Declassified : Metting b/w Armitage & Mahmud Ahmed and GoP response after 9/11

[Abu Zolfiqar]

1.it has great strategic value
2.it is very rich in minerals resources

looking at the map, one is constantly reminded about how it's one big chunk of valuable and strategically located real estate

it's basically the point through which Europe/Eurasia meets Central/South Asia as well as China.


as noteworthy -- a lot of people are itching for a pro-Western regime in Iran since 1979 Revolution. Shah's offspring are still well received in Western circles

 

[BATMAN]

India has been involved in Balauchistan in arming and training BLA (bugti mengal etc.) from long time and US is responsible for Jandualla creation.

Is it not enough for Pakistanis to understand that India and US are also hand in glove in creation of TTP?

 

[MastanKhan]

Hi,

An oil refinery at gwadar---a railroad link, non stop, leading into china---a shipping port---that could move chinese goods in and out of the country---a train link connecting asia to the arabian sea---would have been a strategic and developmental coupe for the welfare of pakistan.

But tragically---either the pakistanis never understood the significance of the progress----or they knew and never had the gumption to force the issue when confronted---or that was one of the reasons for Musharraf's downfall amongst the many.

Looking back at Musharraf's dismantling---I believed firmly at that time---and I do it more so---that it was a very well planned and progressively debilitating campaign against the govt.

For gwadar to prosper and form a link---pak will have to have a very strong govt---a public in support of the govt---and china---who will support pakistan financially a lot more than what it is doing now.

Robert Ludlum---God bless his soul had a very interesting book out in 2006---The Bancroft Strategy---anyone read it.

 

[BATMAN]

Does any one remember the stick carrying activists.. ranging from, burqa clad women, lawyers and media men?
Where are they now?

 

[TexasJohn]

India has been involved in Balauchistan in arming and training BLA (bugti mengal etc.) from long time and US is responsible for Jandualla creation.

Is it not enough for Pakistanis to understand that India and US are also hand in glove in creation of TTP?

And you know this, how? any links, or other credible evidence? if you don't have any....please start posting in the plethora of conspiracy sites, I can send you links to several of them, some that are quite humorous to read.