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2009-10-23 India-Pakistan

Brigadier, driver killed in Islamabad shooting

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Posted by Fred 2009-10-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda in Pakistan

#1 Nope! Nice cover story though.

He arrived in Pakistan on leave a few days ago from Sudan -- where he was part of a UN peacekeeping mission.

Officials suspect that the Taliban are likely behind the assassination.

Pakistan uses their substantial UN missions as exile for politically unpopular or dangerous officers. Guys who aren't exactly welcome back home in Pakistan. He just got back, and got clipped. Meanwhile, a Major General confirms it was terrorism, "to make news"? No claim of responsibility from the Taliban, who usually trumpet their successes from the highest mountain?

Posted by gromky 2009-10-23 07:24|| ]">[ ] 2009-10-23 07:24|| Front Page Top

#2 It was one of the Cycles of Violence, though. Points for verisimilitude if it was a setup.

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2009-10-23 08:24|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2009-10-23 08:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Gromky, you'd think the guy would be a hero given how the Sudan has been going ...

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