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2008-07-12 India-Pakistan

Taliban militants threaten to kill Pakistani hostages

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Posted by Fred 2008-07-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
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#1 Why can't the Pakistani government just lift it's veil of protection along the border region and wait until the Taliban squeal "uncle"?

Posted by gorb 2008-07-12 03:18|| 2008-07-12 03:18|| Front Page Top

#2 'cause the Taliban serve the strategic interests of the Pakistani military.

Posted by john frum 2008-07-12 07:25|| 2008-07-12 07:25|| Front Page Top

#3 #2: 'cause the Taliban serve the strategic interests of the Pakistani military. Posted by: john frum|| 2008-07-12 07:25

Just one more reason to remove from the world maps the "nation" known as "pakistan". There has not been a year since Pakistan was created in 1947 where there wasn't fighting of some kind going on there. Pakistan is a boil on the body politic of the world, and needs to be surgically lanced.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-07-12 13:41|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-07-12 13:41|| Front Page Top

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