Article

2004-09-07 Afghanistan/South Asia

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by .com 2004-09-07 01:34|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Cofer has an incredibly big mouth. Even if true, why mention it?

Posted by Anonymous6339 2004-09-07 3:07:52 AM|| 2004-09-07 3:07:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I found this bit intersting:

"On Monday, Musharraf courted more controversy by strongly indicating that he plans to stay as army chief next year to help maintain national stability during the anti-terror campaign - just eight months after telling the nation he would be standing down."

I agree with him. When you are the target of asassination attempts, pick some other more peaceful time to take off your military uniform.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-09-07 3:09:00 AM|| 2004-09-07 3:09:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 ..Is it possible that this is just an attempt to yank Al-Q's chain - that is, we say we're this close to catching him and these guys look at each other and start freaking out, wondering who's talking?

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2004-09-07 10:16:59 AM|| 2004-09-07 10:16:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Musharraf is just following in the footsteps of another president who also held the military chief portfolio, Gen. Zia ul Huq.

Like Musharraf, Zia was also a close U.S. ally, and was, at the time (1980âs) helping Washington to fight the Russians in Afghanistan.

Despite his promise to "return to the barracks in 90 days," Zia ruled Pakistan for more than 11 years, using the referendum to justify his rule. He left only when killed in a plane crash in August 1988, along with his senior aides, the then U.S. ambassador to Islamabad and an American general.

If I were Musharraf, Iâd remain clear of any flights which include the U.S. ambassador.

Posted by RN 2004-09-07 10:34:29 AM|| 2004-09-07 10:34:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 #1 You are so right! Never has a man won a "distinguished" anti-terrorist reputation with so little to back it up. For that matter, the CIA has done nothing to prove that OBL is alive, and thus the claim that forces are closing in on him seems extemely self-serving.

Posted by Tancred 2004-09-07 10:56:50 AM|| 2004-09-07 10:56:50 AM|| Front Page Top

10:29 UFO
09:29 UFO
08:02 UFO
00:01 Angash Elminelet3775
10:13 lex
01:59 Super Hose
00:20 .com
00:18 mojo
23:54 whitecollar redneck
23:52 Mark Espinola
23:52 V is for Victory
23:42 Valentine
23:39 smn
23:30 Bomb-a-rama
23:28 ex-lib
23:27 Mark Espinola
23:24 smn
23:20 ex-lib
23:09 Sock Puppet of Doom
23:06 badanov
23:05 Sock Puppet of Doom
23:02 badanov
22:57 Zpaz
22:55 Super Hose