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2010-07-19 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Fred 2010-07-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda in Pakistan

#1 How hard is it to pick up a cell phone and start naming hellfire targets?

Posted by Mike Ramsey 2010-07-19 08:00|| 2010-07-19 08:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Hey Mullahs,

Why don't you invade Pakistan and protect your Shia brethren.

Posted by lord garth 2010-07-19 10:35|| 2010-07-19 10:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Sarcasm in the above remark aside, the Iranians have taken a deep interest in the attacks on Pakistani Shiites and have made their displeasure known to the Pakistani government.

However, between the race to complete their 'peaceful' nuclear program, the sanctions and their economic impact and Afghanistan, the Pakistani Shiites have taken a very low position on the Iranian list of concerns.

Posted by Pappy 2010-07-19 12:01|| 2010-07-19 12:01|| Front Page Top

#4 the Iranians have taken a deep interest in the attacks on Pakistani Shiites and have made their displeasure known to the Pakistani government.

Why would Pakistan be concerned about the opinion of Iranian johnnie-come-latelies, when Pakistan has had nuclear bombs for a couple of decades?

Posted by trailing wife 2010-07-19 12:04|| 2010-07-19 12:04|| Front Page Top

#5 The Shiite infidels must be destroyed! Er, I mean the Shia infidels. Or is it the other way around? I guess between the Crusaders, Jews, the wrong flavor of Muslim and the occasional odd Zoroastrian, we are all infidels on this bus.

Good thing they don't call it the Religion of Blowing Stuff Up or you would find things exploding in every country where Muslims are found.

Posted by SteveS 2010-07-19 13:02|| 2010-07-19 13:02|| Front Page Top

#6 Why would Pakistan be concerned about the opinion of Iranian johnnie-come-latelies, when Pakistan has had nuclear bombs for a couple of decades?

Because at this point, it's the 'Sunni World' that has nuclear weapons. The Iranians obtaining them would dramatically change the power structure, in essence become the 'Shiite voice' as well as both recreating a Persian empire and, for some, hastening the return of the Mahdi.

Posted by Pappy 2010-07-19 20:52|| 2010-07-19 20:52|| Front Page Top

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