coddling Musharraf?

[Hakki Alacakaptan]

Man, that Indian guy should go easy on the masala, he's got severe verbal
shits. Anyway, the carpet bombing is just to keep the northern alliance
bandits happy, as they have been asking for it for some time. It looks
pretty from their trenches but merely annoys the Taliban sitting in their
caves and pits.
Turkish special forces have been sent to prod on the Ozbek gangster Dostum
who will probably bargain for increased opium export quotas before he makes
a move.

Hakki Alacakaptan

 || -----Original Message-----

 || From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com

 || [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of Ian Murray
(...)

 || The use by the US of B-52 bombers for carpet bombing of the Taliban's

 || frontline positions in Northern Afghanistan for the last three days

 || lends itself to two interpretations:

 ||

 ||

 || 1](...)the US air strikes are becoming

 || body-intensive, focusing on the concentrations of the foot-jehadis of

 || the Taliban militia, facing the Northern Alliance.(...)

 ||

 ||

 || 2](...)

 || over-sensitivity to the concerns and demands of Gen. Pervez Musharraf,

 || (...)was coming in the way of

 || an effective pursuit of the US objectives.  (...)The B-52 carpet
bombings indicate

 || that these factors may no longer be the determining element in

 || influencing the shape of the US operations hereafter.(...)

 ||