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2007-01-14 Africa Subsaharan

Mugabe forks out cash for Pakistani army experts

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Posted by Pappy 2007-01-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Mugabe is too big a racist to hire any of the white mercs available - he could get full crews from the Ukraine, Belarus, or Slovakia for less than the reported wages of the Pakis. But, the Pakis have families back home that can be reached by the ISI if they mess up, so that is why he will use them.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2007-01-14 04:27|| 2007-01-14 04:27|| Front Page Top

#2 The Chinese wouldn't trust Ukranians or Slovaks. Better to 'suggest' a client state.

Posted by Pappy 2007-01-14 10:54|| 2007-01-14 10:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Mugabe has bought the best (at what they do, which is not warfighting).

It was a Pak officer, Zia Ul Haq, later dictator president of Pakistan, who commanded the troops in Jordan that crushed the PLO in "Black September".

Paks also have vast experience in crushing civilian unrest. In the 1970s they killed tens of thousands of Balochis. In 1980s they killed thousands of Shia muslims in Kashmir (a pogrom allegedly organized by Pervez Musharraf and executed by a tribal arab lashkar commanded by Osama Bin Laden.
Of course, the 1971 genocide of two to three million Bengalis in East Pakistan trumps all.

Posted by john 2007-01-14 11:18|| 2007-01-14 11:18|| Front Page Top

#4 Of course, the Paki Army is really expert at surrendering to tribal militias.

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Posted by Frozen Al 2007-01-14 13:59|| 2007-01-14 13:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Only because the militias serve the interest of the Pak army - increasing Pak influence in Afghanistan - "strategic depth".
If they were actually viewed as a threat, the Pak army would not hesitate to exterminate them all.
For now it sends in cannon fodder - locals recruited into the paramilitary units - to be killed then declares a truce.

Posted by john 2007-01-14 18:22|| 2007-01-14 18:22|| Front Page Top

#6 Don't forget - the Official name of Pakistan is "The Islamic Republic of Pakistan".
The official motto of the Pak army is
"Iman-Taqwa-Jihad fi sabilillah "
(Faith, Fear of Allah, Jihad in the way of Allah)

Posted by john 2007-01-14 18:24|| 2007-01-14 18:24|| Front Page Top

#7 Well, john, they don't have "Don't tread on me" in their motto, so we have found their fatal flaw to exploit, heh.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-01-14 21:52|| 2007-01-14 21:52|| Front Page Top

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