Again, I am ignorant yet found this near the top of a google search: “…Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of the Taliban in Pakistan, was killed by a C.I.A. drone strike in August 2009 in South Waziristan, a remote region of the country. He was blamed for the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the terrorist attack on the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, and dozens of other suicide bombings. Despite his death, the Taliban continued its resurgence in both Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2009. In fact, the Taliban was blamed for the violence that led up to August's presidential election in Afghanistan, an apparent attempt to disrupt the elections and further destabilize the country.”
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/taliban.html To me, the issue is nukes (bombs). No nukes, little worry, no? Even Ahmadinejad has proposed their (bombs) global destruction. On Oct 8, 11:01 am, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8 Okt., 18:11, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > As to the Taliban and nukes, I guess I have missed this occurrence. Of > > course, for years there were simple instructions on the web as to how > > to produce nukes as well as books in libraries all over the world. It > > is all too easy to acquire the materials to make such a thing. That > > genie (Djinn) has long been out of the bottle. I have met the enemy > > and it is us. A fine mess indeed! > > The Taliban are no longer - indeed they never were - a purely Afghan > phenomenon- Many of their roots, strongholds, and much of their > support are across the border in Pakistan. This area is all part of > the old Gunga Din "North West Frontier" and borders don't mean much to > the inhabitants, where older familial, community, tribal and feudal > structures were always much more important. General collapse, civil > war and an increase of fundamentalist Islam in Pakistan is the real > worry here. The idea of a resulting fundamentalist Taliban-like regime > in part of a war-torn Pakistan is not far-fetched, and it is here that > a real concern about nuclear weapons arises. The Pakistani army has > nuclear weapons. So does India. There's something eerily prophetic > about Neil's scenario. > > Francis --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
