, bribery and many other unholy acts in defiance of God's plan for mankind. Its about power. When one achieves power then they posture themselves in a God-like way and eventually replace God in the lives of God's creations. Shame on them and their sympathizers and supporters.

Posted by Gleremp Thretch6622 2005-08-11 09:09|| 2005-08-11 09:09|| Front Page Top

#8 In an indirect way, Pakistan Army paid millions to Al-Qaeda which could be used at other places, at another time.
"Hey Abdullah...In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the 72 Virgins."

Posted by DepotGuy 2005-08-11 10:53|| 2005-08-11 10:53|| Front Page Top

#9 But then, on the other hand, Perv might be totally fed up with the tribals in SW, and is temporarily allowing the Taliban to rule the place as "king stork". How long can the locals tolerate it before they lose their cool, and the place degenerates into a bloodbath, with Perv's enemies killing Perv's other enemies? I only suggest this because the place is so incredibly duplicitous, power there is so precarious, and Perv is still around even though everybody wants him dead, so he is not a complete idiot.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-08-11 11:59|| 2005-08-11 11:59|| Front Page Top

#10 Anyway here's a good starting point on all things that might interest you.

http://www.calderonswirbelwind.blogspot.com/

Posted by Shipman 2005-08-11 12:54|| 2005-08-11 12:54|| Front Page Top

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