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India-Pakistan
US intelligence report exposes Pak as supporter of terrorism
2012-12-28
Pakistan and Iran might continue to use terrorist groups to mount attacks on other countries out of a strong sense of insecurity in the next 18 years, says a new report by the US intelligence community.

Every half-decade, the National Intelligence Council's "Global Trends" series produces analysis considered to be the best long-range geopolitical forecasting conducted by the US government. The 140-page "Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds" report has a chapter titled "Future of Terrorism" which calls Pakistan what it is -- a state supporter of terrorism.

"States such as Pakistan and Iran feel threatened by what they perceive as stronger, threatening powers in their regions or globally. Therefore, they seek asymmetric options to assert power and deter attack; using terrorist groups as proxies and pursuing nuclear weapons are two such asymmetric tools," says the report.

US intelligence experts are now echoing what India has always maintained. Pakistan trains Islamic terrorists to launch attacks on India as part of its claim on Kashmir. Anti-India jihadist groups were deliberately created and nurtured as a policy to achieve short-term Pakistani tactical objectives. These Islamic terrorist groups were not thrown up because of Pakistani government weakness, but as a matter of policy.
Posted by:tipper

#6  And in other shocking conclusions in the same report, water is wet, and on sunny days, the sky is blue.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2012-12-28 13:50  

#5  whoops, wrong thread for previous comment. Santa could have easily been killed over Pakiland and nobody would bat an eye in DC. It's common sense that Pakistan supports terrorism. It's just acting "innocent" to avoid getting nuked by everyone with a ICBM.
Posted by: Charles   2012-12-28 13:25  

#4  In other news, the Santa Claus was shot and killed from stray gunfire over the skies of Chicago on Christmas Eve.
Posted by: Charles   2012-12-28 13:22  

#3  I'm sure that the investigations, data analysis and documents compilation for this report only cost us taxpayers $7.98 or thereabouts.

We probably could have come to the same basic conclusion for a lot less by reading the derivative data and using some common sense, but therein lies the rub.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2012-12-28 13:18  

#2  You mean the territory which actively harbored bin dover? I am shocked, shocked to find terrorism going on in this establishment.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2012-12-28 10:49  

#1  Totalitarian regimes generally like to have an external enemy/threat or two, just to keep domestic attention focused on something other than their miserable lot of the common man. Also enables the regime to maintain a substantial military (or a multitude of Federal, military-like, police agencies) which are a key control element of any totalitarian regime.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-12-28 05:25  

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