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[Ended 4 Hours Ago] Gunmen have attacked and entered a Pakistani Air Force Base thought to house nuc
Six hours old twitter post from Reuters reposted by Business Insider ^ | Wednesday, August 15, 2012 | reposted by Adam Taylor

Posted on 08/15/2012 9:23:04 PM PDT by Jyotishi

Gunmen have attacked and entered a Pakistan air force base, according to Reuters.

The target is the Minhas Air Base in the town of Kamra, located around 40 miles outside Islamabad. The attacked is believed to be conducted by the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) — reports in the Pakistan press have suggested they were planning attacks in retaliation for upcoming military action.

A three hour gun battle is reportedly raging between security guards and attackers.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: nuclear; pakistan; terrorism; weapon
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Pakistan's nukes must be extracted for safekeeping ASAP.
1 posted on 08/15/2012 9:23:11 PM PDT by Jyotishi
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To: Jyotishi

Some of Barry’s old college buddies?


2 posted on 08/15/2012 9:25:57 PM PDT by bgill
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To: Jyotishi

The best thing would be to set them off in place,
for their own good of course.


3 posted on 08/15/2012 9:26:03 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Jyotishi

How do they know the gun battle is going to last three hours when they are still in it?


4 posted on 08/15/2012 9:26:18 PM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: tet68

I wonder how the Iranians would feel if a
anti-Mullah clique had stolen an nuclear weapon.

Time to sweat Imam.


5 posted on 08/15/2012 9:28:13 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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Gunmen have attacked and entered a Pakistan air force base, according to Reuters.

I wonder if they're muslims?

6 posted on 08/15/2012 9:30:17 PM PDT by umgud (No Rats, No Rino's)
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To: married21

The morning paper is already out over there...with the complete story...time zones and all...you have to take that into account.


7 posted on 08/15/2012 9:30:35 PM PDT by CaptSkip
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To: Jyotishi

BBC News

Gunmen storm military air base in Pakistan

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19278302

Gunmen have attacked a Pakistani military air base triggering a fierce fire-fight with security forces that lasted several hours.

Several militants wearing military uniforms and suicide belts stormed Minhas air base at Kamra, near the capital Islamabad, just after dawn.

Six militants were killed but at least one soldier also died and the base commander was seriously injured.

It is not clear if other gunmen remain unaccounted for.

All Pakistan’s air bases have been placed on high alert following the attack.

Shortly after the attack began, a police officer outside the air base, Hafeez Aulakh, said he could hear intense gunfire and see flames leaping up from inside, the Associated Press news agency reported.

Militants did not reach the hangars inside the base, the air force said, although rocket-propelled grenades fired from outside are said to have damaged one aircraft.

Reporters who reached the scene several hours later said there was no sound of gunfire.

“Security personnel are now in the process of scanning the entire area,” the air force spokesman said.

Base commander Air Commodore Muhammad Azam was reported to be seriously wounded but in a stable condition in hospital.

Earlier reports said two soldiers had died, but this was later revised.


8 posted on 08/15/2012 9:30:55 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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To: Cindy; Army Air Corps

Ping


9 posted on 08/15/2012 9:32:30 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: married21; Jyotishi
"How do they know the gun battle is going to last three hours when they are still in it?"

When you read the script at rehearsal?

10 posted on 08/15/2012 9:33:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Jyotishi

Obama is too busy arming the dHS, the social security administration and NOAA with billions of rounds of ammo for use on Americans to be bothered with his foreign buds getting a nuke. The Taliban and Islamists are not Obama’s enemies. Apparently the American people are his ‘enemies’.


11 posted on 08/15/2012 9:39:14 PM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR!)
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To: bgill

Wouldn’t his old buds be over in Pock-ee-stahn? I think that’s a different country. Or maybe it’s the 57th state.


12 posted on 08/15/2012 9:39:42 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Jyotishi
attacks in retaliation for upcoming military action.

Normal people retaliate after the main event.

13 posted on 08/15/2012 9:39:56 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1304 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Heroes aren't made Frank, they're cornered...)
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To: Jet Jaguar
Follow tweet Syed AbdulRehman Ali ‏@sarakarachi Attacker also using Hand Garnet's on #Kamra Base Attock #Pakistan pic.twitter.com/37pkbRg5
14 posted on 08/15/2012 9:40:39 PM PDT by jennychase
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To: Jyotishi
Twelvers are resigned to have butthead boy come crawling outta a nuke shelter to lead them.

They'll nuke themselves, just to provoke the time line.

15 posted on 08/15/2012 9:42:10 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist ("The commands of the prophet may be performed alike, by fraud, or by force." J Q Adams)
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To: jennychase

ignore the music but just check last year U-tube recording of so called officers of this base

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ku4efWFzJw&feature=youtu.be


16 posted on 08/15/2012 9:44:38 PM PDT by jennychase
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To: Jyotishi

Bet the Indian military is paying attention to this.


17 posted on 08/15/2012 9:45:10 PM PDT by The Cajun (Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

This base house - mirage rebuild factory , avionics factory, mushak production lines are all nearby


18 posted on 08/15/2012 9:51:05 PM PDT by jennychase
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To: Jyotishi

Now’s the time for us to act. If we nuke it, we won’t be blamed.


19 posted on 08/15/2012 9:55:55 PM PDT by Kevmo ( FRINAGOPWIASS: Free Republic Is Not A GOP Website. It's A Socon Site.)
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To: The Cajun

Only two planes are damage. Looks like complete failure. LOL !!

These toys were available and they only damaged 2.
Kamra has about 14 JF-17s, 1 Saab-2000, 2-3 C-130s, a few F-16s and Mirages


20 posted on 08/15/2012 9:56:12 PM PDT by jennychase
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