Pakistan, our ally, releases thousands of foreign fighters
Holy Crap!
So, he's offering safe haven to those foreign fighters in Pakistan, and even throwing back the ones he incidentally captures.
No matter what the rhetoric, since the fall of the Taliban, Pakistan is the headwater of terrorism. If you look at all the major thwarted terror attacks, almost all of them have ties back to Pakistan.
Pakistan's credibility as a leading ally in the war on terrorism was called into question last night when it emerged that President Pervez Musharraf's government had authorised the release from jail of thousands of Taliban fighters caught fighting coalition forces in Afghanistan.
So, he's offering safe haven to those foreign fighters in Pakistan, and even throwing back the ones he incidentally captures.
No matter what the rhetoric, since the fall of the Taliban, Pakistan is the headwater of terrorism. If you look at all the major thwarted terror attacks, almost all of them have ties back to Pakistan.
posted by mikevotes at
8:30 AM
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Let's not forget all the tough talk about "new-que-lar" proliferation, and AQ Khan's lax treatment by Pakistan.
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zen, at 9:06 AM
Oh, yeah. On the older post I linked, I had the growing list.
1. A long history of supporting terrorism in the Taleban, Al Qaeda, and the Kashmiri independence groups.
2. Elements of the Pakistani military still actively supply money and support to those groups today.
3. 40+ nuclear weapons (with a history of supplying weapons to terror groups.)
4. Confirmed nuclear proliferation with the individual and organization responsible protected from international questioning.
5. Harboring the top terrorists in the world.
Now we have to add "6. releasing known Taleban Al Qaeda."
Mike
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mikevotes, at 9:24 AM
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