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India launches air strikes on Pakistan-based militants
BBC News ^ | 2/26/2019 | BBC

Posted on 02/25/2019 10:56:54 PM PST by Spiridon

India says it has carried out air strikes against militants following a suicide bomb attack earlier this month.

Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said the strikes targeted Balakot, but it is not clear that if that is in Pakistan or Pakistani-administered Kashmir. He said several militants were killed.

Pakistan said it scrambled fighter planes in response.

The move represents an escalation of hostilities between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.

Mr. Gokhale told a news conference that the strikes had targeted the militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)…..

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; balakot; china; india; islam; jaishemohammed; kashmir; muslims; pakistan; pulwama; vijaygokhale; waronterror
India taking on its terrorist problem with Pakistani fingerprints.
1 posted on 02/25/2019 10:56:54 PM PST by Spiridon
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To: Spiridon

Get Some!


2 posted on 02/25/2019 10:59:38 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Spiridon

Pakistan has been sponsoring Islamic terrorists for decades.
They started the Taliban among many other groups.
It’s time somebody took action.


3 posted on 02/25/2019 10:59:42 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Spiridon

Has anyone checked on David Hogg and Jussie Smollett to see if they’re O.K.?

j/k - be interesting to see what happens - those crazy Pakistanis - always cranking out Islamic terrorists.


4 posted on 02/25/2019 11:01:06 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Over 40 Indian soldiers got killed the other week by a terrorist who drove into a bus and India has justification for acting.


5 posted on 02/25/2019 11:02:03 PM PST by Spiridon
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To: Spiridon

Waiting for the U.N to say the strike is disproportionate. Oops. They only trot that out when Israel launches retaliatory action


6 posted on 02/25/2019 11:27:02 PM PST by Long Jon No Silver
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To: Spiridon

We want more


7 posted on 02/25/2019 11:55:30 PM PST by jennychase
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To: Long Jon No Silver

Well I guess India starts with an “I” too so maybe someone will come up with guilt by association.


8 posted on 02/25/2019 11:56:01 PM PST by Spiridon
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To: Spiridon

Yeh, some freakshow from Germany will probably lead the charge. Or the former colonial power Britain will ‘urge our Indian friends’ to show restraint. How bout they just let countries like India and Israel deal with the islamic crazies how they see fit. Love to see India give the commie Chinese a bloody nose some day too. The Chinese are meddlng on a global scale now. They are the hand in the Pakistan glove puppet.


9 posted on 02/26/2019 1:34:03 AM PST by Long Jon No Silver
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To: Long Jon No Silver
The Chinese are meddlng on a global scale now.

And thanks to those stupid free trade deals, we're funding it.

10 posted on 02/26/2019 3:37:23 AM PST by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for our country and President Trump)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Maybe they’ll take out the “Windows” guy...


11 posted on 02/26/2019 4:35:37 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Spiridon

Iowa and Indiana better watch out!

(Illinois is safe; though)


12 posted on 02/26/2019 4:46:10 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

Poor Iowa, no one ever includes them in anything except corn and election talks.


13 posted on 02/26/2019 5:14:40 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: Spiridon

oh Pakistan. Your air Force keeps failing to stop infiltrations. First Bin Laden couldn’t be protected now this...


14 posted on 02/26/2019 8:22:37 AM PST by wiseprince
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To: Spiridon

All I see is mutual face saving. India launches a strike on terrorists, who might have lost a few, but keep on ticking despite licking. Pakistan scrambles jets, but does not engage, thereby “defending” unwanted “guest” so they don’t start targeting Pakis, and adhering to tacit understanding with India. It’s all a kabuki dance, imho.


15 posted on 02/26/2019 9:18:39 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Abathar

# 1 in hogs....


16 posted on 02/26/2019 9:39:22 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Eleutheria5

“It’s all a kabuki dance, imho.”

You are probably right this time, but all it takes is a spark to ignite the bomb.

Armstrong economics has predicted that 2020 will begin the international war and CW cycle.

Leading up to WW1 there actually were 2 Balkan wars and Moroccan crisis before the assassination A-H archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo.


17 posted on 02/26/2019 10:30:03 AM PST by grumpygresh (The only check on a rogue DOJ and FBI is jury nullification.)
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To: dfwgator

Gee...

Moslems, war, terrorism...

Anyone see a pattern here?? Can’t put my finger on it...


18 posted on 02/26/2019 12:41:12 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: grumpygresh

One thing is reassuring, though. India and Pakistan would rather do that kabuki dance than rush headlong into a nuclear war, even though there is much mutual hatred, and neither of them are deeply rooted in the Western influences they picked up from the Raj.


19 posted on 02/26/2019 3:26:45 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Spiridon

IAF’s Balakot strike lasted 21 mins, used 1,000 kg Israeli bombs fed with GPS coordinates

Initial plan was for the Mirage 2000 aircraft to fire the bombs from inside the LoC, but strong winds made them cross over to take better aim.

Updated: 26 February, 2019 5:54 pm IST

Complete article:

https://theprint.in/defence/iafs-balakot-strike-lasted-21-mins-used-1000-kg-israeli-bombs-fed-with-gps-coordinates/198325/


20 posted on 02/26/2019 5:32:38 PM PST by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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