Taliban/Al-Qaeda assasins kill Pakistani minister
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...DMSKchOBEgbNnA
We go after the Taliban and Al-Qaeda because they kill innocent men, women & children in Afghanistan. They whine, weasel, and defend the same people who're killing off their government, and their country bit by bit. The duplicity, apologism, and excuses that go with their defense of this scum is disgusting and immoral.
Bin Laden is visiting around
Tom Ricks at Best Defense pointed out this story from the Asia Times.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/MC25Df01.html
The story states that Mr. Bin Laden has been moving about both sides of the Durand Line frequently in recent months visiting many people including Hekmatyar (sic). The author of the story thinks he is up to something and speculates at to what.
This seems to me an important thing and I wonder what others around here think.
Lahore police arrest Sri Lanka cricket team attackers
Hat tip to Circling the Lion's Den, a story I've not seen reported elsewhere, despite the prominence of the original attack, in March 2009:
Quote:
Police in Lahore, Pakistan, have announced that another six members of the gang that attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team in March 2009 have been arrested following a tip-off.
Link:http://circlingthelionsden.blogspot....a-cricket.html
Note Circling is not persuaded those arrested are TTP, preferring LeT. There's also the reported arrest of a Bali bombs suspects (back in October 2002) in Pakistan and his likely transfer to Indonesia. Well-timed arrests due to the cricket match between India and Pakistan.
Now will we see those arrested appear in court charged?
Ray, Omar & Any Other Interested Persons
What if an "unthinkable" happened; and the US were to withdraw all armed forces (and aid) from South Asia and the Middle East.
In that posited scenario, what would the geopolitics of India, Pakistan and the adjacent regions look like ?
Regards
Mike