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2008-01-25 India-Pakistan

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Posted by mrp 2008-01-25 14:58|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

#1 Among the booty they discovered trucks carrying cargos of pristine 4x4 military vehicles, fitted with the most modern communications and listening technology," he added.
You mean the ones with the GPS chip...? It worked

Posted by plainslow 2008-01-25 16:04|| 2008-01-25 16:04|| Front Page Top

#2 All those assumptions could be true. Or the ISI could have been in on it. Which would Occam prefer? Hmmm. Hard one.

Gen Athar Abbas, Pakistan's military spokesman, declined to comment on this incident. A Nato spokesman in Kabul did not rule out that material had been stolen in transit through Pakistan, but denied that any weapons or military equipment had been lost.

"This may hinge on what people's definition of 'equipment' is," he said. "I have been assured that no military equipment has been lost."

This guy payed close attention to Bill Clinton. Perhaps he has a post-military future in politics.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-01-25 16:36|| 2008-01-25 16:36|| Front Page Top

#3 they shouldn't be ghard too find , besides the GPS chips and nopt being a toyota truck bomb the shit out of them when they are seen

Posted by sinse 2008-01-25 17:10|| 2008-01-25 17:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Most mafia truckjackings happened with the help of an inside man. I wouldn't be surprised if this was a similar thing. Hell the South Vietnamese robbed the US blind and they were on our side.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-01-25 17:16|| 2008-01-25 17:16|| Front Page Top

#5 ""This may hinge on what people's definition of 'equipment' is," he said. "I have been assured that no military equipment has been lost.""

It makes more sense if you are trying to determine the definition of 'lost;' as in "A Nato spokesman has no clue and he would lose his ass if it weren't part of his legs"..

Posted by USN,Ret. 2008-01-25 17:38|| 2008-01-25 17:38|| Front Page Top

#6 This news report is a lie. There *was* a convoy that was hijacked but it was NOT a NATO convoy. NATO supplies to Afghanistan. They were Pakistani supplies headed for North Waziristan.

Details here

Posted by crosspatch 2008-01-25 18:38|| 2008-01-25 18:38|| Front Page Top

#7 NATO supplies to Afghanistan arrive via airlift. The only thing I am aware of that arrives from Pakistan is fuel.

Posted by crosspatch 2008-01-25 18:40|| 2008-01-25 18:40|| Front Page Top

#8 Very good catch, crosspatch!

Posted by trailing wife 2008-01-25 22:53|| 2008-01-25 22:53|| Front Page Top

#9 Bill Roggio Rules!!!!

Posted by Steven 2008-01-25 23:43|| 2008-01-25 23:43|| Front Page Top

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