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2020-01-11 India-Pakistan

Blast during a Taliban meeting in Pakistan kills 30 including ISI members

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Posted by trailing wife 2020-01-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [15 views ] Top

#1 Unless it was ISIS - turf war, somebody IS on their game.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-01-11 03:36|| 2020-01-11 03:36|| Front Page Top

#2 'Dis is not about money, dis is about power. Dere's a new king in da streets, king Willie is 'is name. Dis is da message he has for your peepol - you are history ! Fokkin' history. Goddamn puto.' - Predator II (1990)

There were actually more ISI members, some of them go under suspension on paper, to recruit for taliban or serve in rival splinter factions without oversight. A lot of family and clan loyalties, ideology is also at play - calvinball again. Anyway, at least seventeen taliban decision-makers and key handlers attended the meet but unfortunately only eleven were caught right in the blast. Some may still make it. And Hajji Hakim may just make it, fucker. They were meeting to unite factions after a split, which would make them more coordinated and less hostile to each other.

Very interesting things are happening in Balochistan right now. A unified, simplistic ISIS is trying to make converts in broken taliban fiefdoms. Anyone siding with 'the weak taliban oldies' is a target and the daesh is announcing it's also here to play. There are recruiters already in Islamabad, Khaliqabad and places in Multan trying to find support among disaffected, anti-establishment types. There are influences coming from the west of Balochistan. Iran, Afghanistan, Syria. Qatari theocrats feel the 'Stain could achieve much more if they shed the trappings of uniformed civility and shared their nuke resources with those who will not hesitate to use them.

From within, entire Balochistan wants to be free of Pakistain and rebels are fighting taliban and ISI as well as they can. Local unaffiliated militias are objecting to the CPEC projects and chinese interference. Kidnappers and gangs want more freedom to prey on the chinese and have usual run-ins with the law, keeping police busy. In fact there are Tarantinesque fire fights between five parties sometimes !

A faction within the Pakistain military wants more aid to flow into Pakistan, and are willing to kill terrorists and even their own ISI hajjis to clean up. All they want is a manageable 'war on terror' and American dollars to fight it.

In the east, China is re-thinking their deal with such unstable monkeys, a negotiation with India could open up if we go overt within the next 2-3 years, moving up into POK. Since India has never attacked anyone and is not going to start now, we shall have to wait for the slightest move from the 'Stain first.

Posted by Dron66046 2020-01-11 05:16|| 2020-01-11 05:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Show and "oh, hell..."

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-01-11 06:01|| 2020-01-11 06:01|| Front Page Top

#4 It would appear that religion is not all they study in the madrassas.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-01-11 12:11|| 2020-01-11 12:11|| Front Page Top

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