We will not back down, Karzai warns Pakistan

T_i_B

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Fri Jul-18-03 02:38 AM
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We will not back down, Karzai warns Pakistan

Very worrying. The thought of Afghanistan & Pakistan at war is not something I am exactly enamoured of.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/07/18/wafg18.xml&sSheet=/portal/2003/07/18/ixportaltop.html&secureRefresh=true&_requestid=51031

President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan warned Pakistan yesterday that his country would no longer condone Pakistani aggression.

In an interview with The Telegraph, Mr Karzai stressed that he sought "a civilised relationship with Pakistan", but was unwilling to back down in an ever more serious confrontation between two of America's foremost allies in the war on terrorism.

The dispute on the long Afghan-Pakistani border, the Durrand Line, has intensified dramatically, escalating into exchanges of mortar and artillery fire in Afghanistan's remote and mountainous border region. Pakistani units have advanced five miles beyond the Durrand Line, drawn by the British Raj in the late 19th century.

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Aaron

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Fri Jul-18-03 03:29 AM
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1. I thought Karzai only controlled Kabul, I miss something? (n/t)

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DUreader

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Fri Jul-18-03 06:21 AM
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2. A border war has been going on for a few weeks now

You may have missed it because US press seems to ignore it or bury

it in 1 paragraph deep in the paper

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Aaron

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Fri Jul-18-03 03:29 PM
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5. Ty for the info (n/t)

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saigon68

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Fri Jul-18-03 05:36 PM
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7. KARZAI MAYOR OF KABUL THREATENS TO USE POODLE'S TROOPS

He could use the British troops of Poodle boy.

I'm sure the Pakistanis (They have the BOMB) are quaking in their boots.

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ward919

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Fri Jul-18-03 08:21 AM
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3. Who will Bush support in this dispute?

Will we now have to invade Pakistan? (We are too cowardly to invade a well-armed and trained nation). We will, however, take all comers about equal to Saddam's Iraq...that is...after we disarm them and bomb them for 12 years.

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xchrom

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Fri Jul-18-03 08:42 AM
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4. well put

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DeathvadeR

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Fri Jul-18-03 05:05 PM
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6. Don't forget starved em too!!!!!!!

Same tactic that they are using on N.Korea, I saw a piece not ot long ago describing the rise in canabolism there. Looks like this method might not work as planned>>>

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