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2011-07-13 Afghanistan

Pakistan condemns assassination of Karzai's brother

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Posted by Fred 2011-07-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1 So nobody in the ISI or anything bribed or otherwise seduced Mr. Karzai the Younger's longtime clansman cum bodyguard to quietly take Mr. Karzai out of the room and shoot him? How un-byzantine of them.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-07-13 00:40|| 2011-07-13 00:40|| Front Page Top

#2 One has to remember that for all the Poppy Fields in Kandahar Province..all those red poppies blowing in the bright breezes...it all has to be harvested and trucked to be PROCESSED in ( wait for it ) PAKISTAN. That's where the Heroin Processing factories ARE.

Now, If Karzai's little brother was in charge of Karzai getting HIS cut of all that transport, protection, crop management, tools and seed...a little dip of the beak on just about every motion in the entire sweeping dope economy...then WHO would want Karzai's little sibling to take a little too long in the john?

The taliban might want Karzai's junior to bite one if they wanted to get control in their hands and out of his. "Its only good business." as old Uncle Tattaglia once observed. Nothing personal, Mikey. Get in the car.

And Gilani who is a big man down south and is known as the "Gucci Muj", he might just benefit from his Dari friends... after all they drive the trucks.

What is apparent is that no one will really MISS Karzai's younger brother. Maybe, not even Karzai...were they ever really that close. ( one has to ask ).

His name was Achmed Wali...well there you have it, folks. Another dead Moslem, a brief glitch in the dope dividey-uppy, and we are back to normal in the Religion of Peace. Hey, you know WHERE most of that dope GOES? Iran.
One in every sixteen Iranians does the "stuff". And guess who makes sure they get all the dope they need? Now dont be shocked...it pays for our drones and a lot of informers for the CIA. Big sick circle and everybody gets a sniff and a smoke.
Hell yass, y'all, and they give big parties in Georgetown on the Potomac.

How do you think the real world works, Chuckie ?

Posted by de Medici 2011-07-13 05:27|| 2011-07-13 05:27|| Front Page Top

#3 You nailed it de Medici. May tens of thousands more follow him into eternity.

(I'm glad he's dead poster still around?)

Posted by Besoeker on the road again 2011-07-13 07:52|| 2011-07-13 07:52|| Front Page Top

#4 Well, there's gotta be some reason why all those NATO troops haven't made any attempt to eradicate the poppy crop. They'd do it if they got the order but they haven't gotten the order, have they?

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-07-13 12:06|| 2011-07-13 12:06|| Front Page Top

#5 I find it interesting that StrategyPage claims that Afghanistan's share of the heroin market has recently dropped below 80%, with Burma increasing their share to 12%. The writer's explanation for this is a little incoherent (their people have clearly been hired for their knowledge and analytical skills rather than raw writing talent... sort of an anti-New York Times), but he seems to be suggesting that the Surge made things too uncomfortable for the usual cozy protection arrangement.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-07-13 18:41|| 2011-07-13 18:41|| Front Page Top

#6 PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUM > TALIBAN CLAIM ASSASSINATION OF KARZAI BROTHER.

Well there ya go.

BURMA is the Non-Muslim, Warlordic "other End" of the Drug/Opium Crescent, the "other Afghanistan" thats also going Nukulaar.

Its one of those countries that, like post-Soviet Afghanistan = post-9-11 AFPAK, is coming back to haunt Washington for its lack of attention.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-07-13 22:54|| 2011-07-13 22:54|| Front Page Top

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