For a dar al-islam, Pakistan sure looks like dar al-harb.

I do hope we have Pakistan's nuke caches identified and targeted for takeout, if worst comes to worst.

"Pakistan in turmoil as 78 die in fresh violence"

Makes me wonder what "stale" violence looks like. Really, it's all getting "stale". I've had enough. Can I leave this movie? I don't like it anymore. How about the average Palestinians, have they had enough? Is it still "fresh" and new for them?

It is a mistake to mess with pilots and airforce types. They are special and they are not going to buy into any idology. And ultimately they hold the upper ground. Watch out, suckers.

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So, now how many Muslims have died at the hands of Islamicfascists?

'Fresh' violence means 'fresh' news for AFP.

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It's not just in Pakistan that the fighting continues. The Afghans have also been taking Taliban names and numbers.

The problem is that the Pakistanis aren't exactly distinguishing themselves in the fighting - their military is taking serious losses, and that might help explain why Musharraf is reluctant to commit to a long term fight - his forces simply aren't up to the task. All that money spent on his military - and his nuclear program - and the number of casualties incurred by the Pakistanis is starkly higher than one should expect.

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Fear not, Barrack Obama has sent in the bombers to take out Musharaff.

Also, of the 78 killed in the fighting, 70 were Taliban, and eight were killed in a suicide bombing.

Yet, the report conflates the two.

OT Ron Paul using net bots ?

Paulbots

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The religion of peace strikes again.
It would be interesting to know how old these suicide-idiots are. Rumor has it that most are teenagers from the madrassas there in Pakistan. Average age 17 to 20.
Close the madrassas and most of this goes away in a few years. But they won't.

Linda

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Holy Moral Equivalence Charles!

I thought they only ran headlines like that about Israelis!

re: #9 Golem Akbar

So, now how many Muslims have died at the hands of Islamicfascists?

in the words of carl sagan

Billions and billions

Police found the bomber’s severed head while other pieces of his body were plastered to the exterior of the mangled bus.....

Now that's some good descriptive writing.

For all you liberal trolls out there that say Israel is illegitimate:

Pakistan was created the same year as Israel, carved out of the body of an unwilling India just to create a "homeland" for Indian Muslims. It is vastly larger than Israel in size, has a population 10X larger than Israel, and supports/sponsors global terrorism (the Taliban were created in Pakistan, and Ali Khan exported nuclear technology to rogue states, to cite just 2 examples).

So to you liberals: How is Israel "illegitimate," but Pakistan legitimate?

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We should find a way to give these guys drivers licenses. /sarc

Off to work.

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It's not just in

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Easy - does draw a picture dosen't it?
And the photos they show in Packistan are very graphic.

What's her name (Bhutta) left.
Did the election already happen or did she leave ahead of it?

It has not happened - in December

RIP, Paul Tibbetts

A man who altered world history.

Arguably, more of Islam's terrorist foot soldiers come from Pakistan than any other nation. True, it's the Arabs who bankroll terrorism with their petrodollars, but the seething, teeming denizens of the Pakistani madrassas that send young males out to fight in the Dar-al-Harb or the Dar-al-Islam. Pakistan's population is already enormous, young, and growing rapidly.

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Moonbats to the left, Moonbats to the right. u_u

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re: #25 firebreather

For all you liberal trolls out there that say Israel is illegitimate:

Pakistan was created the same year as Israel, carved out of the body of an unwilling India just to create a "homeland" for Indian Muslims. It is vastly larger than Israel in size, has a population 10X larger than Israel, and supports/sponsors global terrorism (the Taliban were created in Pakistan, and Ali Khan exported nuclear technology to rogue states, to cite just 2 examples).

So to you liberals: How is Israel "illegitimate," but Pakistan legitimate?

What a softball question.

Israel was created for the Zionist JOOOSSSS,,, therefore, illigitimate

Pakistan was created for the oppressed Muslim masses, therefore legit !

Geeezzzz ,,,

/sarc

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A suicide bomber on Thursday killed eight Pakistan air force personnel while 70 militants died in clashes

Peace be unto you, this day and always. Not Religion of Peace, just peace.

BTW: Sharmuta, you just got a Pereiro on this thread! Congratulations! Sometimes finishing second has its rewards later.

Floyd is innocent.

OT: Meanwhile, a 16 year old palestinian "youth" failed the final exam for his indoctrination program after an unsuccesseful attempt to blow up a checkpoint. Note the cynical use of a child and the crossing's humanitarian lane presumably built to expedite passage of sick people to Israeli hospitals.

His family and teachers are undoubtedly horrified ...
at his failure to achieve martyrdom.

The boy arrived at the "humanitarian lane" of the checkpoint, approached soldiers and hurled his bag towards them. A Civil Administration officer, in charge of assisting people in passing the checkpoint, managed to subdue the youth before he could detonate the bombs.

Sappers were called to the scene and discovered four bombs inside the bag, each composed of a pipe, a fire extinguisher and shrapnel. Instructions on how to detonate the bombs were also found in the boy's possession.

In his initial questioning, the youth said he planned to attack soldiers and civilians.

I know a bit about the area and the ethnic profiles of the conflict zone.

The Pak troops killed in FATA fighting are Frontier constabulary, not regular Pak army which is still aimed at India on the Pak eastern border. India, for its part is ever less of a threat to Pak, engaged as it is in economic development and hoping to zoom so far ahead of pak economically that the latter will cease to matter in the medium to long term.

Further, Mush sends Shia troops (recruited in the PoK and Northern areas) to die in FATA, not the sunni Punjabi ones. Cynical or what?

Both sunni and shia pakisatanis are fanatics, at war with each other but hating the US, India and Israel much more. 90%+ of Pak hates America and a majority prefer Osama to Mushraff.

Pak's N-arse-nal is deadly and needs to be taken out pronto. Enough radioactive material for a dirty bomb is all AlQ needs, IMO. Balkanizing pak presents the best opportunity to neuter this longterm izlamofascist threat.

The US unfortunately has long banked on using the Pak horse as leverage against India, following Brit policy since WWII to disallow the rise of a strong state in south asia that could someday dominate the middle east.

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"...Police found the bomber’s severed head while other pieces of his body were plastered to the exterior of the mangled bus at the site of the attack ...."

Does anybody remember when such a sentence as that would've shocked the country and been the food of nightmares all over the country for weeks.....? ):

I'm tempted to write about this article as Fjordman would if he were Pashtun instead of Swedish, but I will refrain.

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So, now how many Muslims have died at the hands of Islamicfascists?

We pushed them into killing their own by our occupation, so their deaths aren't the Islamofacists fault.
/sarc

re: #25 firebreather

For all you liberal trolls out there that say Israel is illegitimate:

Pakistan was created the same year as Israel, carved out of the body of an unwilling India just to create a "homeland" for Indian Muslims. It is vastly larger than Israel in size, has a population 10X larger than Israel, and supports/sponsors global terrorism (the Taliban were created in Pakistan, and Ali Khan exported nuclear technology to rogue states, to cite just 2 examples).

So to you liberals: How is Israel "illegitimate," but Pakistan legitimate?

Excellent question!

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"...Police found the bomber’s severed head while other pieces of his body were plastered to the exterior of the mangled bus at the site of the attack ...."

Does anybody remember when such a sentence as that would've shocked the country and been the food of nightmares all over the country for weeks.....? ):

You're right. Nothing shocks us any more.

I was feeling a bit depressed the other day, so I called the "Help Hotline".

the call went through to a 'call center' in Pakistan.
I explained that I was feeling suicidal.

They were very excited at this news and wanted to know if I could drive a truck or fly an airplane.

Almost a 9:1 kill ratio...is that considered good for the Pakistani Army?