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Pakistan demands 'total surrender' in mosque siege
CNN /world ^ | July 6,2007 | CNN's Syed Mohsin Naqvi contributed to this report.

Posted on 07/06/2007 8:27:30 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

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1 posted on 07/06/2007 8:27:31 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Level it!


2 posted on 07/06/2007 8:32:46 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Red_Devil 232

And put a Burger King in it’s place.


3 posted on 07/06/2007 8:36:14 AM PDT by Shaun_MD ("Republic of Texas")
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Dear President Musharraf,

Stop playing with these people...


4 posted on 07/06/2007 8:36:17 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

If only Janet Reno and the Clinton era BTAF could organize a grand re-union tour of the hot-spots of Islam and level this place Waco-style as they traveled through.


5 posted on 07/06/2007 8:50:25 AM PDT by Asclepius
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Take em down, No Quarter , Play “the Deguello” for them.


6 posted on 07/06/2007 8:54:59 AM PDT by sgtbono2002 (http://www.imwithfred.com/index.aspx)
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To: sgtbono2002

MY thought exactly.
What sweet irony that the “Deguello” means throat-cutting and is of Muslim origin.


7 posted on 07/06/2007 9:23:39 AM PDT by SolidWood (UN delenda est.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

hadjis - Please let us melt away into the populace

mushy - uh, no.


8 posted on 07/06/2007 9:25:20 AM PDT by epluribus_2
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

They really are ugly people. Could that be why they are angry at everybody and ready to blow themselves into bits?


9 posted on 07/06/2007 9:42:01 AM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (Expulsion. An idea whose time has come.)
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To: Shaun_MD

Better yet, a ribs and beer eating establishment. Even better, bring in the girls from the Bada Bing Club.


10 posted on 07/06/2007 9:57:56 AM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1 - Take no prisoners))
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To: NTHockey

I was thinking of Steaks, lager and the girls from the pussycat club. Not that I’ve ever been there, mind you.


11 posted on 07/06/2007 10:03:57 AM PDT by Shaun_MD ("Republic of Texas")
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
This report is incorrect - that is not what is happening in Pakistan at this time.

An American Expat in Southeast Asia

12 posted on 07/06/2007 10:08:06 AM PDT by expatguy (Support - "An American Expat in Southeast Asia")
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To: expatguy; Dog; Cap Huff; Dog Gone; Marine_Uncle; SandRat; NormsRevenge; Grampa Dave; SierraWasp; ...
Good Grief

**************************************EXCERPT from your link*************************

Over the last few days Pervez Musharraf has found himself under increasing pressure from pro-taliban sympathizers in his own government and the military who have strongly objected to Musharraf's heavy-handed approach in dealing with the pro-taliban militants. That message would be made abundantly clear to Pervez Musharraf this morning at 10:15 am Pakistan time when anti-aircraft guns fixed on the rooftop of house adjacent to the Chaklala military air base in Rawalpindi fired rounds in the flight path of Musharraf's plane as it took off.

13 posted on 07/06/2007 10:14:56 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The DemonicRATS believe ....that the best decisions are always made after the fact.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Cojones. Rare in the West.


14 posted on 07/06/2007 10:18:00 AM PDT by HitmanLV ("Lord, give me chastity and temperance, but not now." - St. Augustine)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Isn’t it right after an attempt is made on Mushy that a big attack is carried out? /bygone correlation


15 posted on 07/06/2007 10:18:16 AM PDT by txhurl
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To: Shaun_MD

Better yet, put in a Fire Fresh BBQ. They have some of the best ribs you can get at a restaurant.


16 posted on 07/06/2007 10:20:44 AM PDT by Stonewall Jackson (The Hunt for FRed November. 11/04/08)
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To: HitmanLV

See link at #12 and excerpt at #13....


17 posted on 07/06/2007 10:21:46 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The DemonicRATS believe ....that the best decisions are always made after the fact.)
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To: expatguy
Checking CNN we have this:

Guns fired near Pakistani president's plane

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From CNN's Syed Mohsin Naqvi
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Police seized munitions on Friday at a house near Islamabad's airport after receiving reports of rooftop gunfire around the same time President Pervez Musharraf's plane was taking off, authorities told CNN.

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Security officials examine a long barrelled anti-aircraft gun after gunmen fired at President Musharraf's plane.

Police raided a vacant house in Rawalpindi, near the Islamabad airport, where they seized two machine guns situated on the rooftop and other weapons in the house.

Intelligence sources said they received reports that the guns were being set up and fire was heard. This was around the same time the president's plane was taking off.

Sources earlier described the weapons as anti-aircraft guns, but they are now being described as 7.62 mm improvised machine guns -- the kind used by Taliban militants in Afghanistan.

The people who heard the fire called police, who rushed to the house, set up a cordon, and began a search.

The distance between the house and the runway is around 6.5 to 7 kilometers, and the weapons are said to lack the power and the accuracy to effectively strike a target from such a distance.

The army denied a link between an attempt on Musharraf and the weaponry, but police are pursuing the reports.

Pakistani forces and radical Islamic students in Islamabad -- Pakistan's capital -- remained locked in a tense standoff at the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, punctuated by heavy explosions and periodic exchanges of gunfire, a four day siege that has resulted in at least 24 deaths.

The violence began Tuesday when about 150 militant students attacked a police checkpoint close to the mosque. Police fired tear gas and the students fought back with sticks and guns and took refuge in the mosque.

In the latest developments on Friday, a rocket was fired at an armored police vehicle from inside the mosque, and a group of parents were fired upon when they tried to enter the mosque to retrieve their children. A father was injured in that incident.

18 posted on 07/06/2007 10:26:36 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The DemonicRATS believe ....that the best decisions are always made after the fact.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I posted the story several hours ago on my blog - basically they agreed to a ceasefire for Friday prayers from 12:30 - 15:30 (3 hours) - however up until 1730 when I posted the story there was no fighting under the orders of Musharraf as he had agreed to amnesty for all the remaining militants and no criminal charges backdated to February.

Now is 2330 in Pakistan and from what I hear they are attempting to convince the remaining militants of the amnesty and have asked to enter the mosque. They are having a hard time however convincing the remaining militants of the amnesty.

details are also now up on Pakistan newspapers - and so the CNN report is false

Pakistan News Amnesty offer for all who lay down arms

My post was at 1730 Pakistan Time

Musharraf Backs Down in Red Mosque Standoff

19 posted on 07/06/2007 10:28:26 AM PDT by expatguy (Support - "An American Expat in Southeast Asia")
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To: expatguy

Thanks for the updates!!


20 posted on 07/06/2007 10:29:42 AM PDT by Teacher317
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