onal aspirations that would calve off all of Northern Pakistan &
southren Afghanistan into a new Pushtustan.
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From: Devine, James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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Frank G. writes:> I´ve been wondering about stability in the middle east.
When the war on Afghanistan began, there were reports of widespread
resentment in Muslim countries over the attack, massacres in Nigeria,
Musharraf was trying to prop up a house of cards, powerful ISI staff were
pro-Taliban
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> From: Sabri Oncu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 7:59 PM
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> Subject: [PEN-L:20587] Taliban screwed it up?
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> Steve writes:
>
> > Or they were just called off by Pakistan - how else to explain the
> &g
My understanding was that the fundamentalists made up only about 15 percent of
the Pakistani population, but they had a great deal of influence in the
military. There is supposedly a great deal of concern in Pakistan over the
bombings, but Musheref still commands considerable respect.
> I´ve be
>From: Steve Diamond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 16:56:32 -0800
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>Or they were just called off by Pakistan - how else to explain the
>relatively
Steve writes:
> Or they were just called off by Pakistan - how else to explain the
> relatively orderly retreat from Kabul and the way they were able to escape
> US and "southern alliance" troops in Kandahar.
This sounds quite plausible. Take a look at this excerpt from the article
below:
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Or they were just called off by Pakistan - how else to explain the
relatively orderly retreat from Kabul and the way they were able to escape
US and "southern alliance" troops in Kandahar.the U.S. might try to
conclude that it was the Daisy Cutters but the close links between the
Taliban, the
A rushed posting.
It is clear that the US just bombed and bombed to crush the Taliban and
what is Binnie's crew. The US military have the distinction of providing
further proof that with the air technology together with all the
necessary accessories it is possible to bomb an enemy to pieces.
Th
