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Originally posted by Emerald The Paradigm
Once again you have it folks. America's private contractor Blackwater is behind the "terrorist" attacks.
1) It is humorous that Hakeemullah and spokesman Tariq Azam express shock that the Taliban could possibly be accused of conducting such an attack on a civilian target, then they turn around and threaten the Pakistani media for "defaming" the Taliban.
2) According to Indian terrorism expert B. Raman, the Taliban may actually have a degree of plausible deniability. "Sources in the ANP [the Awami National Party, the ruling Pashtun arty in the Northwest Frontier Province] seem to believe that the repeated attacks on civilians in Peshawar are being carried out by elements in the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) and the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU), another Uzbek group, both allied to Al Qaeda," Raman reported. "This serves the purpose of discrediting the ANP-led Government in the NWFP and at the same time sparing the TTP [the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan] of unpopularity for slaughtering innocent Pashtun civilians." Even if the IMU and IJU have targeted civilians and the Taliban have not played a role (highly unlikely), the Taliban provides them sanctuary and thus are complicit.
3) By blaming "Blackwater," Hakeemullah is tapping into the very dangerous conspiratorial current that is running through Pakistan. Many Pakistanis believe that US contracting firms are secretly plotting to take over the state and are fighting a shadow war within the country. This conspiratorial attitude is encouraged by Pakistani officials who insist on blaming the US, India, Israel, and anyone but the terrorists in their own midst who are actually conducting the attacks.
Originally posted by Emerald The Paradigm
reply to post by LadySkadi
Maybe because Blackwater IS behind terrorists attacks, but some people are just too dumb to get it?
How's the Kool-Aid going for you?