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2005-06-09 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-06-09 11:19|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 get the general coordinates and drop a big one on em.

Posted by PlanetDan">PlanetDan 2005-06-09 13:42|| 2005-06-09 13:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Problem is location of the camp. It is in Rawalpindi, headquarters of the Pakistan military.
Bombing it is a political no no. This would cause problems with Pakistan, an ally in the war on terror TM.

These camps are financed and run by the ISI.
When, during the Clinton years, the US fired cruise missiles at an Al Qaeda camp in a bid to kill UBL, they instead killed lots of Pak Army officers, deputed to ISI and engaged in terrorist training.

This sort of Pak duplicity was excused in the past because the main target was India. Post 9/11 things have changed.

Most people don't remember the 1999 Indian Airlines hijacking. A group of five hijackers took over a plane using knives to threaten the crew, slitting a passenger's throat. The hijackers were schooled in avionics. At least one had trained in a simulator. At one point they attempted to take off from Kandhahar, seeking to crash the plane onto an Indian city.

The hijackers are loose in Pakistan. Their method, having been proved sucessful was reused, on 9/11.

Posted by john 2005-06-09 18:33|| 2005-06-09 18:33|| Front Page Top

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