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Afghanistan-Pak-India
Quake was ‘God’s wrath’ for backing Afghan invasion: MP
2005-10-25
ISLAMABAD: Riaz Hussain Prizada, a treasury member, has said in the National Assembly that the devastating October 8 earthquake was “God’s wrath” for Pakistan’s support of the US invasion of Afghanistan.
You knew this was coming, didn't you?
God was also angry with Pakistan because “we welcomed the holy month of Ramazan by rigging the last phase of the local government elections,” Pirzada said on Monday, which the National Assembly devoted entirely to debate on the earthquake.
"That's why the epicenter was in Muzaffarabad, y'know. Because... ummm..."
Pirzada opposed the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s (NATO) offer to dispatch 1,000 troops to the earthquake-ravaged areas to help relief work. “When the Pakistan Army is capable of dealing with the situation, why should the government agree to the deployment of NATO forces in the earthquake hit areas?”
"We don't need no help from no damned infidels!"
He said there was no guarantee that the NATO forces would return home after relief operations were over.
"They're gonna take over the country and hang us all with our own turbans! I jest know it!"
He said the government should have invited Turkish or Chinese engineers if it needed technical aid to rebuild the destroyed cities.
Posted by:Fred

#11  outta airdrop Mr. "We-Don't-Need-Help" Pirzada into the quake zone and let the villagers administer the truth via sticks and stones
Posted by: Frank G   2005-10-25 13:07  

#10  Allen always herts those he luvs most.
Posted by: FrancoisGump   2005-10-25 12:19  

#9  then why were the victims mostly fundamentalist muslims who are hiding bin laden?

allen has quite a sense of humor!
Posted by: PlanetDan   2005-10-25 09:25  

#8  You knew this was coming, didn't you?

Yep! You can set your clock to it. In fact, it is so accurate, the US sets our atomic clock to it.
Posted by: 2b   2005-10-25 07:02  

#7  [religious wingnut]
Now, now. we all know that the REAL reason for the earthquake was that it was "God's Wrath" on the people there sheltering the mass murderer Osama Bin Laden and His judgment on the camps training killers who murder innocents in His name.
[/religous wingnut]

Posted by: Ptah   2005-10-25 05:45  

#6  And here I thought is for a whole number of other things. Get a FUCKING CLUE . There is a physical process called PLATE TECTONICS. In which the Indian Plate is still driving under Asia after 30 or so Million years* causing the mountains of the Hindu-Kush to continue to rise. One consequence is earthquakes.

Cheaderhead, It's time we had a little chat.

Posted by: Halliburton Epicenter and Upthrust sub Division   2005-10-25 04:33  

#5  Another reminder that different monotheistic people worship different God. Beware of the one you worship. If in fear, that's the phoney one.
Posted by: Duh   2005-10-25 03:00  

#4  Knowing that they most certainly believe this god's wrath crap just reinforces and reminds us of the mind set of these folks that we're fighting. Sigh
Posted by: Jan   2005-10-25 01:12  

#3   Riaz Hussain Prizada, a treasury member, has said in the National Assembly that the devastating October 8 earthquake was “God’s wrath” for Pakistan’s support of the US invasion of Afghanistan.

And here I thought is for a whole number of other things. Get a FUCKING CLUE . There is a physical process called PLATE TECTONICS. In which the Indian Plate is still driving under Asia after 30 or so Million years* causing the mountains of the Hindu-Kush to continue to rise. One consequence is earthquakes.

* I may be off on the time frame but not the overall cause
Posted by: Cheaderhead   2005-10-25 00:45  

#2  Democrats are muslims? I'd thought that, given 20- or 30 yrs...
Posted by: Frank G   2005-10-25 00:19  

#1  God was also angry with Pakistan because “we welcomed the holy month of Ramazan by rigging the last phase of the local government elections,”

Isn't election rigging one of the five pillars of Islam? How else were the other four put in place? Enquiring minds want to know!
Posted by: Zenster   2005-10-25 00:10  

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