BIN LADEN MOVES CLOSE TO CHINESE BORDER?
Ace
On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 17:19:31 -0400, in us.military.army
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© If he has slipped into China, the Chinese will probably help him.
Have you ever been to Kashgar, Urumqi or Turpan?
I guess not.
Muslim extremists are very active there.
Of course, the US gets very upset whenever China has a clamp down on
the terrorists.
The hypocritical US only condemn terrorism when it occurs within their
own boarders. For years they have given financial, political and
moral support to the terrorism of the IRA. The IRA's political leader
was received at the White House, not once but TWICE. How would the US
like it if Tony Blair afforded Bin Laden the same civilities in
Downing Street and offered him financial, political and moral support
in his war against the Dark Empire?
© "sanman" <sanm...@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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© > There is a rumor going on, that Osama Bin Laden may have fled to the
© > Waqan Corridor, the portion of Afghanistan's territory that is close
© > to Chinese border.
© >
© > If he's shifted there, than that shows that he's not as dumb as he
© > looks. Pretty clever move.
© >
© > That area is sandwiched between the Chinese border, and
© > Pakistani-Occupied Kashmir. That makes it a very sensitive zone, which
© > would probably restrict movements by US forces around that area. The
© > Waqan Corridor is also very territorially narrow, which means that US
© > warplanes would find it extremely difficult to maneuver inside of,
© > without crossing thru sensitive airspace of China and
© > Pakistani-Occupied Kashmir.
© >
© > The Pakistanis would never allow the US to base troops inside of
© > Pakistani-Occupied Kashmir, nor is it likely that China would allow
© > basing of US troops on its soil near Afghanistan. Therefore, the US
© > forces would have to be based much farther away, and would have to
© > trek thru a whole lot more of Afghanistan to get to the area in
© > question.
© >
© > Also, that area is very mountainous and excellent for ambushes. During
© > the Afghan War against the Soviets, the Soviet forces kept very tight
© > control of that corridor, and during the battles between Taliban and
© > the opposition forces of Ahmad Shah Masood a couple of years back, the
© > Pakistanis helped Taliban forces launch attacks thru the Chitral area,
© > to catch the opposition from behind, causing them severe setbacks.
© >
© > Not only would the proximity to Kashmir cause Pakistan to deny US
© > troops any bases near there, but also it would be close enough for Bin
© > Laden to call reinforcements from the hundreds or potentially
© > thousands of jihad fighters in Indian Kashmir. Many of these fighters
© > were trained and funded by Bin Laden's organization, and thus would
© > have a lot of loyalty to him.
© >
© > I have to admit, moving into the Waqan Corridor was a pretty cunning
© > move. I guess those guys aren't as dumb as they look. It could really
© > complicate the efforts to get him.
© >
© > In an area like that, I think something like the AH-64 Apache could be
© > vital in ferreting the bastard out.
©
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Best wishes, Ace
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