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2006-11-04 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Fred 2006-11-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The strike came just as the Bajaur accords were supposed to take place (similar to the Waziristan deal).

Damn good timing in my book. No more surrendering of territory.

Officials within the Pakistani government were supposedly worried when early reports surfaced that Faqir Mohammed may have been killed.

Yeah, I'll be kept up during the long winter nights worrying about this one, fer sure.

Faqir Mohammed is a Taliban leader in the region who would have been a major signatory to the accords: if he were killed, the Pakistanis wouldnt know who could enter into the accords with them (or, to put it cynically, they wouldnt know who they were supposed to surrender to).

Stop! Stop! You're ripping my heart out!

However, Mohammed survived.

We'll do better next time, I promise.

He apparently felt so confident in his safety that he gave an interview to NBC News near the blasted school (and) also attended and spoke at the funeral for the 80 who died in the strike.

Another target of opportunity, wasted!

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-04 02:08|| 2006-11-04 02:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Its worth noting that Faqir Mohammed also hosted Zarqawi when the US strike missed him back in January, and left before that strike as well. Its unlikely that Mohammed had advance warning of either the Damadola strike or this one (too many high-value terrorists were killed at Damadola, and Mohammed almost certainly would have alerted them). Some guys are apparently just that lucky

Or tipped off by the Paki ISI!!!!

Posted by Crairong Glager5686 2006-11-04 09:59|| 2006-11-04 09:59|| Front Page Top

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