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To: Ilaine who wrote (4255)10/11/2001 6:59:28 AM
From: Ilaine  Respond to of 281500
 
Excellent (and sobering) article about jihad on Asia Times - and interview with Arif Jamal, a Punjabi now living in Islamabad, who has written several books about jihad.

atimes.com

I don't think I have read a more sophisticated analysis of the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Miles beyond what I am reading on Stratfor.

He estimates there are about half a million military trained Islamist guerrillas in Pakistan.



To: Ilaine who wrote (4255)10/11/2001 7:50:29 AM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
could be developed if there was stability

I am afraid, that in spite of Bush's statements about no "Nation Building", that we are going to be involved for a long time, and spend a lot of money, on that rathole.