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2009-07-10 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Fred 2009-07-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
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#1 This could be very interesting in any number of ways. Baluchistan is a divided (between Pak and Iran), very mineral rich non-country, full of very troublesome Baluchis, who are typical "borderers", tough people who love nothing more than to make trouble on both sides.

The Pakistani part is also home to the new, deep water modern, Chinese built, strategically important military and commercial port of Gwadar. The Iranian part has essential metals for their nuclear program.

For the Taliban and al-Qaeda to move there could be a major problem for the Iranians, as long as the Taliban and al-Qaeda focused on them, and the Pak army would let them. And if they turned their attentions to the port, the Chinese would get seriously bent out of shape.

In either case, it would take a lot of pressure off Afghanistan, and really be a serious pain in the butt to Iran or China, or both.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-07-10 10:58|| 2009-07-10 10:58|| Front Page Top

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