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2012-01-11 India-Pakistan

Pakistan army warns PM Gilani over criticisms

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Posted by tipper 2012-01-11 09:12|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Update
Pakistan PM fires top defence official after army generals attack on civilian leadership
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani sacked his defence secretary on Wednesday for "gross misconduct" as tensions with the military exploded following an army warning to the civilian leader.

Posted by tipper 2012-01-11 09:27|| 2012-01-11 09:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Gimme' a "C"....gimme' a "O".....

Posted by AlanC 2012-01-11 09:38|| 2012-01-11 09:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Looks like it's time for Gilani to do a runner and take his 10% with him.

Yeah, 10% of dead is still dead.

In the meantime, our ol' pal Perv is lurking offstage right. Hey, didn't he have something to do with the Army?

Posted by SteveS 2012-01-11 17:25|| 2012-01-11 17:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Saw this on the American Interest.

The persistence of the memogate scandal demonstrates two things. First, that Pakistans current civilian leaders are worried about the militarys power and intentions. Second, that the generals arent angling for a traditional coup. At present, they prefer to operate through the Supreme Court and sympathetic parliamentary parties. Pakistans military leadership likes to pull the strings from the background and keep civilian government in the hot seat."

http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2012/01/11/in-pakistan-a-new-kind-of-coup/

Posted by Mike Ramsey 2012-01-11 18:30|| 2012-01-11 18:30|| Front Page Top

#5 PAK Military's Top Eggs + Senior Commanders are repor planning to meet in confab to discuss + "assess" Gilani's statements, espec as per "Memo-gate".

* MILBLOGGERS = opine that PAK ARMY is all thingys GOD + STATE in Pakistan, so Govt. Politicos in Islamabad are taking a serious risk to their position + very lives by po'ing them off.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-01-11 20:39|| 2012-01-11 20:39|| Front Page Top

#6 TOPIX > PENTAGON: NO ASSURANCES AGZ MILITARY COUP/OVERTHROW OF GOVT.

Uh, uh, THE US WILL SURRENDER THE PERSIAN GULF TO IRAN VIA COUP IN PAKISTAN???

Who knew.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-01-11 22:49|| 2012-01-11 22:49|| Front Page Top

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