US failed to dismantle Pak terror infrastructure: reports

[sabra]

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http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200507142210.htm

US failed to dismantle Pak terror infrastructure: reports

Washington, July 14 (PTI): The bombers who carried out the London blasts may have been trained in Pakistan as recently as this year, reports said, leading to criticism that Bush Administration has failed to effectively dismantle the terrorist infrastructure in that country.

Shehzad Tanweer, a British citizen of Pakistani descent and a suspected bomber in the attacks that killed at least 52, studied at a Madrassa or Islamic boarding school in Pakistan as recently as February this year, according to Pakistani officials, the Wall Street Journal reported.

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Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf pledged after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US to break up the madrassas or Islamic schools that preach violence against the West.

If the London bombers really were trained in Pakistan, "it really looks terrible" for the Bush Administration and would call into question much of the counterterrorism work with Pakistan, said Evan Kohlmann, a terrorism expert.

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[sabra]

1. kick, cause * is winning the war on terra!

[Jacobin]

2. Good luck doing that

If Musharraf pisses off the Muslims in Pakistan too much, he's history and then the fundies have nukes.

[krkaufman]

4. Ditto in Saudi Arabia...

... except instead of nukes, they get control of the oil.

Oops.

[krkaufman]

3. The "fighting them over there" theory works MUCH BETTER....

... when you manage to get the "there" right.

[Brooklyn Michael]

6. WHY DO YOU HATE OUR FREEDOMS????

....*hack*....*sputter*.....*choke*....

kick

[krkaufman]

9. chuckle. n/t

[LynnTheDem]

5. Musharraf: World more dangerous because of Iraq War

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/9/25/03544/7945

[varun]

7. Dismantle? US is aiding the terrorists

by giving Pakistan F-16s and $3 billion in aid, US is fanning the flames of terrorism in a volatile part of the world.

The F-16s go to Pakistani army - a hotbed of Islamic fundamentalism. Musharraf has a forked tongue - pleasing his ISI and army fundies as well as showing a "moderate" face to the rest of the world.

[Minstrel Boy]

8. The F-16s were a demand of Daniel Pearl's kidnappers,

and the mastermind of the kidnapping was an ISI double agent.

What a world.