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2004-07-13 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-07-13 9:49:30 AM|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I've been hearing some pretty ridiculous figures being bandied about: 30,000 "resistance" fighters in Iraq, now 25,000 Jehadis in Karachi. Phooey.

These guesstimations have no basis in reality, unless you count anybody and everybody who isn't "happy" with the way things are today. By those standards, half the people in NYC are Jehadis.

"They did not pick up my garbage this week, so I and my comrades will attack the place where garbage trucks come from with RPGs and Machine Guns! The people of Brooklyn will not be thwarted!"

Nonsense.

Posted by Anonymoose 2004-07-13 11:49:51 AM|| 2004-07-13 11:49:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The low body count is just the Muslim work ethic in practice. Can you image the havoc a division of Americans can do Karachi?

Posted by ed 2004-07-13 12:01:29 PM|| 2004-07-13 12:01:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Remember that Pakistanis have been going to Jihadi training camps for over 2 decades now. At the very least there are several thousand Jihadis fighting in Indian Kashmir, who are constantly being killed or rotated out to be replaced by others.
The figure is pretty credible, baring in mind that only a tiny minority of the Jihadis have actively turned against the Pakistani state and commited terrorist acts. Most just hang out at the local mosque and madrassa because their leaders tell them it is unislamic to fight against the government.

Posted by Paul Moloney 2004-07-19 2:03:30 AM|| 2004-07-19 2:03:30 AM|| Front Page Top

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