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| Islamabad vows to guard its territorial integrity | |
| 2008-09-13 | |
Pakistan's army vowed Friday to safeguard the country's territorial integrity under the leadership of its new democratic government, an official statement said.
It coincided with a pre-dawn missile strike by a suspected US drone Friday in which 12 people were killed in a Pakistani tribal area where U.S. forces have been aggressively targeting Al-Qaeda militants, fuelling further anger from Washington's key "war on terror" ally. Missile strikes targeting militants in Pakistan in recent weeks have been blamed on U.S.-led coalition forces or CIA drones based in Afghanistan. Pakistan does not have missile-equipped drones. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani hit out at the strike, saying that only Pakistani forces have the right to act on its territory. "We strongly condemn this attack and the government will raise this issue at diplomatic level," he told reporters. As well as missile strikes, Pakistan last week for the first time accused Afghanistan-based troops of carrying out a direct attack on its territory, a raid in the South Waziristan tribal zone that left 15 people dead. U.S. and Afghan officials say Pakistan's tribal areas are a safe haven for Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants who sneaked into the rugged region after the fall of the Taliban regime in late 2001. Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, are widely believed to be hiding in the mountainous region. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Let me know when you work that out & I'll order a dozen or two in .357 magnum or .45 Redneck Jim. Make that two dozen - Mr. Lotp would get a kick out of having some as well. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-09-13 20:22 |
| #3 Y'know with a bit of work I could make some real "Lipstick loads" wouldn't hurt anyone (Throw in some rock salt for sting), but use the right color and you could scare the shit out of the target(Whoever) also mark them good for the cops to catch. (Yes officer Friendly, find the running man with the bloodstained shirt and trailing shit as he runs, he went that way) should be an easy catch. Same idea as paintball ammo, just a bit more painfull) I'd load two, then the real stuff.(Maybe add a needle penetrator last for those thugs wearing armor) |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-09-13 20:00 |
| #2 Lipstick I can get behind: |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-09-13 05:36 |
| #1 'anticipatory self-defense.', the so called Bush Doctrine (according to Charlie Gibson), is still in effect, since the last time I checked George W Bush is still the President of the United States (POTUS). As summarized by Charles Krauthammer in another article today: Then came 9/11, and that notion was immediately superseded by the advent of the war on terror. In his address to the joint session of Congress nine days after 9/11, President Bush declared: "Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists. From this day forward any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime." This "with us or against us" policy regarding terror -- first deployed against Pakistan when Secretary of State Colin Powell gave President Musharraf that seven-point ultimatum to end support for the Taliban and support our attack on Afghanistan -- became the essence of the Bush doctrine. Everyone who heard President Bush state this 'with us or against us' 'anticipatory strike' doctrine at the post 9/11 congressional address cheered. George Bush is still sticking to his "guns" on this policy even though all the liberals may have lapsed back to their pre 9/11 politics of promoting legal rights for their extremist friends and supporters. As VP I will urge President John McCain to continue the Bush Doctrine of 'anticipatory self defense'. In my own words, as a 'big stick' hockey mom, to the Pakistani powers at be and their little extremist friends, "I feel your anger, but this is your 'Your pigs need a little lip stick, and I will make it red lip stick.'" I am hockey mom Sarah Palin, and I approve this message. |
| Posted by: Sarah Palin 2008-09-13 02:48 |