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2003-11-05 Afghanistan

Mulla Omarâs aide wants regime change in Pakistan

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-11-05 00:01|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And don't even get him started how many Escalades they got with double deuces! Courtesy of Saudi Arabia the Bushes home away from home.

Posted by NotMikeMoore 2003-11-5 12:29:49 AM|| 2003-11-5 12:29:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Maulvi Akhter Muhammad, an economic advisor to Mullah Omar

I wonder what sort of advice he gave, considering the Taliban's entire treasury was kept in two chests in Mullah Omar's house.

Posted by Paul Moloney 2003-11-5 2:59:36 AM|| 2003-11-5 2:59:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I see NMM is trying to set a daily record for stupid comments - the solar flare, governorship losses, and yesterday's comments record got him really jacked up - switch to decaf NMM

Posted by Frank G 2003-11-5 8:32:11 AM|| 2003-11-5 8:32:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 "I also saw nice 4x4 vehicles and motorcycles"
Good, especialy the motorcycles have a very nice FLIR signature.

Posted by chinditz 2003-11-5 9:34:44 AM|| 2003-11-5 9:34:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 whatever you think of NMM's comments, yesterday i saw yet another quote in a respectable newspaper quoting a "senior admin official" criticizing DoD policy in Iraq. It obviously wasnt a DoD official. Im sure it want Condi. I doubt the paper was lying, or misusing the word "senior" Id be very surprised if it wasnt a certain ex-JCS chairman who now holds a senior cabinet position. Yet again speaking out of turn, attacking his own admin via leak. And what doe Dubya do about this pal of his Dad? This noted friend of Saudi? NOTHING.

The Dems (with one or two shining exceptions) may be stupid in foreign policy, but this admin has plenty of its own problems.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-11-5 9:38:35 AM|| 2003-11-5 9:38:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 As much as I'd love to see Powell out and someone with a spine in charge of State (Rumsfeld!), can you imagine the reaction if Bush ousted Powell?

Posted by Robert Crawford 2003-11-5 9:56:32 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2003-11-5 9:56:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Laptops, 4x4 vehicles and motorcycles? Hmmm. Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't these all products that were researched, designed and manufactured by infidels, crusaders and maybe even joos? How come they aren't using Islamic products, designed by the skilled graduates of the reknown Islamic universities and built in the great Islamic industrial centers?

Posted by SteveS 2003-11-5 10:00:11 AM|| 2003-11-5 10:00:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Might actually work in our favor. With the guy that (supposedly) supports us out of there, it'll give us free reign to go in and bomb the shit out of those Taliban base camps in the NWFP.

Posted by tu3031 2003-11-5 10:10:32 AM|| 2003-11-5 10:10:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 If they're using infidel technology, then they can be found, and eventually will be.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-11-5 11:05:24 AM|| 2003-11-5 11:05:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 If I were Mullah Omar, I'd be very, very careful about what I said, and even more careful about what I did. Can you see the Indians sitting by while a Taliban-supported government took power in Pak-land? India, close to 1Bn people, Pak-land about 240mil. India, huge reserves of just about EVERYTHING, most unexploited, Pakland about 40% desert, with some gas and oil, but with Bugtis blowing up the pipeline every couple of months.

The British partitioned the old Indian Raj into a Hindu state (India) and a non-Hindu state (Pakistan, also including what is now Bangladesh). It was supposed to cut down on sectarian violence. Unfortunately, Muslim Pakistan never took that seriously (Jammu & Kashmir, Muslim infiltration of Hindu territory elsewhere). Sooner or later, India will have to respond. When that happens, it won't be pretty. Mullah Omar's interference into Pakistan politics may be the tipping point.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-11-5 11:09:27 AM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-11-5 11:09:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 Sounds like a job for... Lo-Jack!

Posted by Fred 2003-11-5 11:17:49 AM|| 2003-11-5 11:17:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 The British partitioned the old Indian Raj into a Hindu state (India) and a non-Hindu state (Pakistan, also including what is now Bangladesh). It was supposed to cut down on sectarian violence.

Hate to disagree, OP, but I'm pretty sure that's not right. The British wanted India to remain united, even after it became free. It was (shockingly!) the Muslims that wanted their own, separate state. The partitioning was done after independence, and stripped away the Muslim majority regions to form Pakistan.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2003-11-5 11:41:20 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2003-11-5 11:41:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#13 Robert, you may be right. I'll have to check more than one source - I've found more than one factual error in the "History of the British Commonwealth" I own. Either way, Pakistan lost Bangladesh - formerly East Pakistan (with a bit of Indian help), and have been whining about it ever since. I personally thought the decision had been made inside the British Raj, since both Pakistan's independence day (Oct 1, 1947) and India's attainment of Dominion Status (Aug 15, 1947) are so close - only a matter of days. India didn't become an independent state until almost three years later - January 1, 1950.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-11-5 12:13:01 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-11-5 12:13:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Pak Independence Day : 14th August
Indian Independence Day: 15th August
(You should watch/hear the mud slinging matches they have when both PMs (or usually general in case of Pakland) given their speaches on their respective independence days.)
Indian republic day: 26 January (i.e. when it got a constitution and democratically elected government). Don't know about Pakland.

With regards to the British wanting to keep the country united, I'm afraid that's not true. They told Nehru they would only grant independence if he agreed to partition. Which he agreed to since he was a fucking Commie anyway and splitting up the country would be small price to pay for his dynasty.

Posted by rg117 2003-11-5 1:07:59 PM|| 2003-11-5 1:07:59 PM|| Front Page Top

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