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2008-08-15 India-Pakistan

Pakistan troops fire again across Line of Control

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Posted by john frum 2008-08-15 08:38|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1 Because it was fun to fire them?

Posted by 3dc 2008-08-15 08:59|| 2008-08-15 08:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Call them fireworks with extra boom .

Just another day in Mandi

Posted by Mad Eye 2008-08-15 09:14|| 2008-08-15 09:14|| Front Page Top

#3 David Hicks, the Aussie jihadi, said that he was invited by Pak troops to fire a few HMG bursts at Indian bunkers on the LOC.

Posted by john frum 2008-08-15 09:40|| 2008-08-15 09:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Incredible, it's almost like they want to provoke a fight for some reason.

/cluelessness

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-08-15 10:03|| 2008-08-15 10:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Apparently, the three ass-kickings they got from India before wasn't enough. They are going for a fourth.

Posted by DarthVader 2008-08-15 10:05|| 2008-08-15 10:05|| Front Page Top

#6 How much would India have to enlarge Jammu and Kashmir in order to get a decent ground freight route into Afghanistan?

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2008-08-15 11:42|| 2008-08-15 11:42|| Front Page Top

#7 #6 How much would India have to enlarge Jammu and Kashmir in order to get a decent ground freight route into Afghanistan?
Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2008-08-15 11:42
Well, if they took it all the way to the Indus River (from which India derives its name), then the US could "help" the Afghanis take the west bank, and a freight route wouldn't be a problem. Of course, it'd be pretty rough on Pakistan, but I can't think of a more deserving bunch.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-08-15 17:11|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-08-15 17:11|| Front Page Top

#8 The regions of Kashmir under Pak control (Azad Kashmir and the Northern Areas) directly adjoin Afghanistan.

So India would only have to control what is already claims as its territory (the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir - minus the part grabbed by China). It would extend road and rail links all the way to Kabul. An air corridor from Indian airbases would also be secure.

Pakistan proper, would be untouched.

Posted by john frum 2008-08-15 17:24|| 2008-08-15 17:24|| Front Page Top

#9 Pakistan gets away with terror because they ethnically cleansed Hindus from their country. India has allowed Muslims to thrive.

Posted by McZoid 2008-08-15 20:39|| 2008-08-15 20:39|| Front Page Top

#10 WAFF.com > INDIA, AFGHANISTAN BRING UP BATTLE BATTLE PLAN TO COMBAT PAKISTAN ISI, ROOT OUT [Pakis-controlled?] TERROR???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-08-15 20:55|| 2008-08-15 20:55|| Front Page Top

#11 TOPIX > INDIA PM WARNS: PAKISTAN MUST STOP TERRORISM DIRECTED AT INDIA, + INDIA WARNS PAKISTAN TO RESPECT J & K AGREEMENT, ARMY PATROLS [LOC].

Also from TOPIX> TALIBAN DECLARE "OPEN WAR" IN PAKISTAN.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-08-15 23:15|| 2008-08-15 23:15|| Front Page Top

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