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Pakistan denies press reports of sending troops to Saudi Arabia
2003-10-09
Pakistan has denied the news items carried in the Middle East and local media, speculating that Saudi Arabia has asked Pakistan to send a sizable troop contingent and security and intelligence personnel. A Foreign Office spokesman said on Wednesday that these reports were baseless and incorrect and no such consultations have taken place between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
Y'see, they've got this modern airbase, with nobody there, and they couldn't think of what to do with it. Since the Paks have such a nice army, they figured they'd ask if they wanted to use it...
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#7  The Saudis apparently already have a lot of Pakistani mercenaries in their armed forces.
Posted by: buwaya   2003-10-9 11:35:33 AM  

#6  I'd expect his body will be found in another "went on a picnic in the desert and got lost" story
Posted by: Frank G   2003-10-9 10:32:33 AM  

#5  Raptor, that plane incident was several years ago...the smugglers were just sentenced to prison terms in France, that Soddy prince is on the lam, with an outstanding warrant for his arrest.

I wonder if he's in someone's guest house in Pakistan?
Posted by: Seafarious   2003-10-9 10:30:56 AM  

#4  Wasn't there a post here a couple weeks ago about a Princeling's jet being used to smuggel drugs?

Haven't heard anything since then.
Posted by: Raptor   2003-10-9 8:36:27 AM  

#3  I'd bet that the documents covering the Saudi-Paki agreements try to avoid phrases such as "cannon fodder" and "population-control".

Notice the number of Paki heads that have rolled for "drug smuggling" recently - with nary a mention of any Saudi complicity? This is an absurdity approaching Clown Prince Abbie regularly serving pork loin as the main course at all of his palaces... Believe this: not a single riyal changes hands in SaoodiLand without a Soddy getting a cut. And if his "partner" is Paki, it's the larger slice, regardless of the relative risks faced. Drug smuggling has "Royal" complicity stamped all over it because of the influence required to get through Customs. I endured some searches that you wouldn't believe looking for pork (flat-nosed beef) - what do you think they would do if they suspected heroin? When a Paki is caught, what you're seeing is a power-play for a larger Soddy cut from the deal. Bank it.
Posted by: .com   2003-10-9 2:22:52 AM  

#2  It would be interesting to see what will be the reaction of Pakistani soldiers when they notice the Saudi habit of using Pakistanese as scape goats and
executing them.
Posted by: JFM   2003-10-9 1:41:09 AM  

#1  I still believe we should have blown the airbase up, or at the very least bombed the runway.
Posted by: Charles   2003-10-9 12:43:14 AM  

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