Friday, December 16, 2005

brahma chellaney: A chance to reshape Pakistan

dec 16th

another excellent essay from brahma.

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From: B

http://www.feer.com/articles1/2005/0512/p047.html

A Chance To Reshape Pakistan
December 2005  Far Eastern Economic Review

by Brahma Chellaney

The devastating earthquake that struck Pakistan and Afghanistan on Oct. 8 not only claimed tens of thousands of lives, including 87,000 in the Pakistan-controlled state of Kashmir alone. By devastating Kashmir and northern Pakistan, the quake also hit a principal recruiting ground and logistical center for global terrorists. It leveled a number of terrorist training camps in a region that serves as the last main refuge of al Qaeda—and quite possibly the hiding place of Osama bin Laden.


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