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| Taliban warn truckers to stop NATO oil supply |
| 2008-06-21 |
| Taliban have warned transporters in Karachi against supplying oil to coalition forces in Afghanistan, in leaflets distributed and displayed in Shireen Jinnah Colony on Mauripur Road. Oil trucks are parked in the Shireen Jinnah Colony, located near the Kemari Harbour and the Karachi Port Trust. Security and transport companies officials said similar leaflets were distributed in parts of the NWFP. Workers from transport companies, asking not to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue, said the Urdu leaflets threatened to blow up the vehicles and houses of those doing business with the coalition forces, but did not specify if the warning was from local or Afghan Taliban. A senior truck owners’ association official said the leaflets named the Afridi, Shinwari and Khyberi transport companies. “The All Pakistan Oil Tanker Owners Association does not supply oil or any other goods to Afghanistan,” said Akram Khan Durrani, the organisation’s general secretary. Sindh Home Secretary Arif Ahmed Khan said transporters would be given protection if they contacted the government. On May 9, three men abducted Shoukat Afridi – whose company deals with NATO forces – from Clifton Town. A police source said he had been taken to the Tribal Areas. His brother Taj Afridi declined to comment, but said negotiations with the kidnappers were underway. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 It's far past time we taught the savages in the NWFP a lesson in military firepower. We need to pick out an area somewhere in the territory, and turn it into a moonscape. Then we need to tell the entire world we'll do the same to anyone fighting against us, no matter where they're located. Then we need to have steel balls, because we're going to have to prove it at least three times before the thick heads of islamists get the message. That includes the governments of a half-dozen so-called "allies", beginning with Pakistan. You cannot fight a war being a nice guy. You've got to be meaner, nastier, and more vicious than your opponent, or you'll end up in second place. There is no prize for second place in war. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-06-21 13:58 |