Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 06 Dec 2011

abhijitm · Post by **abhijitm** » 21 Dec 2011 21:07

aaaah here it is, part 2

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 21 Dec 2011 21:21

I am proposing it as a JV special purpose vehicle because khan has more leverage on TSP and some other reasons...
[a] khan can restrain pakis from using nukes when the s*** hits the fan, if they turn suicidal - though I agree they might still launch towards india
khan can incapacitate all their high value arms toys within few months of denying spares/help & beekh
[c] khan has much better sea and air logistics in the region
[d] more treasure to burn in this quest
[e] can deny green cards to elites and deport the sons/daughter/retired elites on some whim back to TSP
[f] a handle on where stolen money is stashed and can threaten freezing it to pressure the paki elites

we can provide all the help, but its always better to make sure everyone has a dog in the fight and use a risk sharing model like a mutual fund does.....once baluchistan stabilizes and the rump TSP is under control and defanged, the focus will shift to economic engagement and trade....the age old Oman-Baluchistan-India trade route will be revived....

even khan takes along NATO munna allies for most of his adventures...."inclusive growth and co-prosperity" is after all the NAC mantra

parsuram · Post by **parsuram** » 21 Dec 2011 22:09

Cross post from "Managing Pakistan's faliure" Thread:

Jhujar Ji:
I understand your concerns.........

........ So, regardless of US actions, India should act to further its own interests. With Balochistan, India can certainly establish contact with the main individuals who are in leadership positions among the Baloch. After that, a structured dialog can be initiated with the Baloch leadership to work towards Balochistan joining India in a federated association under an accession document, and work towards developing that document with all the details and conditions of federation, conditions that are acceptable to both sides. All this can be initiated today, and pursued for the weeks and months it will take to come to an agreement. This all can be done with very modest resources, covertly. After that, it is a matter of time and opportunity when the agreement can be actualized. This is just an example of what kind of planning that can be done now, and kept current as circumstances change

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 21 Dec 2011 22:12

Singha, In the infamous 1993 On the Nuclear Edge in New Yorker by Seymour Hersh about the 1990 Indo-Pak nuke crisis, its related that one US military official was suggesting that instead of New Delhi, Mumbai BARC (two for one) would be suitable target for the Paki nukes.

The Pakistani government had told Washington that it had intelligence—whose reliability was suspect, as was all Indian and Pakistani intelligence in moments of crisis—indicating that India was prepared to send its army across the border. “We were holding a session in the National Security Council conference room in the White House basement,” the analyst said. “And one of our guys”—a senior military man who had served as defense attaché with the United States Embassy in New Delhi—“said we ought to focus on getting the Paks to hit Tarapur, not Delhi.” A large reactor at Tarapur, north of Bombay, was known to be one of India’s main sites for the chemical extraction of weapons-grade plutonium. “In other words, he wanted to do a tit for tat: Kahuta for Tarapur. It was the old limited-war issue: If they do a strike, what could we do to get them to neutralize each other?”

So how do you think that US will restrain the TSP? They might give them a target list!

parsuram · Post by **parsuram** » 21 Dec 2011 22:30

ramana wrote:Singha, In the infamous 1992 New Yorker article by Seymour Hersh about the 1990 Indo-Pak nuke crisis, its related that one US military official was suggesting that instead of New Delhi, Mumbai BARC(two for one) would be suitable target for the Paki nukes.

So how do you think that US will restrain the TSP? They might give them a target list!

Ramana guru Ji: I would not be too sure that they have not already given them that target list.

Because of the proximity and short flight times, any warning system will be futile. The only non zero probability of thwarting paki strikes on Indian cities, imo, is for continual monitoring by AWACs along with IAF aircrafts flown by specially trained piolots who would take their best shots at diverting the missile(s) from their programmed flight path and target(s). Proximity of the sea (mumbai/BARC) will also be a plus.

a_kumar · Post by **a_kumar** » 21 Dec 2011 22:40

Altair wrote:Thanks. I only hope my effort is replicated by many BR folks here. Emailing both current and Ex Diplomats, Ambassadors of Western countries in Asia,especially those in south and central asia helps a lot. Trust me you develop a kind of connection with these people and when they reply it brings a smile to you. It gives me great satisfaction.
But effort needs to be multiplied many times. This is no job for a lone wolf. It does not work that way.I urge everyone to contribute and touchbase with these people.
Wikipedia,Google chacha helps a lot in research.

Amen to that.

kish wrote:http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opi ... nt=2278388

This is as good as it gets!! We are finally seeing solutions from the west that are acceptable to us. Solutions dont work for us are give more money to PA, engage with them etc. So do the needful and put the weight of John/joe behind the above article.

Also couple of inputs on low hanging fruits that everybody can do in comments sections.
- Congratulate the above author on the clarity and add more information in comments (1947, 1965, 1971, 1980s etc)
- On comments of any relevant articles (for example, discussing threats to NATO access), ask questions like "Hm... what if Baluchistan becomes independant", Inception style and let readers figure it out.
- If possible even point to the map to show how baluchistan is crucial for US interests. Point out the advantages. Need to make this a common topic of discussion until it gains its own momentum.
- Mention baluchistan in comments of all articles related to the strategically brilliant.
- Highlight the atrocities of Bangladesh and Balochistan (tons of references available)
- Point out that the virus of proxies was not born in 1980's, but around indepedence (eg. direct action day or kashmir in 47) and that US only exploited what already existed. Uncle really needs help escaping the guilt trip!

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 22 Dec 2011 00:19

They have progressed to 7th Century now,will be here in one Hajar Saal

Pakistan: 675 "honor killings" in the first nine months of 2011

They're working hard in Pakistan to ensure the Muslim world doesn't slip from being responsible 91 percent of honor killings worldwide.As this report notes, there is no law against domestic violence. Such legislation stalled out in the assembly in 2009 with resistance on Islamic grounds. It would run the risk of prohibiting something Allah made lawful: hitting (yes, hitting) "disobedient" women (Qur'an 4:34).
Islamic law is also inconsistent at best on whether parents face any penalty for killing their children. The relatives carrying out the killings clearly feel they are justified in what they are doing, and are confident they will not only avoid severe penalties, but earn respect for their brutality.Behavior that is rewarded tends to be repeated. "675 Pakistan 'honour killing' victims: commission," from Agence France-Presse, December 20:
At least 675 Pakistani women and girls were murdered during the first nine months of the year for allegedly defaming their family's honour, a leading human rights group said Tuesday.
"A total of 675 women and girls were killed in the name of honour across Pakistan from January to September," a senior official in the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan told AFP.
They included at least 71 victims under the age of 18.The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is unauthorised to speak to the media, said figures were still being compiled from October to December, and that a full report would be released in February.The Commission reported 791 honour killings in 2010 and there was no discernible decrease this year, the official added.Around 450 of the women killed from January to September were accused of having "illicit relations" and 129 of marrying without permission.

Anujan · Post by **Anujan** » 22 Dec 2011 01:09

Paki government filed a brief in front of the Supreme Court that it does not control the Army or the ISI

MurthyB · Post by **MurthyB** » 22 Dec 2011 02:54

Good first person account of a POW in 1971 in India.

The train escape that could have been — I —Mehboob Qadir

Shortly, the entire barrack — about 30 of us — were marched out to death row cells in a different compound and sentenced to solitary confinement for three months. This was a unique experience: ugly, terribly oppressive, and extremely taxing. The incubators were a regulation eight feet long, about as much high and four feet wide. The door was a block of heavy iron plate with a small sliding window, both bolted from outside. A hole with metal grill near the ceiling was, I guess, a ventilator. A water pitcher and an open native bed pan at the end of the cemented bed served as a toilet. Summers were at their peak in Agra, temperatures raging anything up to 110 to120 degrees Fahrenheit.

Sizzling heat, incessant sweating and huge swarms of mosquitoes soon turned us into walking dummies full of all kinds of sores, bites and scars. I had never seen prickly heat the size of a pea before. Our responses to smell, pain, hunger and sleep withered away beyond a certain point some weeks into the confinement. We were let out for 10 minutes each in the morning and evening to go to the community toilets where all pretensions of privacy got effectively dismantled.

In those dreadful dungeons, the only ray of kindness was a Hindu Duty Havaldar who would throw in a toffee, a candy or some such thing through the window and mutter softly a few words of sympathy and solace. May that noble man’s goodness be rewarded and his bliss increased manifold.

The train escape that could have been — II —Mehboob Qadir

Major Naseebullah intervened and insisted to go first. After an unusual haggling the guard agreed. As Major Naseeb turned right in the far end of the passage towards the toilet, we heard a distinct weapon cocking sound followed by Major Naseeb shouting: “What are you doing?” ....{no spoilers!}

Raja Bose · Post by **Raja Bose** » 22 Dec 2011 04:35

What would a Paki be without echandee...

From the above article:

We refused to be handcuffed and shackled before departure to the railway station. Finally, we agreed to be handcuffed two together and that could be hidden easily while walking out of trucks to the railway compartment.

KLNMurthy · Post by **KLNMurthy** » 22 Dec 2011 05:06

Raja Bose wrote:What would a Paki be without echandee...

From the above article:

We refused to be handcuffed and shackled before departure to the railway station. Finally, we agreed to be handcuffed two together and that could be hidden easily while walking out of trucks to the railway compartment.

Echandee is also part of OLQs which are taught for maintaining morale in a hierarchical organization like paki army, less so in Indian army but still
present. But kabila TSP is steeped through with this echandee obsession.

More democratically and mostly meritocratically-minded Indians who worship hard work and accomplishment will not be able to grasp this deep-seated paki feudal mindset which is conditioned to rule over and exploit cringing masses using trappings of power and dignity to intimidate the subjects. This is why echandee is so crucial and worth fighting over and all the desperate contempt for the hardworking and thrifty Hindu businessman or "bania".

Would love to see a study that grades DIEs' level of deference to paki echandee and correlates that grade with said DIE's feudal score: e.g connection to former royals etc.

A pachadee in echandee waiting for some bright young mind...

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 22 Dec 2011 05:09

Zardari Beecharra, Kiyani Maara ,Dekho Dorr door kar haara
COAS tells SC proof of memo conspiracy available

ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff has told the SC that evidence available regarding memo-gate contacts. In the affidavit submitted to the Supreme Court, COAS Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said that the news regarding the memo-gate are correct and evidence is available of the contacts made in the context of the conspiracy.The COAS also wrote that the memo issue has dented national security and lowered the morale of the armed forces.The SC had asked the President, the PM, the COAS and the ISI DG to submit their affidavits for the hearing of the memo case. All have submitted their replies, but President Zardari has not.In the last hearing, the Chief Justice has told the Attorney General that no reply in a civil case means acceptance of guilt. The court had issued a written order, calling for a reply of the President, but the reply has not been filed.Meanwhile, PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif, Ishaq Dar and Ghaus Ali Shah also submitted their second replies in the Apex Court.Talking to reporters, Attorney General Maulvi Anwar ul Haq said that General Kayani’s second reply has been submitted to the Apex Court.The AG said that COAS stood firm by his old stance in the second reply. In the affidavit submitted to the court, Gen Kayani said that all his earlier statements were based on facts and nothing had been kept hidden from the Supreme Court.

KLNMurthy · Post by **KLNMurthy** » 22 Dec 2011 05:21

Re memogate, observe how "lowered the morale of the armed forces" is taken as a crime ( is it in the paki penal code?) solely based on kayani's assertion. This is the ultimate in an openly praetorian or kabila state. Entire paki nation is in line with this thinking. The kabila is its own logic so only lahori logic is allowed.

They are relying on 200m masses that follow the nuclear-armed kabila for the win. neutralizing this is the biggest challenge in human history.

Nandu · Post by **Nandu** » 22 Dec 2011 05:45

"Acceptance of guilt"? Is Zardari being prosecuted?

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 22 Dec 2011 07:58

Gilani demands new rules for engagement with the US

No more Abbottabad-like operation
No more drone strikes
Intelligence information to be shared for joint operation
Of course, the US must pay more baksheesh.

lakshmikanth · Post by **lakshmikanth** » 22 Dec 2011 08:09

Question for Garus here.

I am getting really bored by the lack of IED-Mubaraks in the land of the pakhanas.

Is this purely due to the fact that dronacharya has eliminated the two masterminds of logistics and planning of soosai bumbers? Why hasn't any one taken up the mantle, like the Al-Q #3? When can we expect a Marriot style IED-Mubarak?

eagerly awaiting something to happen
--nanha mujahid

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 22 Dec 2011 08:20

SSridhar wrote:Of course, the US must pay more baksheesh.

Pehle Paisa phil Sauvirginity ,Unkil, dete janna anna doaana
WOT larr raha yeh khud terrorism karne wala
[youtube]iTfsQDZ6IBY&feature=related[/youtube]

arun · Post by **arun** » 22 Dec 2011 08:21

X Posted from the Pakistani Role in Global Terrorism thread.

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan yet again demonstrates its linkages to global Islamic Terrorism:

Woman Charged With Sending Money to Pakistan Group to Fund Terrorist Attacks

abhishek_sharma · Post by **abhishek_sharma** » 22 Dec 2011 08:31

The real shame in Pakistan

Altair · Post by **Altair** » 22 Dec 2011 08:37

Gurus
What would it take to start a Mock "Embassy of Baluchistan in India". There are many Baluchis who would come to India and make it more close to a real embassy.
The H&D loss for Pakis would be incalculable. Ofcourse, Pakis would react by starting an embassy of Kashmir in Islamabad but what difference would it make?
Is the idea that bad especially in current environment or is it too early?
I have been reliably informed that there would be a declaration of freedom charter by Baluchistan leaders in Europe very soon.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 22 Dec 2011 08:53

Altair wrote:What would it take to start a Mock "Embassy of Baluchistan in India".

Embassy of Balochistan ? Here, in India ? GoI is going the whole distance (not even half) to develop everlasting friendship with our prodigal younger brother, and you are suggesting this ? Haven't we already conceded our complicity at Sharm-el-Sheikh ?

RCase · Post by **RCase** » 22 Dec 2011 08:53

MurthyB wrote:Good first person account of a POW in 1971 in India.

The train escape that could have been — I —Mehboob Qadir

The train escape that could have been — II —Mehboob Qadir

This Paki a$$hole should have realized that the IA behaved professionally and were reasonably compassionate in their treatment of POWs. If these guys would have been POWs with the US Army, there would be no negotiations of not handcuffing them to protect their H&D. They would have had their hands cuffed behind their back, with little possibility of scratching their nose, let alone filing off their cuffs/ bars. Any attempts at escape would have immediately resulted in the fate of Naseebullah.

These pigs got away lightly compared to the excesses that they dished out on the folks in BD. The guys who tried to escape should have been lined up to a firing squad. Mutinous POWs should not expect to be housed in the Taj/ Oberoi hotels and deserved the solitary confinement.

I do not recall that Indian Railways had III class compartments in the early 70s. As far as I recall, there was I, II class compartments. Also, in trains there were no special women's compartments (other than commuter trains) with barricades. All II class compartments even to this day have the grill bars. He makes it out as if Naseebullah was innocent and shot without provocation. I can bet that he must have tried some monkey stuff and embraced 'shahadat'. These lying SOBs should have faced a military tribunal.

Altair · Post by **Altair** » 22 Dec 2011 09:00

SSridhar wrote:
Altair wrote:What would it take to start a Mock "Embassy of Baluchistan in India".
Embassy of Balochistan ? Here, in India ? GoI is going the whole distance (not even half) to develop everlasting friendship with our prodigal younger brother, and you are suggesting this ? Haven't we already conceded our complicity at Sharm-el-Sheikh ?

Logically speaking, It would then make it easier for us to start such an embassy. isn't it? we already admitted to it,So what difference would it make?
The PMO is filled with pussies.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 22 Dec 2011 10:12

Altair wrote:
SSridhar wrote: Haven't we already conceded our complicity at Sharm-el-Sheikh ?
Logically speaking, It would then make it easier for us to start such an embassy. isn't it? we already admitted to it,So what difference would it make?
The PMO is filled with pussies.

That SeS admission was a Chankian trick to make Pakistan talk to us. Now that the peace process has started in full flow, how can we offend and upset our brotherly terrorist nation ?

Altair · Post by **Altair** » 22 Dec 2011 10:20

SSridhar wrote: That SeS admission was a Chankian trick to make Pakistan talk to us. Now that the peace process has started in full flow, how can we offend and upset our brotherly terrorist nation ?

O man, you need to put up a spill alert before you say something like that.

Nandu · Post by **Nandu** » 22 Dec 2011 10:20

abhishek_sharma wrote:The real shame in Pakistan

Am I the only oldie who said, "hey, it is just a mark of quality". A mark of approval from the Indian Standards Institute.

Satya_anveshi · Post by **Satya_anveshi** » 22 Dec 2011 10:42

US says Shariffs too approached it earlier to seek help in preventing coup {ofcourse for BR members its no news}

Bruce Riedel, a former CIA and White House official who chaired President Barack Obama's 2009 review of U.S. policy on the region, said Sharif himself initiated a similar petition over a decade ago.

He recalled a 1999 meeting with Sharif's brother Shahbaz, who he said traveled to Washington to warn of what civilian officials at the time feared was a brewing military coup.

"It was an entire day spent at the Willard Hotel listening to Shahbaz talk about their fears that a military coup was coming and asking for American help to prevent it," he said.

"That's pretty much the charge (that) is being leveled against Ambassador Haqqani."

A coup did ultimately happen, in 1999, bringing General Pervez Musharraf to power until he resigned as president in August 2008.

Satya_anveshi · Post by **Satya_anveshi** » 22 Dec 2011 10:54

Pakistan's Rulers Have Very Perverse Priorities {certain tube light from the Atlantic just woke up.... chalo.Der aye durust aye..

There is an interesting, and depressing, development In the continuing Pakistani"Memogate" controversy -- the one in which the now-former ambassador to the U.S., Husain Haqqani, is accused by Pakistan's ruling military elite of trying, with Pakistan's civilian-elected President, Asif Ali Zardari to foment democratic reform in his country. Haqqani, back in Pakistan and under continual investigation, is now being accused of helping the U.S. locate Osama Bin Laden. Yes, "accused."

There are two ways for the Pakistani military to grapple with the fact that Bin Laden was hiding out in Pakistan: They could apologize to the U.S. for, advertently or not, hiding the greatest mass murderer in American history, and they could conduct a serious internal investigation to discover how it came to pass that Bin Laden found refuge in their country. Or, alternatively, they could throw a fit about the "violation" of their border by American soldiers hunting the aforementioned greatest mass murderer in American history, and investigate not how Bin Laden got into Pakistan, but how CIA operative gained access to Pakistan.

The Pakistanis have obviously chosen the latter course, to their shame.

Satya_anveshi · Post by **Satya_anveshi** » 22 Dec 2011 11:20

from nutty-Nation:

LAHORE– Provincial Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has alleged that hired people attended Imran Khan’s rally in Kasur who took away 25000 chairs at the conclusion of the meeting exposing the myth of tsunami of the PTI chief. FIR has been registered for the theft of the chairs and Imran Khan may also be called for investigation, Rana Sanaullah said while talking to media men outside the Punjab Assembly chamber here Wednesday.

Sri · Post by **Sri** » 22 Dec 2011 13:45

Anujan wrote:Paki government filed a brief in front of the Supreme Court that it does not control the Army or the ISI

http://www.dawn.com/2011/12/22/no-contr ... -govt.html

This is typical washing off hands stand. Now wait for details of Pasha's escapades... in 1 to 2 weeks max...

Narad · Post by **Narad** » 22 Dec 2011 15:44

anupmisra wrote:Fall of Dhaka and a fall guy
Who was responsible for rape, murder and mayhem in that area? Who left thousands of illegitimate children behind?
Hain, ji?

Few thousands of those illegitimate bangali poakbasturds later joined HUJi, Few thousands joined the BNP and few of them are left to roam around on paki deaf and dumb fora.

member_19648 · Post by **member_19648** » 22 Dec 2011 16:43

Narad wrote: Few thousands of those illegitimate bangali poakbasturds later joined HUJi, Few thousands joined the BNP and few of them are left to roam around on paki deaf and dumb fora.

C'mon now, they are victims of Paki barbarism so the opposite being true is more probable.

I would like to suggest a few pointers for Baluchistan.

1. Baluchistan be declared an inseparable part of India, can be included as an union territory with full local autonomy.
2. A volley of economic reforms for the state including an aid package for victims of Paki terrorists/families of abducted nationalists.
3. Baloch freedom fighters being given awards and jobs in the new government.
4. Full freedom of religion and good employment schemes.
5. A vision for developing Baluchistan into a model state of Union of India, showing to the whole world in crude terms what barbaric condition the Pakis had left it in and the freedom and prosperity ushered in by India, with stark contrasting imagery. In short making an example out of it.
6. Some other goodies.

gakakkad · Post by **gakakkad** » 22 Dec 2011 17:30

>>Some other goodies.

A SEZ for high tech manufacturing ,includes medical imaging equipment. Tourist spot incluing giant yoga aashram. the population density of the region is quite low. Will offer the peace and tranquil they need. Legislation to keep pollution to the lowest levels in the world. Retirement homes for the world rich. Alternatively giant farms of oilseeds . for biofuels. Cn onlee be possibleif the soil type is suitable however. any info on that? any possibility of oil being found ?

hulaku · Post by **hulaku** » 22 Dec 2011 17:41

US admits mistakes over killings of Pakistan troops

The US military has admitted it bears significant responsibility for last month's air strike on the Afghan border that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.

A statement said US and Afghan forces acted in self defence, but conceded there had been a lack of proper co-ordination with Pakistani forces.

BBC correspondents say the admission is expected to embarrass the US military.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16302197

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 22 Dec 2011 18:16

hulaku wrote:US admits mistakes over killings of Pakistan troops

The US military has admitted it bears significant responsibility for last month's air strike on the Afghan border that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.

A statement said US and Afghan forces acted in self defence, but conceded there had been a lack of proper co-ordination with Pakistani forces.

BBC correspondents say the admission is expected to embarrass the US military.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16302197

Now that US admitted its mistake, please TFTA's declare an official war on US. some wishes will never turn true

Meanwhile TOI is celeberating April fool's day early US expert claims Khan network supplied nuke technology to India

In a commentary in the adults magazine Playboy , Joshua Pollack, a US policy wonk who has done work on nuclear proliferation, says India may have been the secret, unnamed "fourth country" -- after Iran, Libya and North Korea -- to which AQ Khan "provided the shortcut to a nuclear weapon."

May be this Joshua Pollack is an expert is some other types of Mizziles(hint: L&M, ahem ahem class) and their detonation and has now been classified as an arms expert.

CRamS · Post by **CRamS** » 22 Dec 2011 18:55

With this so called "revelation" in playboy magazine, India TSP equal equal equal equal onlee.

CRamS · Post by **CRamS** » 22 Dec 2011 19:03

Satya_anveshi wrote:Pakistan's Rulers Have Very Perverse Priorities {certain tube light from the Atlantic just woke up.... chalo.Der aye durust aye..

This moron has as much brains as a rat. OBL may be a mass murderer for Americans, but TSPians do not consider him one. Any 2-bit journalist worth all the mooalh paid to him would know that in a half a day if he/she were to read and reflect about TSP. TSP kept OBL as a bargaining chip, the big fish as they say, to extract lotsa goodies from US, and planned to sacrifice him when the rate of return would have been at its zenith, probably a US election year October surprise or something like that.

I detect colonilaism too. Paki army consists of a bunch of genocidal maniacs, recall 1971, and use terror as an instrument of state policy against India. And yet US has them as their ally. So by the same standard, do Americans like him have any shame?

A_Gupta · Post by **A_Gupta** » 22 Dec 2011 19:03

US DoD press release on Salaha incident
http://www.defense.gov/releases/release ... seid=14976

A_Gupta · Post by **A_Gupta** » 22 Dec 2011 19:33

Aditya_V wrote: May be this Joshua Pollack is an expert is some other types of Mizziles(hint: L&M, ahem ahem class) and their detonation and has now been classified as an arms expert.

Who is Joshua Pollack?
http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/ ... ua-pollack

shiv · Post by **shiv** » 22 Dec 2011 19:41

hulaku wrote:US admits mistakes over killings of Pakistan troops

The US military has admitted it bears significant responsibility for last month's air strike on the Afghan border that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.

A statement said US and Afghan forces acted in self defence, but conceded there had been a lack of proper co-ordination with Pakistani forces.

BBC correspondents say the admission is expected to embarrass the US military.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16302197

The sooperpower skis downhill to save Paki echandee