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| Al-Qaida Not Involved In Terrorist Acts In Pakistan. Really. |
| 2002-09-14 |
| Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar said no Al-qaeda link was found in any terrorist act in Pakistan. That statement means we can discount anything else he says... 186,000 weapons were confiscated during last 14 months. The Minister said that there are 20 F.B.I officials currently in Pakistan. Okay. If you say so... 186,000 weapons is a fairly staggering number... While answering questions on a local radio talk show, the Minister said that Pakistan started its war against terrorism even before year 2000 and continued to escalate it after 911. Sure. We all saw that. For instance, there was... ummm... He said that during the current war on "terrorism" for America’s and Pakistan’s own interests we have not let anyone use our soil. Any F.B.I agent is not given a free hand to carry out his own operations. While answering a question he said that the government will take strict action against those who are using police to arrest their enemies in the name of Taliban. "I mean, just because there's a shootout, that doesn't mean they're Bad Guys. And there's other reasons besides terrorism for cutting people's heads off..." Al-Qaida is not involved in any kind of terrorism in Pakistan and that we have arrested those involved in larger terrorist acts. He also said that the tribesmen are our brothers and it was only after their consent that operations were carried out in their areas. That's probably the driver in this series of silly statements here. The tribesmen presume to meet the government on equal terms — the government's literally afraid of them. The fundos keep trying to drive their wedges in there, to widen the gap. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 "Al-Qaida is not involved in any kind of terrorism in Pakistan" - my sides hurt from all that laughter. And I thought Aziz was the biggest BS artiste out there. At least Tariq's speeches have more entertainment value. Pakland is to psychofundos as Lancaster, PA is to Amish. |
| Posted by: Raj 2002-09-14 10:27:43 |