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India-Pakistan
Islamabad sealed for fear of suicide attacks
2007-07-08
The Islamabad administration sealed the capital early on Saturday to avoid possible suicide attacks.

Policemen have been deployed at all entry and exit points of the city and they have been ordered to check all vehicles and people thoroughly before allowing them into the capital. About 10 to 15 policemen are manning each entry and exit points and four-member teams have been formed to patrol the areas close to Rawalpindi, especially Sector I. Daily Times learnt that intelligence agencies have informed the Interior Ministry that there is a possibility of suicide attacks in the city in reaction to the Lal Masjid operation.

Policemen have been deployed at markets, important buildings and other public places. Gates of several police stations were closed and visitors were being thoroughly checked before they entered the buildings.
Posted by:Fred

#10  The worst bad guys are the bad guys who are considered "better worst guys" and therefore enjoy a measure of protection from direct action by the good guys.

Think Saudi Arabia. Think Musharraf. Think Arafat.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-07-08 13:21  

#9  There was just one problem - in that confrontation the (worse) bad guys won out.

The worst bad guys are the bad guys who are considered "better worst guys" and therefore enjoy a measure of protection from direct action by the good guys. IDF has a lot more freedom of action in Gaza now.
Posted by: gromgoru   2007-07-08 09:16  

#8  And it's an atomic powderkeg....
Posted by: Bobby   2007-07-08 07:57  

#7  Putting aside my urge to call this a fitting irony, I cannot say this is a positive development.

Hamas vs Fatah in the Gaza strip seemed like it would whittle down the bad guys. There was just one problem - in that confrontation the (worse) bad guys won out.

IMO, Pakistani society is likely to be intimidated/coerced and to cave in to radical Islamic demands like keeping the Pakistani army out of their badlands and raising a stink about foreign teams operating there. Musharraf's support is already shaky; spasms of violence in population centers could have unpredictable consequences.

And we really can not afford for all hell to break loose in that powder keg, especially now that the critical moment for stabilizing Iraq and maintaining political support against Jihad Incorporated has arrived.
Posted by: Grumenk Philalzabod0723   2007-07-08 05:59  

#6  Well, I was going to act to get you a honorary doctorate from the unseemly U---but if you insist on remaining mister...
Posted by: gromgoru   2007-07-08 05:19  

#5  Right now there are decent and worthy Britishers who are most likely crying over their morning tea for the lost sons and daughters that will never again come home. Rubbing the sleep out of their eyes are young boys and girls whose mums and dads will never tousle their hair as they wake up in the morning. Everywhere are people without brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, grandfolk and grandkids who are all DEAD because of Pakistan's ceaseless terrorist BULLSHIT.

Ask me again just how sad I am that Islamabad is reaping as it has sown.
Go ahead, ask me.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-07-08 05:09  

#4  Highly unseemly Zenster. Highly unseemly.

That's Mister Unseemly to you!
Posted by: Zenster   2007-07-08 05:02  

#3  Highly unseemly Zenster. Highly unseemly.
Posted by: gromgoru   2007-07-08 04:50  

#2  You got it Zenster, lol!
Posted by: Duh!   2007-07-08 01:40  

#1  The Islamabad administration sealed the capital early on Saturday to avoid possible suicide attacks.

Is anyone else laughing up their sleeve over this announcement? I'm not. I'm bursting out in riotous laughter! These Pakistani assholes have been spreading their jihadist filth for years and only now does it finally come back to bite them on the ass.

Best of all is how they are being subjected to the very most difficult sort of assailant to detect; The bomb vest attacker. After having bred up so many of this particular species of vermin, it is gratifying in the extreme to see their own very much more porous security being infiltrated by such murderous thugs. "It couldn't happen to a nicer bunch" doesn't even begin to cover it.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-07-08 00:15  

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