28 Nato oil tankers set ablaze in Islamabad

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Re: 28 Nato oil tankers set ablaze in Islamabad

@mAd_ScIeNtIsT

Not really. The government already provides security through a police escort for tankers while they are moving. When they stop for the night, however, the police escort is withdrawn and private contractors paid by NATO take over security.

Despite the fact that the TTP claimed responsibility, Rehman Malik insisted that these tanker attacks are the manisfestation of anger by the people against NATO as a result of NATO attacks across the border.

In other words, the government is deilberately using tanker attacks as leverage against NATO over border attacks.

It is quite unfortunate that some choose to believe baseless conspiracy theories, such as NATO “orchestrating” attacks on its own supplies. No supposed pretext would justify doing such an irrational thing, given the enormity of our challenges in Afghanistan, and the Taliban have publicly taken credit for these attacks. Has anyone ever provided evidence of these fantasies? And doesn’t it give you pause to think that promoting such nonsense also gives undeserved cover for the extremists who are really responsible?
And javedmiandad – don’t you realize that it is the Taliban who are the ones terrorizing Muslims, both in Afghanistan and Pakistan?

LCRD, Bill Speaks
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