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varun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-04 11:01 PM
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Pakistan's Nuclear Inquiry is a Sham
http://www.iht.com/articles/128702.html

U.S. double standards

NEW DELHI Having invaded Iraq to eliminate weapons of mass destruction that were not there, the Bush administration is now pursuing an opposite and risky approach toward Pakistan: allowing that hotbed of Islamic fundamentalism to escape international censure despite its admitted sale of nuclear-weapons technology to three so-called rogue states.
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Another justification proffered by the Bush team for the occupation of Iraq - the presence of terrorists with links with Al Qaeda - has been true about Pakistan. Yet Pakistan is a close ally in President George W. Bush's war on terror while continuing to harbor Al Qaeda and Taliban members and other transnational terrorists, some of them still enjoying its official patronage.
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The U.S. double standards on display are one reason why nonproliferation and counterterrorism remain serious international challenges, with critics branding them as tools to promote American strategic interests...
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DuctapeFatwa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-04 11:10 PM
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1. What Pakistan is a hotbed of is CIA, FBI and Mosaad "operatives"

It has been under low-profile US occupation for some time.

Without the "radical fundamentalists," in Pakistan as elsewhere, it would be much more costly for the US in both fiscal and human resources to prevent any serious moves toward governments who might put the petty interests of the natives above those of US business interests.

How do you think Mush's coup happened?
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varun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-04 05:12 PM
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2. the all powerful AAA...
Allah, Army, America.
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