Saturday, January 12, 2013

Keep it bottled up.

On 10 January 2 suicide bombers targeted a snooker club in the southwestern city of Quetta in Pakistan. First one bomber detonated his bomb and then as rescuers rushed in to help the wounded a second one exploded killing 92 and wounding 121. This particular area is dominated by the Hazara minority who are Shia and can apparently be easily distinguished because of their Mongolian features. Lashkar-e-Jhanghi claimed responsibility for the attack. This is one of the many terrorist groups tolerated by the Pakistani army. Yesterday the Shiites were refusing to bury their dead unless Army Chief, General Kayani promised to protect them better in future. On the same day another bomb went off at a religious gathering in the Swat valley killing 22 and wounding more than 80. A group of armed men attacked the NATO container terminal killing one person and destroying 5 of the 10 containers parked there. They also killed a petrol pump attendant when fleeing. At least 126 killed in one day. We can only hope that millions of Pakistanis die so that we in India can live in peace. Meanwhile President Karzai of Afghanistan is in the US where he is negotiating the US pullout in 2014. Previously it was thought that thousands of American troops will remain to provide air cover to Afghan troops in their fight against the Taliban and to keep training them but now it seems that President Obama is thinking of withdrawing all the US troops out of Afghanistan. Karzai rules only in Kabul and it may not be long before the various warlords reassert there authority in their respective provinces and civil war breaks out once more. This would be what the Pakistanis would wish for and may even encourage so that it gives them an excuse to send in the Taliban with covert support to bring " peace " to the country. Afghanistan will once again become a lawless land where the Al Qaeda can regroup once more. The Americans are congratulating themselves on having dismantled the organisation as they have killed many leaders, including Bin Laden, and seriously hampered their money raising activities by concentrating on money laundering but once they are gone Al Qaeda will be able to raise money through the help of the ISI. When will the US admit that it was the ISI which planned and helped the 9/11 attacks. Instead John Kerry, Pakistan lover, is to become Secretary of State. France has already sent troops to Mali to free the country from Islamist fighters led by the Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb while the US continues to kill scores in Yemen by using drones to stop the advance of the Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. These groups have become more dangerous as they have gained experience and at some point they will attempt to take over Pakistan. We must make our borders impregnable to keep the scum bottled inside Pakistan.

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