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India-Pakistan
NATO fuel supplies remain suspended as negotiations fail
2008-06-07
LAHORE: NATO supplies from Pakistan remained suspended on Friday as talks between clearance agents and Customs officials failed at the Pak-Afghan border in Torkham, Dawn News reported.
Wanna bet this has something to do with the fact that we're withholding military supplies from the Pak army?
The channel quoted official sources as saying that over a hundred oil tankers and other vehicles were stopped at the border which suspended supplies reaching NATO forces in Afghanistan. The clearance association president said that Pakistan Customs officials had not provided passes to the vehicles to allow them to cross the border, adding that it could be because of security reasons. The channel reported that the clearance agents are continuing to protest against Customs officials.

Oil tankers carrying fuel from Pakistan to NATO forces in Afghanistan have often been targeted by Taliban forces. Pakistan is an important fuel supply line for NATO forces battling insurgents in Afghanistan.
Posted by:Steve White

#8  Does this mean Pakistan received all the F-16s they ordered?
Posted by: ed   2008-06-07 20:29  

#7  stomps on Pakistan's soul.

OP, you have an unsubstantiated assumption in the above statement.
Posted by: Glenmore   2008-06-07 19:51  

#6  The war sounds easy OP. Tell me about your post-war plan.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2008-06-07 17:33  

#5  Actually, with things quieting down in Iraq, we CAN afford to kick Pakistan into the next century - WITH India's help. If you start to see a lot of US diplomats going to India, know that things may be about to happen. If every inch of real estate between Karachi and Kabul is Afganistan territory, this nonsense will stop at once. This has a very high probability of happening, either now or at some future date when the world gets tired of "the land of the pure", and stomps on Pakistan's soul.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2008-06-07 17:03  

#4  And Wakiland cannot afford a few things either, like being thrown to the wolves in the NW Frontier, or losing American partnership to India. Pakistan isn't really in any position to be a clever dick about this. They'd find it to be a lonely world without any friends.
Posted by: Uninetch Big Foot9404   2008-06-07 10:57  

#3  McZ - you still have to overfly Pakistan, and one presumes they would withhold permission to do so under the circumstances you describe. A few surreptitious overflights are one thing, a full bombing and air supply campaign could (reasonably) be considered an act of war - and we cannot afford another war right now.
Posted by: Glenmore   2008-06-07 08:33  

#2  Okay, so we supply by plane alone and rely on air attacks. Thus, we become less concerned about collateral damage.
Posted by: McZoid   2008-06-07 03:50  

#1  time to purify the NWFP and some N-Weapon storage sites.
Posted by: 3dc   2008-06-07 02:43  

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