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2008-09-25 India-Pakistan

Suspected Marriott bombing 'mastermind' Qari Zafar emerges

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Posted by Fred 2008-09-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10326 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda in Pakistan

#1 Another reason that Wazoo needs to be systematically kinetically sterilized until the people quit harboring the perps or the perps are all gone. Afghanistan, for the US, has been going on for 7 years now. They respect power, and little else.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2008-09-25 01:00|| 2008-09-25 01:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Another reason that Wazoo needs to be systematically kinetically sterilized until the people quit harboring the perps or the perps are all gone.

Alaska-Paul, Old Patriot haz the solution and it begins with some sweet ole aircraft referred to as a *BUFFS*. The rest is fun to contemplate...

Posted by Red Dawg">Red Dawg 2008-09-25 01:22|| 2008-09-25 01:22|| Front Page Top

#3 I am beginning to suspect most everyone in Pakistan is blind because there seem to be an awful lot of one-eyed men who want to be king.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-09-25 07:08|| 2008-09-25 07:08|| Front Page Top

#4 but has created a network which will shortly target strategic installations belonging to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency

So has one of their pit bulls turned on them? Or is this the cover story?

Posted by tu3031 2008-09-25 09:43|| 2008-09-25 09:43|| Front Page Top

#5 W is waiting for Israel to declare D-Day on taking out the Iranians and then on the same day our buffers hit the Taliban in wazooland.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2008-09-25 10:33|| 2008-09-25 10:33|| Front Page Top

#6 AQ going after ISI? There's room for skepticism here. But consider all the chaos created by AQ in Iraq where they had to contend with US troops. Then think what they could do in Pakiland where there are no US troops, only Pak soldiers whose commitment is doubtful. AQ might be seeing Pakiland as a soft target compared to Afghanistan where they keep dying at the hands of those pesky Americans. Or maybe they think they can have both. They must be thinking about how to choke our supply lines. But wait. There's more. If they destabilize Pakiland there's a chance they could get their hands on the nukes. Then you start to see how an arclight over wazoo makes sense. Let the Paks bitch and moan about their sovereignty all they want. It's for their own good.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-09-25 11:51|| 2008-09-25 11:51|| Front Page Top

#7 If they destabilize Pakiland there's a chance they could get their hands on the nukes.

If it ever looks like the Talibunnies are about to lay their paws on the nukes, we'll cauterize the whole damn place. Need to do it now. Damn primitives.

Posted by Unise Turkeyneck3835 2008-09-25 13:03|| 2008-09-25 13:03|| Front Page Top

#8 Ebang, I have to agree with you. While it is a dirty bird that shits in its own nest, these are decidedly dirty birds. Pakistan is a soft target. The government and the military have shown neither the will nor the ability to defend themselves effectively against these swine.

Your points about our supply lines and the nukes are also spot-on. These are rich and very achievable targets. However accomplishing the task is going to require patience and unanimity within the Al Q/Taliban side. They will have to muster a substantial force, or turn a subtantial component of the Pak military. I'm not sure they are going to be able to do it piecemeal with terrorist-style attacks. But I am confident that they are going to try.

Few things hone the mind like survival. Should the Al Q/Taliban really make a push to consume Pakistan, then I think the gloves will come off internally and there will be widespread killing. I think the threatened powers might even ask us to perform multiple arc-light raids.

All speculation, but count on the fact that it is going to get ugly and we likely will have an absolute weenie in the white house when it does who won't be able to capitalize on the opportunity/deal with the threat.

Posted by remoteman 2008-09-25 13:08|| 2008-09-25 13:08|| Front Page Top

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