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2006-09-16 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Fred 2006-09-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I'm shocked! Shocked! Perv better get a grip on the ISI/MMA or their Islamic Paradise won't exist in the near future - I give it 5 years - assuming Perv turns over power on time.

Posted by Frank G 2006-09-16 00:11|| 2006-09-16 00:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Pervert has very little time left in his status quo ante. Either he declares Pakiland a terrorist state or he drives the terrs into the waiting arms of the Coalition.

He's catchin it from all sides and the heat will only intensify are more deaths pile up in Afganistan, India, Europe, and beyond.

Posted by Captain America 2006-09-16 00:20|| 2006-09-16 00:20|| Front Page Top

#3 ... labelling the country "terrorism central".

It is a charge that will infuriate Islamabad and enrage the normally good-humoured Musharraf.

It's a fairly common theme these days of how Muslims are enraged by the truth.

The list of indictments is phenomenal:

Take, as an example cited by the Express, the July 7, 2005, bombs on London's transport system in which 56 people were killed: three of the bombers had visited or trained in Pakistan. Similarly, when British police uncovered the bomb plot against multiple aircraft last month, it emerged that all the main suspects had links to Pakistan, including ringleader Rashid Rauf, who was arrested there.

In New Delhi in December 2001, five terrorists attacked the Indian parliament, killing 14 people. In October last year, there were multiple bomb blasts in Delhi markets that killed 61. And in Mumbai last July there was a series of blasts on trains that killed at least 187. The Pakistani link? All the attacks, the Express recalls, were sheeted home to jihadi groups based in Pakistan - Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba among them.

The list goes on. Way back in November 2002, three suicide bombers attacked the Paradise Hotel on the Kenyan coast at Mombasa, killing 15 and wounding 40. Al-Qa'ida claimed responsibility and six Pakistanis were arrested.

Indeed, of the 14 top terrorists held by the US at Guantanamo Bay, seven have links to Pakistan: Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of 9/11, was captured near Islamabad; Ramzi Bin al-Shibh, who also assisted in 9/11, was captured in Karachi; Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali was a principal lieutenant to Khalid in Pakistan; Abu Zubaydah was a key aid to bin Laden before he was captured in Pakistan; Tanzanian Ahmed Khalfan Ghailini, who helped bomb the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, was later arrested in Pakistan; Majid Khan, who was being groomed for a major terrorist role by Khalid, is a Pakistani; and Abu Faraj al-Libi, a Libyan who was regarded as the successor to Khalid, was also arrested in Pakistan.

Add to this Khan's nuclear proliferation and the endless meddling by ISI and MMA in Kashmir and it becomes clear that Pakistan is the hub of terrorist operations every bit as much as Saudi Arabia is the banker and seminary school for them.

Musharraf has very little time to turn this around before he is shunted aside in favor of direct military intervention.

Posted by Zenster 2006-09-16 00:27|| 2006-09-16 00:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Some of the fine young Talibunnies released by Perv.

Ghulam Mustafa: "He was once close to Osama bin Laden, has intimate knowledge of al-Qaeda's logistics and financing and its nexus with the military in Pakistan."

Maulana Sufi Mohammad: "Maulana Sufi Mohammad was Faqir Mohammed's first jihadi mentor who introduced him to militancy in Afghanistan in 1993. Sufi Mohammad was one of the active leaders of Jamat-e-Islami (JI) in the 1980s. He was the principal of the JI madrassa in Tamaergra, a town in the northwestern part of NWFP. He was an instinctive hardliner and in due course developed differences with JI and left them in 1992 to form Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammed [TNSM]." Sufi Mohammad organized Pakistanis to fight jihad in Afghanistan and along with the TNSM fought in Kunduz November of 2001.

Mohammad Khaled: A brigade leader who led the Taliban in against U.S. forces in Afghanistan. ""It is a difficult time for Islam and Muslims. We are in a test. Everybody should be ready to pass the test - and to sacrifice our lives," said Mohammad Khaled.

Fazl-e-Raziq: A senior aide to Osama bin Laden, and "an ethnic Pakhtoon resident of Swabi district of the North West Frontier Province."

Khairullah Kherkhawa: The former Taliban governor of Herat.

Khalid Khawaja: "Khalid Khawaja is a retired squadron leader of the Pakistan Air Force who was an official in Pakistanâs intelligence agency, the ISI, in the mid 1980s. After he wrote a critical letter to General Zia ul-Haq, who ruled Pakistan from 1977 till 1988, in which he labeled Zia as hypocrite, he was removed from the ISI and forced to retire from the airforce. He then went straight to Afghanistan in 1987 and fought against the Soviets along side with Osama Bin Laden, developing a relationship of firm friendship and trust. Khalid Khawajaâs name resurfaced when US reporter Daniel Pearl was abducted and subsequently killed. Pearl had come to Pakistan and met Khalid Khawaja in order to investigate the jihadi network of revered sufi, Syed Mubarak Ali Gailani."

Mansour Hasnain: A member of the group that kidnapped and murdered Danny Pearl. He also was "a militant of the Harkat-al-Mujahedin group, is one of those who hijacked an Indian Airlines jet in December 1999 and forced New Delhi to release three militants -- including Omar and Azhar."

Mohammad Hashim Qadeer: "Suspected of being one of [Daniel] Pearlâs actual killers, was arrested in August 2005 and has notable al-Qaida links" and "ties with the banned extremist groups Harkat-ul-Mujahedeen and Jaish-e-Muhammad."

Mohammad Bashir: Another Pakistani complicit in the murder of Daniel Pearl.

Aamni Ahmad, Hala Ahmad and Nooran Abdu: Facilitators/couriers, and wives of al-Qaeda members. "Pakistani authorities arrested 23 Arabs, including two children, suspected of links to Osama bin Laden, officials said Wednesday. All of them sneaked into the country from Afghanistan in recent weeks. The suspects include three women, identified as Aamni Ahmad, Hala Ahmad and Nooran Abdu, who are believed to be relatives of bin Laden. An interior ministry official who spoke on condition of anonymity said the arrests were made in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, which borders Afghanistan."

Gul Ahmed Shami & Hamid Noor: Al-Qaeda foot soldiers who fought in Afghanistan. "I want to be the next Osama bin Laden," said Shami in 2001. "Allah is with us. The Americans have technology but they don't have the courage to face death, which we do. I will be there until my death if need be. I know I probably won't come back," said Hamid.

Posted by 3dc 2006-09-16 01:27|| 2006-09-16 01:27|| Front Page Top

#5 Senator McCain's new staff...

Posted by Frank G 2006-09-16 01:34|| 2006-09-16 01:34|| Front Page Top

#6 Some of the fine young Talibunnies released by Perv.

Damn.. even a killer of Daniel Pearl.

I think Perv has lost his fear of the US.

The military equipment supplied to Pakistan was tailored to neutralize any advantage held by India. This was supposed to give Pak enough confidence to crack down on the Talibs, knowing that they were safe from an Indian assault.

Well, they certainly have confidence...
the thousands of TOW missiles and dozens of helicopter gunships, the P3-C anti-sub aircraft, the harpoon and sidewinder missiles, the counter battery radar, the new subs and strike aircraft have ensured that any Indian attack will be a costly affair. With the need to defend against China, there will be no local superiority in theatre operations. It will be many years before India has built up enough firepower to overwhelm the Pak defences.

Pak is safe to continue its jihad, sending terrorists across the border knowing that the nukes and the conventional forces will deter any response. The terror camps are safe.

Now Perv is so confident, he can give the middle finger to the US.

Posted by john 2006-09-16 07:44|| 2006-09-16 07:44|| Front Page Top

#7 And I thought only India was exporting stuff to the developed world.

Posted by Perfesser 2006-09-16 09:15|| 2006-09-16 09:15|| Front Page Top

#8 And I thought only India was exporting stuff to the developed world.

Both India and Pakistan are leading IT exporters.
Except that in India - IT = Information Technology
and in Pakistan IT = International Terrorism.

Posted by john 2006-09-16 11:34|| 2006-09-16 11:34|| Front Page Top

#9 If there was ever a country that deserves a nuke this is the one!!!!!!!!.

At least the majority of under 25 population of Iran are against the mad regime.Remove the regime and that country would prosper.

In pakistan the government pretend to fight on our side and the locals are intolerant anti west bigots.I say remove both in this country and the parking lot can be used by India/Afghanistan.

Posted by Angins Ebbaling9984 2006-09-16 13:04|| 2006-09-16 13:04|| Front Page Top

#10 LOL, john. Your #8 is a keeper. :)

Posted by flyover 2006-09-16 13:45|| 2006-09-16 13:45|| Front Page Top

#11 I think Perv has lost his fear of the US.

Then now is the time to install it again. In spades.

Posted by Zenster 2006-09-16 14:15|| 2006-09-16 14:15|| Front Page Top

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