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Posted by: SonOfTheMask 1 month, 1 week ago

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan - It was once known as the Parrot's Beak, a strategic jut of Pakistan that the American-backed mujahedeen used to carry out raids on the Russians just over the border into Afghanistan. That was during the cold war.

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SonOfTheMask1 month, 1 week ago

FTA: "The Taliban, which have solidified control across Pakistan’s tribal zone and are seeking new staging grounds to attack American soldiers in Afghanistan, have sided with fellow Sunni Muslims against an enclave of Shiites settled in Parachinar for centuries. The population of about 55,000 is short of food. The fruit crop is rotting, residents say, and the cost of a 66-pound bag of flour has skyrocketed to $100."
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tchef1 month, 1 week ago

Sounds more and more each day like Pakistan is coming apart. Too bad we didn't stay focused on Afghanistan and finish the job instead of going to Iraq.
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Mutainia1 month, 1 week ago

Sounds like they want the Shiite out of there.
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