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To: chowder who wrote (7932)	9/15/2001 11:29:30 AM
From: Second_Titan	Respond to of 23153

If Pakistan cooperates I sure as hell hope we provide support and remember our allies. This battle wont be over for many years and we can only abandon friends so many times. THE PAKISTANIS Pakistan Pledges Its Full Support in a U.S. War Against Terrorists By CHRISTOPHER S. WREN akistan promised today to "cooperate fully" with the United States in its effort to forge an international coalition against the terrorists behind the attacks this week on New York and Washington. The pledge was made by the Pakistani ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, following an extraordinary high-level meeting of the Pakistani cabinet and National Security Council in the the capital, Islamabad. Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, who was attending a national security meeting called by President Bush at the presidential retreat in Camp David, Md., used a brief meeting with reporters to "thank the president and people of Pakistan for the support that they have offered and their willingness to assist us." Mr. Powell said the Pakistanis had promised to help in "whatever might be required" to isolate and punish the Taliban movement in neighboring Afghanistan, which is accused of harboring Osama bin Laden, who the United States has identified as the "prime suspect" in the attacks. The United States would like Pakistan to close its borders with Afghanistan and permit American aircraft to overfly Pakistani territory, presumably for strikes on the Taliban. The secretary of state said that Pakistan had agreed to all of Washington's requests. "The Pakistani government was very forthcoming and we're appreciative," Mr. Powell said. Still, the form and extent of Pakistan's cooperation was not yet clear, according to John Burns, a New York Times correspondent now in Islamabad. Before the meeting, Pakistan's interior minister, Moinuddin Haider, told reporters that deliberations had been going on in Pakistan about how cooperation could be extended. The Taliban has given refuge to Mr. bin Laden, the renegade Saudi financier who has also been accused of complicity in the bombings of United States embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, among other terrorist acts. The Taliban has refused to surrender Mr. bin Laden, describing him as a "guest," or to close down terrorist training bases reported to be in Afghanistan. It recently threatened to retaliate against any country that joins in an attack by the United States. There is no reliable information about Mr. bin Laden's whereabouts, but he is still believed to be somewhere in Afghanistan. Such cooperation would amount to a significant shift in Pakistani foreign policy. Pakistan is one of only a few countries that recognizes the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan. At home, Pakistan has its own militant Muslim fundamentalists to worry about and some Pakistanis have ethnic and family links to Afghans across the border. Landlocked Afghanistan also depends on Pakistan for trade and commerce, including critical deliveries of food following the country's inability to feed itself because of drought, civil war and government mismanagement.

To: chowder who wrote (7932)	9/15/2001 11:39:20 AM
From: Aggie	Respond to of 23153

dabum3, hello, Additional military movements: us.news2.yimg.com Fuel tenders: uk.news.yahoo.com The story I posted before is worth the read: nashuatelegraph.com. A lot of poignancy there - one traffic controller's wife was on the AA flight, and another traffic controller at the board was also on duty when Egypt Air flight 990 crashed into the Atlantic in 1999. Must have been a godawful experience in that room when realisation set in, as they were at the equivalent of electronic ground zero. Many such experiences will come out in subsequent months, I'm sure, as the strange times we're in begin to unfold. Keep the faith all. Aggie