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2007-02-03 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Steve White 2007-02-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Another shameful apartheid wall. What's that you say? No Jews on either side? Ok, clearly this is not news.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-02-03 03:07|| 2007-02-03 03:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Okay, give Perv a little credit. Almost any fencing, even five or six strands of concertina thick, will at least help to channel the bad guyz.

The purpose of such a fence is not to stop illegal entry (and exit), but to both slow it down and to limit the amount or cargo that can be taken through.

Imagine what a drag it would be to a Taliban who is inching he way through five strands when he suddenly comes under MG fire. A skeleton, suspended in the air off of concertina makes a great scarecrow.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-02-03 09:51|| 2007-02-03 09:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Except that the ISI has trained terrorists how to go through electric fencing.
While this was meant for the Indian fence on the LOC, the jihadis will train those crossing on the Afghan side

Posted by john 2007-02-03 10:20|| 2007-02-03 10:20|| Front Page Top

#4 You always cover fence with a MG. And there is a big difference between penetrating fence, and doing so quickly.

Concertina is lovely stuff. Stacked in rolls, even if you cut it, it pretty much stays in place. For its price, it makes one hell of an obstacle.

The objective here is to use it to channel the bad guyz to use fewer crossings and carry less weapons and equipment. For that, concertina should be just dandy.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-02-03 10:25|| 2007-02-03 10:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Given that Taliban fighters have been observed in the past being transported in Pak army trucks, I fear this has little to do with controlling terrorist infiltration and is actually about asserting the Durand line border (which the Afghans do not recognize)

Posted by john 2007-02-03 10:49|| 2007-02-03 10:49|| Front Page Top

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