The Battle Against Big Wind

Posted on August 12, 2007 by Thanos

This revealing documentary shows the creeping fascism of the wind-conglomerates, set on ruining America’s coastlines for all time. 

[ Since I do not use sarcasm on this blog often, for the less agile minds : this is sarcasm. – Editor.]

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Remembering Jinnah

Posted on August 12, 2007 by Thanos

jinnah-pakistan-001.jpgAll Things Pakistan remembers Mr. Jinnah’s speech at the founding of the Nation of Pakistan. Please stop by for a read, the speech is inspiring, and even though the comments devolve into a flame-fest over partition, there’s a lot of history covered there.

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Missing Pakistani Soldiers Captured by Taliban

Posted on August 12, 2007 by Thanos

The Taliban is requesting  a prisoner exchange for the captured Pakistani Soldiers, now believed to be ISI or SSG personnel. They were captured in civilian clothes as they left a convoy, and the army has been seeking them since, attacking some camps and bombarding weapons caches. Continue reading →

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The Egyptian Jackal Runs

Posted on August 11, 2007 by Thanos

zawahiri-dajjal.jpgThe Fourth Rail, Little Green Footballs, un-named intel sources, and CNN are all questioning the dissappearance of Al Qaeda and Taliban forces from training camps. They are also pairing that with speculation about Pakistan’s Nuclear forces. Everything they state is factual, but coupling it all together leads to a lot of questions which I will attempt to analyze below.

Update: the Foreign minister from Pakistan has released this statement to counter the worries created by the CNN article:

Speaking to reporters, ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said Pakistan’s nuclear command and control structures were not controlled by any single individual and had been institutionalised and multi-layered to ensure safety and security at multiple levels since 1998.

She said the country’s strategic assets are governed by “strong multi-layered decision making, organisational, administrative and command and control structures”. She said Pakistan, as a nuclear weapons state, had formally instituted an elaborate Nuclear Command and Control mechanism in February 2000 consisting of the National Command Authority (NCA), the Strategic Plans Division (SPD), and the Strategic Forces Command. pr

Just a reminder: Our government is charged with protecting US citizens, to do that our intel agencies sometimes speculate in “worst case scenarios”. The press almost always runs with “worst case” when presented with a spectrum of possibilities because it makes for a better headline and sells more ads.

UPDATE: Missing soldiers held by Taliban

First there are a series of seasonal events, coupled with failed intiatives and Pakistan Army movements that work together to empty the camps:

Continue reading →

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The Mask Comes Off: Pakistan Update

Posted on August 10, 2007 by Thanos

The Army of Pakistan continues to hunt the mountains for their kidnapped brothers in arms as they pound Al Qaeda and Taliban camps and hideouts in Miranshah. From the Daily Times:

 “In previous months there were several attempts made by miscreants against security forces and we would show patience but it is not the case now.”

Arshad said the military was hunting for 16 paramilitary soldiers who went missing on Thursday morning in South Waziristan.

Arshad said the stepped-up action in the border areas was not in reaction to pressure from Washington. “We know Al Qaeda is present in the region, there are Taliban elements and their local supporters and we are acting against them in our own national interest.”

This is true as Al Qaeda has declared war on Pakistan, and attempted more than twenty assassinations of leaders in the past two years, some successful. They have all their pawns out on the board; but their leaders hide as they always do. You won’t catch Ayman strapping on a suicide vest, nor will Sami Al Haq — instead they send the young — the useful idiots with heads pumped full of vileness. Whose son or daughter is next to die, what people will be without power tomorrow as idiots blow up more power poles? Who will lie in pieces in a gutter next week while the Saudi dogs bark in the hills, and howl in the Wafaqul assembly? Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Gummi

Posted on August 10, 2007 by Thanos

gummi.jpgI love Gummi Bears, and it appears that Scaramouche does as well — join us in wishing Gummi a happy 85th Birthday.

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Claw versus Fang

Posted on August 9, 2007 by Thanos

golden-eagle-arilines.jpgclaws-and-fangs.jpgMy sister sent me some photos from a friend taken along the Alaskan Pipeline haul road. Here you see a Golden Eagle and an Arctic Fox debating who gets to dine first, click on the thumbnails, the photos are great.

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Emergency Ruled Out: Pakistan Update

Posted on August 9, 2007 by Thanos

FRONTIERS:

The Taliban attacked a village in Darra, killing five Qasimkhel tribesmen in Chargano, and then looting the town (I’ve been telling you that the Taliban are bandits and dacoits at heart all along – they pulled in flatbeds and took appliances.) The battle lasted thirty five hours, and the military did not intervene. A delegation of elders from another village who tried to intervene were chased off with gunfire from the Taliban.

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Yeh Hum Naheen

Posted on August 8, 2007 by Thanos

Not all Pakistanis are extremists, as you can see here.

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Pakistan Update: Tense Week Ahead

Posted on August 8, 2007 by Thanos

Political Update 

Musharraf canceled his trip to the Pak-Afghan Jirga hours before he was to leave, jilting an anxious President Karzai for internal problems. The White House spokesperson stated that President Musharraf had “compelling things” to attend to.

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