| An amusing thought. Once they arrive, they'll stick out like sore thumbs...and people carrying guns in those parts of the country tend to hit exactly what they aimed at -- the American concept of gun sex being very, very different. |
There is growing unease in Pakistain about US pressure to take on the Haqqani network or face the consequences, with the military saying it is too over-stretched fighting local Taliban to open a new front against a US enemy.Having accused the network of orchestrating recent attacks on its embassy in Kabul and a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
base in Afghanistan, with Pak intelligence involvement, Washington now says it is considering branding the network a terror group.
Any such move could complicate future efforts to negotiate a settlement in Afghanistan and, given US claims about government ties to the network, risk Pakistain being branded a state sponsor of terror, local analysts warned.
| A bit late to worry about what became obvious to observers long ago... |
Waving party flags and wearing ribbons inscribed with Koranic verses, dozens of rustics joined the throng armed with Kalashnikovs, an AFP news hound said.
"We announce the holy war against America if they attack Pakistain," Siraj-Ul-Haq, the party's deputy head, told the gathering.
"The whole nation will wage a jihad against America and will fight against them shoulder to shoulder with Pak armed forces," Haq added.
| Given the history of the Army of the Pure at losing their wars, you may want to rethink that. |
| So even when most of your countrymen share your sentiments, they still won't vote for your candidates? What is so wrong with you that they turn away? |
Although nothing suggests the United States is considering a cross-border incursion, Paks fear action from American ground troops.
| Various special forces have been ghosting across the border for years, guys, and beyond that the UAVs have been doing yeoman's work. But y'all keep up a lookout for columns of tanks, if that makes you feel better. |
... who had a brief but splitting headache...
near Islamabad on May 2.
The Haqqani group was founded by former CIA asset turned Al-Qaeda ally Jalaluddin Haqqani, who was close to Pakistain and the US spy agency during the 1980s anti-Soviet resistance, and its leaders are based in North
Wazoo.Today the United States depends on Pakistain, largely for shipping the bulk of its supplies to the 140,000 US-led foreign troops in landlocked Afghanistan, but also to counter the threat from beturbanned goons in the border areas.