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| Afghan claim that Binny lives in Pakistan is "absurd" |
| 2006-05-16 |
| Pakistan said yesterday that the new Afghan foreign minister's claim that Osama bin Laden was living in Pakistan was "absurd" and, if the Al Qaeda leader was alive, he was more likely to be on the Afghan side of the border. In an interview with Germany's Bild am Sonntag newspaper published on Saturday, Afghan Foreign Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta said Pakistani authorities were making "half-hearted efforts" to catch Bin Laden. Reacting at a news briefing in Islamabad, Pakistan's foreign ministry spokeswoman described Spanta's comments as "outlandish". "Nobody knows where Bin Laden is. If he is alive the chances are he might be in Afghanistan. But you can't say for sure," spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said. She said Pakistan had deployed around 80,000 troops on its side of the long, porous border, and was "doing more than any other country in the war against terrorism." "Afghans need to concentrate on taking action on their side instead of levelling accusations at Pakistan," she added. A war of words erupted in February after Afghanistan said Pakistan was not doing enough to catch Al Qaeda and Taliban leaders. Since late last year, a Taliban-inspired insurgency has gathered fresh strength and its fighters have increasingly used suicide bombers to attack US and Afghan troops. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #8 Yes, it is a team creation. That's why I said that Pakistan remains A principal source and not THE principal source. Consider where the Taleban were edumahcated. Sure the Saudis finance the madrassahs, but the programming happens in Pakistan. Notice how this one country keeps turning up on the passports of almost all apprehended terrorists. Their proliferation of nuclear technology zooms them to the top of the Christmas list if nothing else does. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-05-16 19:47 |
| #7 They all feed into the madrassas in Pakistan. It's a team creation. |
| Posted by: Thinemp Whimble2412 2006-05-16 19:02 |
| #6 Dunno, Zenster, I think Iran and Saudi Arabia are pretty high up on the list. I think the Pakis had the longest target list up until the fall of Saddam, but... |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2006-05-16 18:25 |
| #5 Contrary to what Washington would have us believe, Pakistan was, is and remains a principal source of terrorists and terrorism to this day. I would not trust them with a ball point pen. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-05-16 16:20 |
| #4 I've had this feeling for a while now that I just can't shake. That the Pakistanis are full of shit and just yanking us off to get the money they so desperately want from Washington. Paranoia? Xenophobia? You've been paying attention. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2006-05-16 11:01 |
| #3 "absurd" seems to fit the definition of everything done and said in Pakiwakiland therefore he is obviously in Pakiwakiland. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-05-16 09:52 |
| #2 Common sense? |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-05-16 08:57 |
| #1 I've had this feeling for a while now that I just can't shake. That the Pakistanis are full of shit and just yanking us off to get the money they so desperately want from Washington. Paranoia? Xenophobia? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-05-16 08:57 |