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2008-07-26 India-Pakistan

Power Rising, Taliban Besiege Pakistani Shiites

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Posted by john frum 2008-07-26 08:15|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
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#1 Before the LOC ceasefire, Pakistan artillery would routinely pound Shiite villages in Indian Kashmir.

The Pak dictator Zia Ul Haq ordered a pogrom of Shia in the Gilgit area of Kashmir. He had an officer organize a lashkar of Arab jihadis to do the killing.
That officer was named Pervez Musharraf. The lashkar was led by an arab named Osama Bin Laden.

Zia was killed in a mysterious crash of his C-130 aircraft. There were suspicions that some PAF Shia aircrew were involved.

Posted by john frum 2008-07-26 08:24|| 2008-07-26 08:24|| Front Page Top

#2 John, National Geographic has an excellent article from September, last year, which backgrounds a lot of the issues in this article.
Struggle for the Soul of Pakistan

Posted by tipper 2008-07-26 09:20|| 2008-07-26 09:20|| Front Page Top

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