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2009-11-21 India-Pakistan

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Posted by tipper 2009-11-21 00:31|| || Front Page|| [11124 views ] Top

#1 According to Rashid, hundreds, perhaps as many as one thousand ISI officers, Taliban commanders, and foot soldiers belonging to the IMU and al-Qaida personnel boarded the planes.

Heads should have rolled for permitting the Konduz airlift, probably even a greater chance to decaptiate al-Qaeda than the Tora Bora offiensive was.

Posted by Kofi Elmase6491 2009-11-21 02:53|| 2009-11-21 02:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Clearly the ISI was running its own war against the Americans and did not want to leave Afghanistan until the last moment."

Th taliban are clearly proxies for the Pak army!Has anything changed sice Kunduz?

Posted by Paul2 2009-11-21 05:21|| 2009-11-21 05:21|| Front Page Top

#3 The inter-service intelligence agency view the mullah as an asset, when the "Pakistan in depth" policy was operational. Hell, it IS operational. We are kidding ourselves.

Posted by Uneaper Scourge of the Leprechauns4763 2009-11-21 15:11|| 2009-11-21 15:11|| Front Page Top

#4 "Pakistan in depth" policy was operational. Hell, it IS operational

Indeed, it always amused me to watch the Paks deploy a defense in depth the wrong way

Posted by Perry Stanford White 2009-11-21 16:16|| 2009-11-21 16:16|| Front Page Top

#5 minor airlift to extricate cornered Pakistani personnel was made by Pervez Musharraf to President Bush, but it was approved by vice-president Cheney, who kept it secret from other departments

Thanks Cheney!

Posted by Paul 2009-11-21 18:05|| 2009-11-21 18:05|| Front Page Top

#6 That was the price for being able to operate from Pakistan. Though the US should have diverted those flights to Bagram and filtered out and kept the non Pak military.

Posted by ed 2009-11-21 18:40|| 2009-11-21 18:40|| Front Page Top

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