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| Pak wants Americans tested for HIV |
| 2003-01-29 |
| Reflecting growing outrage against America, Pakistan's religious right presented the government with a new list of demands Tuesday, calling for the fingerprinting of Americans, a boycott of US products and compulsory AIDS testing of US visitors. This could really cut back on the number of Americans who are considering emigrating to Pakistan A coalition of Islamic parties, which gained considerable political clout after last October's general elections, is threatening nationwide demonstrations to press the demands. Why not? It's not like Pakistan has any other problems that deserve more attention But a government spokesman said it had no plans to either fingerprint Americans or impose mandatory HIV testing. "Such demands cannot be accepted," Interior Ministry spokesman Iftikar Ahmad said, without elaborating. He accused the religious right of trying to make trouble for President Gen Pervez Musharraf and the pro-military government, a staunch ally of the United States in its war on terror. Snigger "Religious leaders keep making such absurd demands. ... Such statements serve no cause except to create problems for the government," Ahmad said. And allow the gov to say "Hey, you better keep writing off our debts or these guys will take over" or maybe I am just paranoid. The demand for fingerprinting of Americans reflects Pakistanis' anger over new US rules requiring citizens of Pakistan, other predominantly Muslim countries and North Korea to be fingerprinted and photographed by immigration agents while staying in the United States |
| Posted by:Paul |
| #8 Why on earth would any American want to go to that rat-hole of a country? Pakistan is the open sewer of Asia. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-01-29 21:01:43 |
| #7 Bomb-a-rama is right. If we let possession of nukes act as a "Get out of Jail" free card, there's gonna be a lot of crime in the world in a few years. |
| Posted by: paj 2003-01-29 16:14:26 |
| #6 Hey, when one decides to play with the big boys, then there responsibilities that come with the position. So they have nukes. Does that mean that the U.S. has to keep coddling them on that basis? No. If Islamofascist mullahs grab control of Pakistan and start throwing their weight around simply because they have a few nukes, then they are going to be burned to a crisp by India. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-01-29 13:50:07 |
| #5 And should the pro-military government ever lose power, with an Iran-type circus taking control, that would present some problems wouldn't it. I remember Perv doing a "ministerial shuffle" of his staff just before the intervention in Afghanistan. This seems to show even the military is susceptible. And who will come after Musharraf? |
| Posted by: Rw 2003-01-29 13:04:36 |
| #4 People, are you forgetting that they have nukes? And? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-01-29 12:13:52 |
| #3 People, are you forgetting that they have nukes? |
| Posted by: Rw 2003-01-29 11:04:01 |
| #2 There's a discussion on LGF about the US aligning with India. If the Pakis decide to go sour on us, the Indis will be more than happy to fill in the vaccuum. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-01-29 09:56:02 |
| #1 Fred --- Re: your comments: 1. You are paranoid. 2. Your paranoia is entirely justified. I think that our little love fest with Pakistan is slowly and steadily coming to a close. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-01-29 09:48:59 |