Bob Ackley wrote:

BA>Replying to a message of Alan Hess to Stan Hardegree:

BA> SH>> The Taliban - Afghanistan's little ruling council of Islamic 
BA> SH>> madmen - was never a threat to this country.  It was very much
BA> SH>> a  threat to its own people, though - shooting and stoning them
BA> SH>> for  religious crimes.

BA> SH>> Al Qaeda, on the other hand.....

BA> AH> Which was supported by and provided a home base by the Taliban,
BA> AH> but not by Saddam Hussein...

BA>FWIW, Islamic fundamentalists were and presumably still are very well
BA>represented in the Pakistani military and intelligence services, and
BA>in the more remote regions of the country.  Musharaff's hold on power
BA>there is very tenuous at best.

We need to remember that Pakistan wouldn't exist if Islamic 
Fundamentalists had been able to play nicely with Hindus in India.

L'Chaim

Mimi

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