Hi Bob,

On Sat 2037-Mar-28 05:24, Bob Ackley (1:300/3) wrote to Richard Webb:

 RS>> Afghan Strikes by Taliban Get Pakistan Help, U.S. Aides Say

 RS>> By MARK MAZZETTI and ERIC SCHMITT

 RS>> WASHINGTON -- The Taliban's widening campaign in southern
 RS>> Afghanistan is made possible in part by direct support from
 RS>> operatives in Pakistan's military intelligence agency, despite
 RS>> Pakistani government promises to sever ties to militant groups
 RS>> fighting in Afghanistan, according to American government officials.

 RW> Pakistani ISI has been in bed with the Taliban since they
 RW> first came to power.  The Taliban gets logistical and other
 RW> supports from them, as well as in the beginning, and maybe
 RW> still, some funding from our good friends in Saudi.

 RW> Sounds like these reporters need to get out more.

BA> Maybe.  Or maybe they finally got permission to run a story they've
BA> been sitting on.  I don't know.


Yah I know, but if a couple old boys such as you and me out
here in the sticks have known it for years then they['re not telling
anybody anything that's really news.



BA> terror," the ISI was (and is) not.  Musharaff was voted out of
BA> office and replaced by somebody who is more friendly to Islamicists,
BA> not a good omen - but at least the new guy seems to be more honest
BA> about what's going on than his predecessor was.

May as well be honest about it, it's been what's happening
over there for years.  Musharraf was a double dealing
scumbag, but then that seems to be the way things operate
there these days.

Regards,
           Richard
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