Posted on 07/07/2008 1:38:04 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick
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I wouldn’t be surprised if some group from Pakistan was responsible for this. Whether it be an arm of the military or Intel or just one of the radical groups that say battle with the Indians on the Kashmir border.
“So every man, woman and child of Islam in Afghanistan, including the Afghan army that we train and fight alongside of, and including our ally President Karzai, should be killed?”
Not all of them. Just enough to make them scared shitless of us to the point they’ll do whatever we tell them to.
Whyever not? Just out of curiosity, being that I dont know what the situation is...
Aren’t the Baluchis also causing trouble for Iran? I have heard that Iran may actually be being helpful for us in some subtle ways. If the Baluchis are Sunni (loving al Qaeda and Bin Laden) helping us might make sense for at least some factions of Shia Iran.
With at least 140 injured, officials have stated that they expect the death toll to rise. Also it is hard to do body counts when people are being rushed off to hospitals, and when as the article stated body parts are scattered about.
“The Taliban denied being behind the attack.”
This might actually be true. As Karzai intimated, Pakistan would have an interest in damaging relations between India and Pakistan. Also as has been reported elsewhere, there seem to be subversive elements in the Pakistan intelligence services and perhaps elsewhere.
Just kidding, vodkaman.
Check out www.orbat.com for a comprehensive take on the situation.
-—Pakistan 324 Military Intelligence Battalion with Pakistan XI Corps (Peshawar) is behind the suicide car-bomb attack against the Indian Embassy
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