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2007-09-29 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-09-29 15:58|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 a few months back the US government told the Pakistani government that we had the coordinates for twenty-nine terror training bases and in a week we will be destroying them (perhaps on Cheney's visit this summer). The intent was to drive the terrorists from those camps so we could get to them.

It worked. That's why those camps emptied out.

I recall we discussed this awhile back. IIRC, the general sentiment was how could we be so stupid to tell the Pakis anything. Wheels within wheels, eh? Now, go read the whole article.

Posted by SteveS 2007-09-29 16:57|| 2007-09-29 16:57|| Front Page Top

#2 NS, you left out an important paragraph immediately succeeding the ones you posted:

It bears mentioning that this cutting off of support might not have happened if Saddam had been left in power to flood the Pakistani jihad groups with cash through the Maulana and his associates. Cutting off this funding took the Maulana out of play as a major money raiser for al Qaeda and the Taliban. Without that cash, he became dispensable to al Qaeda, which may not have realized that this man wielded such power among the Taliban that he could turn them against al Qaeda.

Yet one more damn good reason for deposing Saddam.

Now, go read the whole article.

Definitely worth reading. Let's all hope the analysis is correct. As the author notes:

This is the kind of stuff we may not hear about in detail for another fifty years.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-09-29 17:58|| 2007-09-29 17:58|| Front Page Top

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