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2008-07-13 India-Pakistan

"More than 100 terror camps" in operation in northwestern Pakistan

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Posted by john frum 2008-07-13 07:59|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
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#1 The Taliban have violated the terms of these agreements in every region where accords have been signed.

Diplomats - are hey incapable of learning, or just congenitally stupid?

Posted by OldSpook 2008-07-13 09:26|| 2008-07-13 09:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Ahmed Rashid has documented how, with full backing from Perv, the ISI created an "NGO" to handle the Taliban. Staffed by retired ISI and other retired Pak military officers with jihadi links, they reported for duty at ISI HQ but were officially off the payroll.

It was this "NGO" that revived and sustained the Taliban. The then ISI chief Kayani is now the head of the Pak Military.

Posted by john frum 2008-07-13 09:32|| 2008-07-13 09:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Is that all? Did they forget to count the Pak military camps?

Posted by Spot 2008-07-13 09:35|| 2008-07-13 09:35|| Front Page Top

#4 A really big bomb could get them all and leave a 'do not enter' glow on the land.

Posted by wxjames 2008-07-13 12:01|| 2008-07-13 12:01|| Front Page Top

#5 " A US Special Forces raid against the Black Guard camp in Danda Saidgai in North Waziristan, Pakistan in March 2006 resulted in the death of Imam Asad and several dozen members of the Black Guard."

This is type type of operation that Armitage put a stop to. Whenever someone extols the wisdom of these "sophisticated diplomats" we should remind them of the before and after in North Warzistan.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2008-07-13 14:25|| 2008-07-13 14:25|| Front Page Top

#6 I keep saying a little napalm and an ARCLIGHT strike or two would put an end to this. We NEED someone with the cojones to do it in Washington. I was hoping Bush would be that person. Now I'm not sure there IS such a person - at least no one that can actually get elected.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-07-13 14:53|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-07-13 14:53|| Front Page Top

#7 OP...Arc-light is the answer. Take no prisoners. Any "civilian" is at least sympathizer if not a collaborator. Send their hearts and their minds to allan.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2008-07-13 15:01|| 2008-07-13 15:01|| Front Page Top

#8 9-11 followed indulgence of Al-Qaeda/Taliban genocide camps in Afghanistan. Surely something similar will follow NATO's follies.

If Senator McCain wants another election issue; he needs to promote a hardline on cross border terror. Unwinnable wars are eventually lost; our current politicians seem illiterate at times.

Posted by McZoid 2008-07-13 15:52|| 2008-07-13 15:52|| Front Page Top

#9 I'm afraid most of our politicians are spineless and weak kneed. Hell, we can't get them to do much about our own border situation or for that matter the price of gasoline. I don't have much hope for anything to be done about Pakistan. McCain would be the one that might show some intestinal fortitude.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-07-13 19:22|| 2008-07-13 19:22|| Front Page Top

#10 Laos and Cambodia lessons learned or de-javu all over again?

Posted by Besoeker 2008-07-13 20:34|| 2008-07-13 20:34|| Front Page Top

#11 McCain aint going to do jack about the cross border stuff. He's a gimp on waterboarding, and guess who one of his top advisors is?

Armitrage. The same moron that screwed the ops side of the house by playing politics.

McCain is a fool, and is now proving to be an idiot with his choice of advisors like Armitrace and Juan Hernandez, his amnesty pandering, and his stupidity regarding global warming.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-07-13 21:29|| 2008-07-13 21:29|| Front Page Top

#12 Carly Fiorino may be the most hated person to ever work at Hewlett Packard. In a certain sense that's not saying much because most people who've worked there weren't particularly hateful, regardless of their competence. On the other hand, a LOT of people have worked there.

And she's the McCain advisor who said Phil Graham's place was under the bus.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-07-13 21:33|| 2008-07-13 21:33|| Front Page Top

#13 bomb them...

anyone who runs is a taliban...
anyone who doesn't run is a well disciplined taliban...

Posted by Abu do you love 2008-07-13 21:56|| 2008-07-13 21:56|| Front Page Top

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