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  • Thursday, January 8, 2009 11:35 AM

    @ asiashooter

    I don't think we're far enough apart in opinion to trouble later threads with more. I'll be glad to chime in next time it comes up. C'ya around,

    Cheers,

    P.S.: Yes, it does look like ISI might have been complicit in part in the Mumbai attack, primarily through their support for Lashkar-e-Toiba.... Same goes for their (self-interested) use of the Taliban and al Qaeda to organise and train guerrillas for attacks in Kashmir. It is wholly unfortunate that we ever broke bread with ISI.

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