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2005-12-03 India-Pakistan

As chill begins to kill people, Pak Army sells winterized tents in open market

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Posted by john 2005-12-03 18:42|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Thirty years after the East Pakistan cyclone and the Pak army is still incapable of saving lives.

They are good at killing civilians though. The Pak army has killed more of its own citizens than any army in the last thirty years.

Have never won a war though...

Posted by john 2005-12-03 19:28|| 2005-12-03 19:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Still, not surprising for an army whose official motto is "Jihad and Piety in the Name of Allah"

Posted by john 2005-12-03 19:30|| 2005-12-03 19:30|| Front Page Top

#3 very sad.

Posted by 2b 2005-12-03 19:38|| 2005-12-03 19:38|| Front Page Top

#4 An UN official on condition of anonymity revealed a big tent scam:..

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The UNHCR checked the local markets and it was confirmed that the same tents had been sold.

Sooo, had this anonymous UN official not said anything, would we have known any of this happened?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-12-03 20:21|| 2005-12-03 20:21|| Front Page Top

#5 Local Pakistani tent seller Sheik Sapir Bardh says "now is the discount of our winter tents"

Posted by Malikrik 2005-12-03 21:10|| 2005-12-03 21:10|| Front Page Top

#6 or "now is the winter of our discount tents"

Posted by Gloger Clinens8435 2005-12-03 21:17|| 2005-12-03 21:17|| Front Page Top

#7 Sheesh! Talk about the "slings and arrows of outrageous fortune"

Posted by Warner 2005-12-03 21:24|| 2005-12-03 21:24|| Front Page Top

#8 UNHCR giving tents to the PAK military? Even the most naive NGO knows better than to give aid supplies directly to a third rate military for distribution and not be there for the hand out. If the UN wanted to really help they would have hung around for more than thirty seconds and directed the handing out of the tents. But no, the UN just dumps the stuff on the PAK Army and runs back to their penthouses and BMWs in NYC. Now that people are going to freeze they calmly blame the Army. If they would finish what they started this would be a different story.

Posted by 49 pan">49 pan 2005-12-03 21:34|| 2005-12-03 21:34|| Front Page Top

#9 After the Bam earthquake in Iran, hundreds of millions in relief aid was pledged.In an interview with a western journalist,the governor of Bam province stated that he "felt no obligation to aknowledge let alone be grateful to western donors as it had been the will of Allah which had delivered the relief"....The old "INSH ALLA" two-step again...........despite the pledges,only thirty million dollars was forthcoming...Did the official diss the donors too soon ,or did Allah just decide he didn't feel like "INSHING"? My point is, can you really ever help people who have this kind of mentality?

Posted by Warner 2005-12-03 22:31|| 2005-12-03 22:31|| Front Page Top

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