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thewiseguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-10-09 12:20 PM
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Gunmen attack Pakistan's army headquarters and take hostages!
So should we worry about those Pakistani nukes falling into the wrong hands? :scared:


RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) — Heavily armed militants were holding up to 15 soldiers hostage inside Pakistan's army headquarters Saturday after they stormed the complex in an audacious assault on the heart of the nuclear-armed country's most powerful institution.

The attack left 10 people dead, including two ranking officers, and appeared to be warning to the military that its planned offensive on the insurgents' stronghold along the Afghan border would be met with strikes against targets across Pakistan.

The government said the assault on the headquarters, which followed a bloody market bombing and a suicide blast an a U.N. aid agency this week, had strengthened its resolve to push into South Wazristan — a mountainous region where security forces have been beaten back by insurgents before.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091010/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan
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clear eye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-10-09 12:31 PM
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1. Maybe we should worry about the Pakistani military
retaliating in Afghanistan w/ those nukes. This can't go anywhere good.
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-10-09 12:41 PM
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2. That's either a tremendous act of brass balls or the Pakistani Army is truly lame
Or both
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