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2015-01-03 India-Pakistan

Pakistani boat blows self up after India navy chase: Indian defence ministry

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Posted by trailing wife 2015-01-03 00:36|| || Front Page|| [15 views ] Top

#1 Hope the Indians had GPS location of the boat and someone with RoV experience to check out the boat's debris.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2015-01-03 05:43|| 2015-01-03 05:43|| Front Page Top

#2 the boat's name wasn't "Pride of The ISI", was it?

Posted by Frank G 2015-01-03 08:12|| 2015-01-03 08:12|| Front Page Top

#3 The Indian Express: Small-time liquor and diesel smugglers.

Pakistan: Fishing boat and crew were from Keti Bunder, near Karachi in Pakistan.

Other details: Indian defense ministry reviewing a call intercepted between two people who are believed to be a terrorist on the boat and a handler. Times Now sez the point of origin of the calls was Pakistan. Media also sez that the radio found on the boat similar to the models used by the Pak army.

Posted by Pappy 2015-01-03 08:50|| 2015-01-03 08:50|| Front Page Top

#4 The Indian Express: Small-time liquor and diesel smugglers.

No reason terror-bound jihadis couldn't catch a ride with professional smugglers. It makes no sense that small time smugglers would blow up their boat instead of surrendering, if that's all they were protecting.

Posted by trailing wife 2015-01-03 11:39|| 2015-01-03 11:39|| Front Page Top

#5 It makes no sense ....

Many things in that part of the world don't, TW.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2015-01-03 14:31|| 2015-01-03 14:31|| Front Page Top

#6 It makes no sense that small time smugglers would blow up their boat instead of surrendering

Just a conjecture, but perhaps the smugglers were trying to scuttle the boat by and somebody either mishandled an explosive device or created a spark in the process.

Alcohol and diesel aren't exactly safe to be around.

/loaded sentence

Posted by Pappy 2015-01-03 14:57|| 2015-01-03 14:57|| Front Page Top

#7 When zero time came the crewman turned to explain
"Hajis, its too tough to flee them"
Near Karaci bay their will started to fray
"Fellos, its bin laden for us!"
The captain wired in to explosives within
and last thoughts churned in humans turned ferel
And later that flight the ship blew out of sight
came the wreck of the Achmed Fitzgereld

Does anyone know where the love of allah goes
when coasties turn jihadis to crab food
The imams all say they'd have made Mumbai way
Had they read 15 more suras that morning
They might have blown up or they might have selfdowned
But they did run fast for safe water
All that remains is the feces and brains
of the terrible smugglers of allah

Posted by swksvolFF 2015-01-03 19:59|| 2015-01-03 19:59|| Front Page Top

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