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2004-03-03

Ramzi Yousefâs bro-in-law responsible for Quetta attack

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-03-03 1:14:43 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 They are not safe in mosques

Ah..at last they begin to get a clue.

Posted by B 2004-3-3 1:44:24 AM|| 2004-3-3 1:44:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I read in The New Jackals that Ramzi Yousef was involved in the bombing of a Shi'ite shrine in Iran back in the mid 90's too.

Posted by Paul Moloney 2004-3-3 3:55:44 AM|| 2004-3-3 3:55:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 but itâs not clear what their objective was,

Obviously, they don't read rantburg.

Posted by B 2004-3-3 8:17:39 AM|| 2004-3-3 8:17:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 somewhat off topic for this post, but as long as we've got the Paki experts here

what to y'all (dan and paul in particular) think of the new Seymour Hersh piece in the New Yorker - havent read it but heard him on NPR this AM - he says we let Perv off the hook for letting A Qhan go, in return for Perv letting US troops into NWFP to get Bin Laden. He says Qhan would have been very desirable to interrogate, and this is huge tradeoff. also says Perv is in deep yoghurt - days numbered.

Posted by liberalhawk 2004-3-3 1:42:40 PM|| 2004-3-3 1:42:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I haven't read the article, but those conclusions seem plausible enough. It's obvious that AQ Khan wasn't operating without the assistance of the Pakistani Army, so for Washington to accept the charade of Khan's confession, they must have gotten something in return.
Back home Perv has pretty much zero support. The fundo part of the population are against him, the middle class and elite are against him, and the secular parties; the PPP and PML-N are against him. He managed to contruct a majority in parliament by buying off various defectors and minor parties and combining them together, but even they don't particularly like him.

Posted by Paul Moloney 2004-3-3 5:55:55 PM|| 2004-3-3 5:55:55 PM|| Front Page Top

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