Pakistan joins US in attacking Iran over support for terror

This is funny. So Pakistan is doing the dirty work for Uncle Sam on Iran after all.

Sit back, grab a bag of popcorn and a cold Pepsi (or beer :)) as Iran declares its nuclear power soon and Pakistan faces two nuclear rivals on either border.

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Pakistan joins US in attacking Iran over support for terror

Pakistan, one of America’s most important allies in the war on terror, has blamed Iran for fuelling a growing insurgency in Baluchistan, the strategically sensitive province where militant tribesmen have recently launched a series of terrorist attacks.

Officials in Islamabad believe Iran is encouraging “intruders” from its own Bal-och community to cross the 550-mile border with the Pakistani province, and give support to the rebels.

“All this violence is a part of a greater conspiracy,” a senior government official told The Telegraph. “These militants would not be challenging the government so openly without the back-up of a foreign hand.”

Pakistan’s support would be important for any United States-led action against Iran, whose fundamentalist regime was last week put firmly in the sights of the second Bush administration by the vice-president, Dick Cheney, who said: “You look around the world at potential trouble spots - Iran is right at the top of the list.”

Pakistan’s ISI intelligence service set up a unit in the provincial capital, Quetta, last year to monitor suspected Iranian activity in Baluchistan. Officials say that in addition to directly supporting the insurgency, Teheran’s state-controlled radio has launched a propaganda campaign against Islamabad.

“Radio Teheran broadcasts between 90 and 100 minutes of programmes every day which carry propaganda against the Pakistan government,” said a former interior minister. He added that Iran was suspected of providing financial, logistical and moral backing for the insurgency.

Iran is said to be taking advantage of unrest among tribesmen who claim to have been denied the benefits of Baluchistan’s natural gas fields. Earlier this month, rebels disrupted gas production in a series of rocket and mortar attacks, which killed eight people. However, Islamabad is delaying a formal complaint to Teheran in the hope that private diplomatic channels may prove more effective. Meanwhile, large numbers of troops are hunting rebels in the province.

In the latest attack, a bomb exploded near an army lorry in a crowded market in Quetta yesterday, killing eight civilians and a soldier - an assault that Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, the country’s information minister, blamed on “enemies of Pakistan”.

Pakistani officials believe that Teheran – already furious at Pakistan’s support for the US-led war on terrorism – has stepped up its activity in Baluchistan because of its anger at the construction of a vast deep-water port at Gwadar, close to the border, which it fears could be used by Washington as a base for monitoring Iran. America believes that Iran is pursuing an advanced nuclear weapons programme in addition to sponsoring terrorism, and has repeatedly accused Teheran of fomenting trouble within Iraq. Last week, the journalist Seymour Hersh reported in the New Yorker that US special forces had carried out recent reconnaissance missions inside Iran to identify nuclear, chemical and missile sites that could be targeted.

Although the Bush administration brushed aside the claims, the report heightened the belief that America is preparing to take action.


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Ah, the plot thickens.

I think Iran should first worry about it's own stability with the Israeli sabres ready to bite into the nuke program, Iraqi style. But wait, there is a place called Iranian Baluchistan, perhaps they should realize nationalistic sentiments do not conform to international boundaries.

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^^ Oh please. As if Iran doesn't have enough things to do other than to stir up Pak Balochis.

This is patently clear as to what's happening here. Americans are putting the squeeze on Uncle Mush, perhaps with a few sweeteners and boatloads of tareef and presto - Pakistan becomes a partner in the neocon adventure in Iran.

As usual, it is a pure tactical mindset of Mush. When the Iranians get their nukes, and its a matter of when not if, the Persians will have a long memory as to who were on their side.

Iran is going to be the preeminent Muslim power in the Gulf with loads of oil, young educated population and nukes. Iraq is soon going to be ruled by pro-Iranian Shia arabs. Soon afterwards the Saudis will be undermined by their Shia population who have been treated like animals by the al Saud princes and the al Saud family will go back to rearing camels when the Shia take over their own oil lands.

And the Shia powerbase in Persia and Arab lands will remember who sided with the Americans against them.

Thanks Mush.

:)

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Pakistan accused Iran for funding the Shia fundamentalists and now supporting Baluchi terrorists. Iran accuses Pakistan for supporting Sunni fundamentalists.

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hmmm

well…nothing can be said for now…we need to wait and see how the events unfold…

its a known fact that our hukumraans are selfish ppl and amreeki slaves with no morals and no conscience…

however, everyone knows where the public stands on the issue of iran vs israel/usa

and if our leaders think that they can achieve something for pakistan by slaving the usa this time…they r mistaken…coz IRAN k baad agla number PAKISTAN ka hae… :slight_smile: pehle Afghanistan, phir Iraq, phir IRAN aur phir Pakistan… :slight_smile:

btw Talwar ji, whats up, how come u r always posting such articles…i see a distinctive theme here…r u a RAW agent or something? i’m seriously beginning to have doubts :fraudia:

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^ But we also know the public stance on Pakistan vs Iran.

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Spock salams, hows it going? :) hmmm... there is no real Pakistan vs. Iran sentiment among the public, its basically propaganda.

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Uh oh. You’ve found me out.

It’s time for me to unleash my evil laughter. :devil: :stuck_out_tongue:

Actually I’m proud of this accomplishment. AFter all, no ordinary spy/agent can use mind control rays to make a Pakistani official say all those things.

Those mind control lessons paid off… :dixsi:

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^

haynji :konfused: i dint get that :confused:

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Proud ISI agent, reporting for duty here :) Shalwar bhai, ure nihari awaits you in Lahore ;)

Hey irem, im good, hope ure doing good too sis!!! long time no see?

Re: Pakistan joins US in attacking Iran over support for terror

These are just baseless speculations..

Neither is Pakistan allying with US against Iran, nor is Iran supporting Baloch rebels in Pakistan. Pakistani officials have already dismissed it as baseless. And the newspapers that have published this spicy articles haven't quoted any reliable source (but rather some "anonymous Pak officials").

And yeah, just to remind, the operation against the Baloch rebels in 1970s was carried out in collaboration with the Iran.

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It is amazing how much in step the Pakistani establishment is with the neocons agenda.

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I don’t put anything beyond the pale of reason to be impossible. Iran (much like your India) sees itself as a regional power, meaning that it’s fingers are mucking up the middle east..Hizbollah, Lebanese Shias, Bahrain, Iraq, Dari Afghanistan and KSA. What makes you think Pakistan would somehow be excluded?