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2007-10-18 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Oztralian 2007-10-18 16:16|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Wow! Didn't take the bad guys long to go after her.

Posted by Mike 2007-10-18 16:30|| 2007-10-18 16:30|| Front Page Top

#2 As of 4:40 EST, 30 dead, probably a lot more to come. What a homecoming. (ISI, anyone?)

Posted by Jonathan">Jonathan 2007-10-18 16:30|| 2007-10-18 16:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Religion of ~~peace~~pieces.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-10-18 16:32|| 2007-10-18 16:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Countdown to CNN explaining how she should have expected it.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-10-18 16:34|| 2007-10-18 16:34|| Front Page Top

Posted by Tarzan Uleamble6134 2007-10-18 17:24|| 2007-10-18 17:24|| Front Page Top

#6 As of 5:32 EST the number of persons killed (not wounded or killed...killed) is put at "almost" 100. This is a report off of the radio (Fox).

Does this poor woman (B. Bhutto)have any allies in Pak? Does this woman have a military/intelligence service she can rely upon for her personal safety as well as those in Pak who don't subscribe to the AQ/ Taliban mentality?

Given that I've been coming to and reading RB for every bit of four years, are these stupid questions?

Posted by Mark Z">Mark Z 2007-10-18 17:27|| 2007-10-18 17:27|| Front Page Top

#7 Time will tell Mark.

Posted by Icerigger">Icerigger 2007-10-18 17:41|| 2007-10-18 17:41|| Front Page Top

#8 BBC Newsnight explain it clearly as ex-ISI, with a whole lot of taquiya.

Would post link to interview from tonight, but BBC cut-backs have kicked in.

Posted by rhodesiafever 2007-10-18 17:42|| 2007-10-18 17:42|| Front Page Top

#9 Excal, CNN would probably spin it in some fashion that Butto is racist/nazi because she is against Islam's cultural norms and how dare she not to wear a burka and therefore she is actually responsible for the bombing. If CNN does not spin it that way today, then they'll at some point tomorrow. N.M.E. they are.

Sounds like a libberish? Yea, sadly, that's what I expect from these dhimmified idiots.

Posted by twobyfour 2007-10-18 17:43|| http://www.twobyfour.info]">[http://www.twobyfour.info] 2007-10-18 17:43|| Front Page Top

#10 Adendum, BBC is likely do it today, without delay.

Posted by twobyfour 2007-10-18 17:46|| http://www.twobyfour.info]">[http://www.twobyfour.info] 2007-10-18 17:46|| Front Page Top

#11 Does this woman have a military/intelligence service she can rely upon for her personal safety?

In two words: Hell No!

Don't forget her father was hung by the very same officers who are supposed to be her GHQ.

P.S. The death toll is now up to 108.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2007-10-18 18:36|| 2007-10-18 18:36|| Front Page Top

#12 The bombs exploded as a modified truck carrying Bhutto inched along Airport Rd in Karachi

How do you kill 100+ people and not get the one you were aiming at? Maybe should look into buying some of those 'modified trucks' for our guys in Iraq.

Posted by jpal 2007-10-18 18:55|| 2007-10-18 18:55|| Front Page Top

#13 Maybe should look into buying some of those 'modified trucks' for our guys in Iraq.

From another posting today:

A shipping container strengthened with bulletproof glass took her through Karachi

Posted by tipper 2007-10-18 19:11|| 2007-10-18 19:11|| Front Page Top

#14 I never realized my surprise meter could read so far into the negative range.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-18 19:24|| 2007-10-18 19:24|| Front Page Top

#15 Damn, the MSM is slowing down. They haven't blamed Bush or Haliburton yet.

"If Bush hadn't invaded Afghanistan........"

The reactions should be interesting.

Posted by AlanC 2007-10-18 19:40|| 2007-10-18 19:40|| Front Page Top

#16 Welcome home, Benny. At least the ground rules have been established right up front...

Posted by tu3031 2007-10-18 19:41|| 2007-10-18 19:41|| Front Page Top

#17 I didn't think Perv had the Nerve.

Pakistan will disintigrate soon. We need to know where each and every one of the Paki nukes is, and have plans with multiple redundancies to "secure" them (i.e. seize or destroy - by unconventional means if neccesary). If we do not, then one of them could be detonating in Detroit, soon after.

Posted by OldSpook 2007-10-18 19:45|| 2007-10-18 19:45|| Front Page Top

#18 My hope is that the we (and the Indians) have a team whose sole purpose is securing nukes in unstable regions. Should have set one up during the breakup of the Soviet Union anyway.

Posted by Jonathan">Jonathan 2007-10-18 19:58|| 2007-10-18 19:58|| Front Page Top

#19 My question is what does Benazir Bhutto have in mind to make a turnaround in Pakistan. From its very inception the country has been a mental, cultural, social, and economic backwater sh*thole.

What does Pakistan have going for it? Something fundamental to build upon is what is missing. If you were to start turning around Pakistan, you would have to jail or take out the so-called religious leaders to put a stop to their hate-filled, self-destructive rhetoric that gets the Just Plain Joes on a rampage, destroying everything positive.

What does Pakistan have to sustain itself economically besides massive aid from Saudi Arabia (think Madarasas producing Jihadi-Bots) or US military and economic aid, and maybe some Chicom aid?

The literacy rate is 50% overall with 63% for males and 36% for females.

Anyone wanting to make something happen in Pakistan would have to be a dictator, and that is still an uphill battle. I hate to be so pessismistic, but Benazir is wasting her time and her life on this place. Pakistan needs to have the subsidies taken away and allow to progress or fail. My guess that it would become a dope growing and processing region and that would be it.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-10-18 20:36|| 2007-10-18 20:36|| Front Page Top

#20 Need some way to scan a neutron flux across areas, spot increased muon or neutrinos generation and then flood the spots with neutrons to eliminate the A-Bombs.
(the sci-fi method)
or just bomb the hell out of the storage areas followed by some way of retrieving or detonating them.

Posted by 3dc 2007-10-18 20:40|| 2007-10-18 20:40|| Front Page Top

#21 What does Pakistan have going for it?

It's close to India.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-10-18 20:41|| 2007-10-18 20:41|| Front Page Top

#22 Alaska,
What does Pakistan have going for it?
Pakistan is real good at breaking up old, worn-out ships. That makes them at least one step up from the Paleos.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-10-18 20:43|| 2007-10-18 20:43|| Front Page Top

#23 how about: "If we continue on the Jihadi path, we'll all be dead carbonized plasma"?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-10-18 20:48|| 2007-10-18 20:48|| Front Page Top

#24 The ISI and their taliban hard boyz waste no time in giving the message: we are the power here. The old days are gone Benny, they aren't going to let you do squat.
Those of you worrying about the nukes are right, but Pakistan doesn't have to break-up for there to be loose nukes. All that's needed is for the jihadi elements (ISI, taliban, ets.) to take over the government. If they do so, securing the nukes will be a lot harder.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2007-10-18 21:17|| 2007-10-18 21:17|| Front Page Top

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