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2011-05-25 Home Front: WoT

Helicopter wreckage from bin Laden raid returned

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Posted by tu3031 2011-05-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 The SEALS would've destroyed the rotor, etc. iff it had been tech-sensitive + couldn't be taken on the trip home - heck, wouldn't surprise me at all iff many of the components were "Made-in-China" anyhoo.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-05-25 01:43|| 2011-05-25 01:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Pakistan has had a bad rap for some time now. They are great craftsmen for example. They made and still do probably some of the finest metal instruments for surgery. I believe they are a complex people who have many conflicts within their country and from the outside. The few I have meet here seemed opinionated but charming.

Posted by Dale 2011-05-25 06:41|| 2011-05-25 06:41|| Front Page Top

#3 The few I have meet here seemed opinionated but charming.

When Paks need something from you. Otherwise standoffish, condescending and unstrustworthy.

Al-Tabari hadith: If you [Muslim] are under their [infidels] authority, fearing for yourselves, behave loyally to them, with your tongue, while harboring inner animosity for them. Allah has forbidden believers from being friendly or on intimate terms with the infidels in place of believersexcept when infidels are above them [in authority]. In such a scenario, let them act friendly towards them.

Ibn Kathir: Let us smile to the face of some people while our hearts curse them;

Posted by Zebulon Thranter9685 2011-05-25 13:11|| 2011-05-25 13:11|| Front Page Top

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