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2012-04-07 India-Pakistan

Avalanche buries 100 Pakistani soldiers on glacier

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Posted by Glenmore 2012-04-07 09:20|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 Never put a FOB on a glacier.

Posted by Besoeker 2012-04-07 09:31|| 2012-04-07 09:31|| Front Page Top

#2 "I can't comprehend how an avalanche can reach that place," said the officer, who didn't give his name because he is not authorized to speak to the media. "It was supposed to be safe."

how could an avalanche EVER happen on a glacier in the mountains? Idiot

Posted by Frank G 2012-04-07 10:50|| 2012-04-07 10:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Hindu god? That's one possible explanation.

Posted by Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2012-04-07 10:56|| 2012-04-07 10:56|| Front Page Top

#4 snow djinns and gravity?

Posted by Frank G 2012-04-07 11:23|| 2012-04-07 11:23|| Front Page Top

#5 Insh'Allah.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2012-04-07 11:32|| 2012-04-07 11:32|| Front Page Top

#6 Mean Olde Mr. Gravity trumps Allen every time, especially when you don't learn and respect his laws.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2012-04-07 12:06|| 2012-04-07 12:06|| Front Page Top

#7 Playing the muezzin too loud on the boom box maybe?

Posted by M. Murcek 2012-04-07 12:26|| 2012-04-07 12:26|| Front Page Top

#8 A bit more background info.

Posted by Besoeker 2012-04-07 12:30|| 2012-04-07 12:30|| Front Page Top

#9 Maybe up to a 150 now.

Posted by tipper 2012-04-07 12:57|| 2012-04-07 12:57|| Front Page Top

#10 So who do they blame for this? Hindoos? Djinns? The Foreign Hand? Joooos?

Posted by tu3031 2012-04-07 14:08|| 2012-04-07 14:08|| Front Page Top

#11 I think Joooos are pretty much the fall-back scapegoat for moslems, tu, though Hindoooos are probably a close second in that area.

Personally, I blame Allen, who was obviously displeased with his people dispoiling his glacier.

Posted by Barbara 2012-04-07 14:13|| 2012-04-07 14:13|| Front Page Top

#12 Besoeker----Great article. I remember seeing quite a spread in Nat Geo Mag about the war in that disputed territory.

It is amazing to see this military stalemate and the absolutely horrendous filth and pollution that has accumulated. For nothing.

The best solution would be to joint venture the whole thing, but the Paks would never do that. A real shame. I for one have always wanted to go there since I was a kid, but I do not think that is going to happen.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2012-04-07 14:42|| 2012-04-07 14:42|| Front Page Top

#13 I call it recycling.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2012-04-07 15:54|| 2012-04-07 15:54|| Front Page Top

#14 All the territory Pakistan has taken from India in Kashmir, both that they kept and that they gave to China, is what keeps India from having a land border with Afghanistan, and keeps the billions pouring in from the US so that we can supply ourselves fighting Pakistan in Afghanistan.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2012-04-07 16:31|| 2012-04-07 16:31|| Front Page Top

#15 Up to 124 buried - the Pakis have many 00's more + sniffer dogs looking at or near the same spot.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-04-07 21:45|| 2012-04-07 21:45|| Front Page Top

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