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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (3725)9/15/2001 4:47:48 PM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 23908
 
Just letting us fly over their airspace is pretty helpful...

We have to remember Nadine, that Nawaz Sharif was overthrown after he attempted to replace army chief of staff Gen. Musharraf, with the head of the Inter-sevices-Intelligence agency.. the group widely perceived as one of the primary supporters of the Taliban.

Here are some interesting links that contain more than most people want to know about these folks.

saag.org

asiaweek.com



To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (3725)9/15/2001 7:03:58 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 23908
 
<<Do you think the Pakistani govt. will actually give us help, or just lip service? If they let our troops in there, the Islamists will be coming after them.>>

Two plane loads of Marines have landed in Pakistan today. Won't be anyone left to go after Pakistan when this is over.