[kj] (OT) Pakistan

[Karen Weil]

You're not kidding: This is scary.

k.w.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "B. Oliver Sheppard" <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
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Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Pakistan



> The Taiban are growing and on the offensive in northwest Pakistan, and the 

> Pakistani government is being frighteningly capitulatory in how they are 

> dealing with them. For example, the Pakistani government has basically 

> ceded control of large swaths of Pakistani territory (Swat Valley and I 

> think some other areas), allowing the Taliban to impose their own 

> dictatorial version of strict Islamic law on civilians.

>

> The Taliban are pushing closer to Pakistan's capital, are winning, and 

> could be in control of a nuclear arsenal if they continue at this rate. 

> They would probably either nuke India, or Israel, or smuggle dirty nuke 

> bombs into the US and/or Europe, or all of the above.

>

> -Oliver

>

> Brendan wrote:

>> I'm relatively in the dark on this one, can someone up my date?

>>

>>

>

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