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2007-12-14 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Fred 2007-12-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top
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#1 why were the militants not chased or captured when they were in the area.Why to demolish empty houses?

Posted by swati 2007-12-14 12:11|| 2007-12-14 12:11|| Front Page Top

#2 "They also seized a huge quantity of locally brewed liquor"

-for further investigation

Posted by Pliny Hupaimble5266 2007-12-14 12:26|| 2007-12-14 12:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Mr. swati, you really must ask the Army of the Pure why they do such things. But I suspect, given that it's winter up there, forcing them to camp in the woods is punishment for choosing the wrong side.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2007-12-14 13:48|| 2007-12-14 13:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Is it just me, or does it really seem like the 'Mighty Pak Army' is really doing something now that Chowderhead is no longer the Top Guy, but only a mere civvie?????

Posted by USN,Ret. 2007-12-14 14:09|| 2007-12-14 14:09|| Front Page Top

#5 well it is more of nat survival for the pak army -- if in fact cooler heads have prevailed (still facist islamists - but even islamists are nationalists's) and figured out the beast has come home to rest..swat was no terrorists haven but a money maker for the pak govt..

Posted by dan 2007-12-14 15:19|| 2007-12-14 15:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Swati: standard operating procedure in the Northwest Frontier. The banditti don't stick around to catch one in the neck, so the army starts destroying property until the clan gives in to preserve what's left. The guys with guns can run, their houses can't.

Also, as I understand it, a lot of the "houses" of the big men on the Frontier are more like blockhouses or small fortresses. We're probably not talking about a zippo raid, but rather some serious demolition work.

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