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To: Boot Hill; AdmSmith; Coop; Cap Huff
Hey Boot!

Look what I just found over on the Daily Times..

2 foreigners jailed for fake documents in Gilgit

It is in the same area as the two AQ arrests..

183 posted on 06/28/2004 5:27:39 PM PDT by Dog (In Memory of Pat Tillman ---- ---- ---- American Hero.)
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To: jeffers

Forgot to ping you see 183...2 caught trying to sneak out of Pakistan.


184 posted on 06/28/2004 5:33:23 PM PDT by Dog (In Memory of Pat Tillman ---- ---- ---- American Hero.)
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To: Dog
Very good find, Dog.

A couple of things caught my eye in that story. First, they were caught on the Pakistani side, before entry into China. It looks like Mushi must have finally lowered the boom on the border guard patrol. Second, they were attempting their entry via the Khunjerab Pass (see map #2 here), a mere 16,200 feet high and previously identified as the most likely crossing point in post #156.

However, it might have been more interesting to have let them go through and observe the kind of reception they got on the Chinese side. Or maybe we already know.

Whether Gilgit is in the same area as Chitral (where the two AQ arrests occurred last week) is a matter of whether you're walking or riding from one city to the other. See map #1 from the link above. That's some mean country there (but I'd give my eye teeth for a chance to explore it).

--Boot Hill

186 posted on 06/29/2004 1:19:00 AM PDT by Boot Hill (Candy-gram for Osama bin Mongo, candy-gram for Osama bin Mongo!)
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