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2005-01-16 Afghanistan/South Asia

Shias in Pak Northern Areas demand separate state

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Posted by Paul Moloney 2005-01-16 12:20:23 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 How interesting. If this is the start of a trend, .com's 40 km wide strip of Saudi coastline may become a reality without any effort on the part of our armored boyz'n'girlz.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-01-16 1:06:37 AM|| 2005-01-16 1:06:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 :) Hey, if two nutjobs decide they wanna be a separate state, then it should be so - no questions asked - cuz it's like a fundamental human left. The Heiress said so. And that's the unchallengeable voice of deep worldly experience and fantastic wisdom gleaned first-hand, y'know. So, here's to Bolor, Home of the Free Thinkers, and a bunch more Khans.

Posted by .com 2005-01-16 1:59:01 AM|| 2005-01-16 1:59:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Boloristan! Back to the 7th century with a separate little state for every tribe. It would work for me if they would stay there, but eventually some Khan or Mohammed or Osama gets bored and goes off on a conquering rampage. This is Tom in Tomistan, signing off.

Posted by Tom 2005-01-16 10:25:52 AM|| 2005-01-16 10:25:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Would they support a separate state for Kashmir too?

Posted by Mike Sylwester 2005-01-16 11:52:00 AM|| 2005-01-16 11:52:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 One is obliged to wonder just how supportive the Arab street will be of these newly minted "freedom fighters" as they set about slaughtering their Sunni brethern.

Just another sterling example of how Islam's embrace of violent jihad comes back to bite them on the @ss, bigtime.

The weirdest thing of all is how I don't even feel pessimistic when I predict that Islam will never, ever understand the need to abandon its concept of holy war no matter how much it fragments and decimates their own followers.

Sigh ... those who live by the sword.

Posted by Zenster 2005-01-16 2:10:06 PM|| 2005-01-16 2:10:06 PM|| Front Page Top

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