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All U.S. Non-Essential Personnel Ordered out of Pakistan
MSNBC ^ | March 22, 2002 | Alex Witt

Posted on 03/22/2002 9:54:14 AM PST by codebreaker

Just announced all U.S. non-emergency personnel to evacuate.

No official government statement yet.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: pak; rats; southasialist; taliban; us
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Did we get the go ahead from the goverment to start hunting more Al Qaeda or what?
1 posted on 03/22/2002 9:54:14 AM PST by codebreaker
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To: codebreaker
Have you got a news ticker in your computer room? :-)
2 posted on 03/22/2002 9:55:05 AM PST by Howlin
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To: codebreaker
"The bombing will begin in 5 minutes" -- Ronald Reagan
3 posted on 03/22/2002 9:56:31 AM PST by ChadGore
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To: codebreaker
I bet it's because Islam means peace.
4 posted on 03/22/2002 9:58:08 AM PST by AppyPappy
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To: codebreaker
Would the American press be considered a U.S. non-emergency personnel?
5 posted on 03/22/2002 9:59:12 AM PST by Tai_Chung
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To: codebreaker
Did they come down with a death sentence in the Pearl case? Maybe they are afraid of retaliation.
7 posted on 03/22/2002 9:59:39 AM PST by areafiftyone
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To: AppyPappy
Islam does mean piece...as in "all we want to do is blow your to pieces".
8 posted on 03/22/2002 9:59:42 AM PST by mattdono
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To: AppyPappy
I like to take showers with cheese.....
9 posted on 03/22/2002 9:59:45 AM PST by cmsgop
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To: Howlin
LOL! Just 3 TV's tuned to each national news channel...
10 posted on 03/22/2002 10:00:05 AM PST by codebreaker
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To: ChadGore
Full attack.
11 posted on 03/22/2002 10:00:13 AM PST by HaveGunWillTravel
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To: right_to_defend
Yup, I kinda thought we would start hunting the border soon.
13 posted on 03/22/2002 10:02:06 AM PST by codebreaker
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To: codebreaker
Just announced on ABC news too!
14 posted on 03/22/2002 10:02:12 AM PST by marktuoni
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To: mattdono
damn....your = you
15 posted on 03/22/2002 10:02:13 AM PST by mattdono
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To: Tai_Chung
Would the American press be considered a U.S. non-emergency personnel?

I would consider it more like a pest infestation.

Extermination would be welcome.
One day we might get real correspondents and journalists again.
Not ignorant wannabe editorialists.

16 posted on 03/22/2002 10:02:51 AM PST by Publius6961
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To: codebreaker
I wonder if this is related to the decision to shut down the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo.
17 posted on 03/22/2002 10:03:01 AM PST by Tai_Chung
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To: citizenY2K
Except for the press guy who picks up the gun in the new Mel Gibson Vietnam movie..
18 posted on 03/22/2002 10:03:38 AM PST by codebreaker
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To: mattdono
No sweat. You ignore others misprints, just ignore your own. Nobody notices.
19 posted on 03/22/2002 10:05:51 AM PST by Kay
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To: codebreaker
Grenades wound dozens in Kashmir Separate blasts in two towns ruled by Indians Mohammad Shaban, 55, recovers in a local hospital after he was injured in a grenade attack in the Indian city of Shopian on Friday. MSNBC NEWS SERVICES SRINAGAR, India, March 22 — Unidentified attackers hurled grenades at a bus stand and a marketplace in two towns in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday, wounding 52 people in a rare attack on civilian targets. Police blamed Islamic separatists for the attacks, and army officers said three militants were killed in gunbattles in two other places in Kashmir on Friday. Could have something to do with it...
20 posted on 03/22/2002 10:05:51 AM PST by epluribus_2
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