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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 12:19 PM Original message |
*Pakistan-Watch Thread* |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. Calm? I'm half tempted to ask why. |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 12:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I'm surprised he didn't ask them to go shopping |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 02:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. "Great idea !" - Commander AWOL |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. The why would be not wanting the Taliban to gain control |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 02:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Well considering the 98% chance that he is involved in her death |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. "An Archduke Ferdinand moment" what Thom Hartmann called it |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. Yep Thom is right...this kind of catalyst was bound to happen |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 03:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
39. We survived Anwar Sadat's assasination |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 04:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
45. That thought occurred to me when I first heard the news this morning |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. Kinda seems silly now to have 160,000 troops bogged down in a country |
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Democrat 4 Ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I probably should know this but have to ask....What political hack |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 12:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I don't know who it is, but I do know that Negroponte was sent to deal |
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Democrat 4 Ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Well, Neogroponte has done such a fine job in all his other assignments. |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 02:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
33. Anywhere Negroponte goes, the assassinations and death squads mysteriously show up. |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Anne W. Patterson |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 03:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
40. Here resume reads like covert CIA - Poppy Bush style |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 05:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
51. afghanistan & pakistan have been the true dangers....but the oil was too tempting |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
5. Mourning Benazir Bhutto |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. Violent protests erupt in Pakistan after Bhutto assassination |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
11. CNN IBN (India - English language) is providing updates of the situation in Pakistan |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Thanks! new info already... |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. 1000's of shops burned in Karachi... |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. CNN.com live video is carrying live feed of PTV (Pakistan, non-English) |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
13. Pakistani Blog Updates: |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 01:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Escaping Chaos - A personal account |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 01:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. GlobalVoices Special Coverage - Blogs... |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
15. Sharif's Party to Boycott Elections |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. What Happens Now in Pakistan? - CounterPunch |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. It's amazing he doesn't find that Mushariff bedding with the Taliban |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
20. Updates: new info about shooting, cable and cell service disabled, 40 dead... |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
21. US Officials report Pakistani Army on "Red Alert" |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
22. This up-to-the-minute report |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
23. kick |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
24. Update: 4 PML-N activists killed, 16 injured in gunfire |
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Melinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
25. Thank you for this. *kick* |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
26. Bhutto's death likely to roil Pakistan markets |
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mogster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
27. This is sad, sad news |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
31. Oh yea...* is on Vacation he is not going to interupt his vacation |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
35. IMHO, the MSM will be pulling the good ol' fear demons out of the closets and inflating them. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
36. Rioting engulfs Pakistan in wake of Bhutto assassination |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
37. Bhutto assassination throws wrench into U.S. policy on Pakistan |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 03:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Sen. Specter and Rep. Kennedy are in Islamabad! |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. wow! |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Kick! |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
43. kick |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
44. Violence follows assassination...Rice calls for calm |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
46. "Could get really, really bad"? |
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mogster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
47. Some news headlines |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
48. kick |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
49. K&R. (nt) |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
50. k&r with much thanks for posting this. nt |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
52. Bad rioting going on right now |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
53. Riots claim 10 lives - Angry people take to streets, burn property |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
54. Blog - Deadpan Thoughts - " It is now close to 3 am in Pakistan as i write this...." |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
55. Bhutto assassination: 15 dead in Pak riots |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
56. The Prime Minister is urging New Zealanders to abandon any idea of travelling to Pakistan. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 11:13 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I hope that would fal into the "common sense" category |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-28-07 12:32 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. I'd be keeping my butt safely out of there too. |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-28-07 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
58. Bhutto's body arrives for burial in family graveyard, Funeral 2pm PST. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-28-07 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
60. Gunmen kill Pakistani policeman in Karachi |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-28-07 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
61. KC resident visiting Pakistan describes chaos |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-28-07 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
62. India orders “high state of vigil” on Pakistan border |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-28-07 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
63. Bhutto's body about to arrive at her burial in minutes |
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CabalPowered (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-28-07 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
64. Thanks for all the links. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-28-07 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
65. Violent protests rock Pakistan |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-29-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Kick for Saturday updates |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-29-07 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
67. kick again with thanks. |
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