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Here's the kicker. Those bunkers are accessible to the common man as they are of no importance during peace times. You can stand inside them, take a picture standing next to them and even pretend that you're fighting off the invaders with your friends and have a jolly good time. I know, I've done these things. These bunkers can also be seen if you take the 'Jalo Park' route towards Wahga Border.
I'm in no way saying that Raymond Davis's actions were justified or that his photographs were merely taken as a tourist but whining about it as if he had images of 'Babur Cruise Missile', is a bit too much.
My 0.02$.
The Babur Cruise Missile theory has been circulated by only one newspaper. The thing no one is talking about is his activities in the Peshawar consulate, and the areas closeby. The interesting thing is, we have heard conflicting reports from the US embassy in Islamabad: first they said he was a part of the technical & administrative staff of the US embassy in Islamabad, then they said he was not part of the US embassy in Islamabad but of the US consulate in Lahore. We also know he served in the Consulate in Peshawar. The way I see it, this guy clearly has been dealing with a "lot of stuff inside Pakistan", a lot of "secret" and highly confidential stuff. He was also fluent in Urdu and Pashto. Now with the reports claiming his links to LeJ and South Waziristan, and how Hillary Clinton & the CIA chief are threatening Pakistan, this is no ordinary guy.
(From here, this is my personal opinion and speculation, the cynic I am) I would not be surprised if he helped orchestrate some of the terrorist attacks in Pakistan in some way or the other. And maybe that is what he was trying to do, meeting up with some people in the most crowded part in Lahore when he got caught. Something is highly suspicious, & I bet there is a lot of information that has to be extracted from this guy.
Speculation is bad... I mean, really bad.
By the way, anyone who works at the a foreign mission, is no ordinary person. Visa officer's and Legal Attaché's are not here to sip tea and read newspapers...
The arrest of Davis has triggered a major row between the US and Pakistan. US officials have threatened to cut the $1.5 billion annual aid to Pakistan if Davis is not released, and Tuesday put bilateral contacts on hold
He did not want to compromise on what exactly? Did he want to release Davis?Hi,
We are just looking at the first casualty of this skirmish---our foreign minister Mr Qureishi is a gone----just like that---he didnot want to compromise.
New Recruit
Sir,
If there is a gun exposed---it doesnot matter---it does not need to be pointed---just the presence and intentional visibility is a death threat-----why---because of the reaction time of the other party---.
The man with the gun holds the fate of the other person in his hands---at his discretion and at his displeasure---.
In pakistan we don't have any resp[ect for police---but here in the U S----the safe distance in front of a cop is approximately 10 feet minimum---when a cop says stop you do that or you may get shot---why---any closer---the balance of power shifts from the cop to the other person---.
Similiarly---once the hand gun became exposed---in any form or way---it becomes a death threatening situation----seems like pakistabnis have not yet grown up to understand the significanc yet---.
It is amazing the police commander Mr Tareen is stating that there was no round in the chamber ( does that mean there was no threat )---I want to ask----do we have idiots throught and through our police dept even at officer level---no---let me call my fortune teller first and ask him---is there any round in the chamber---.
Well, it appears to be true that Qureshi was removed because he refused to bend the rules to accommodate American demands over Davis.
Honestly, when you have this kind of so called 'liberal' political leadership, no wonder Pakistanis look favorably upon 'revolutions' and 'Islamic System'.
The meeting, convened by the president was attended by Prime Minister Gilani Babar Awan, Rehman Malik, Shah Mehmood Qureshi and the DG ISI Gen Shuja Pasha. The president was given an exhaustive overview of the entire situation but quite early in the meeting it became evident that two of the men were standing on the wrong side of the prevalent dominant wisdom and desire of somehow finding a way to retrospectively cough up diplomatic immunity for Davis and to just wish away all the four deaths and the lingering crisis. But since one of the ‘erring’ two dared not be arbitrarily fired, poor Qureshi’s fate stood sealed.
Extreme pressure was exerted in the meeting on the former foreign minister to renege from his earlier stance and simply tell the court that the Foreign Office was in consonance with the American interpretation of Davis being a genuine diplomat and enjoying full immunity under Vienna Convention 1961. Facts be damned According to highly reliable sources, interior ministry’s immense resources were also offered to cause any necessary change of documentation or any exceptiona service warranted under these exceptional circumstances.
An adamant Qureshi, who had strongly argued the case that Raymond did not enjoy unlimited diplomatic immunity under law, flatly refused and even said that if need be, he’d rather resign than become an accessory to multiple murder. The meeting ended on a rather unsavoury and unexpected note. It was a surprising outcome for all the others because Qureshi had always been perceived, and even outcome for all the others because Qureshi had always been perceived, and even pilloried by the media, as being an American lackey and was not expected to dig in his heels over an issue so vital for the US administration. pilloried by the media, as being an American lackey and was not expected to dig in his heels over an issue so vital for the US administration.
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