In response to reports of Indian troops massing along the Pakistani/Kashmir border, Pakistan moved troops to its border with Pakistan yesterday. Here are some of the details of the report from the Daily Times:
This situation continues to ebb and flow and it appears that India is not going to give up its posturing until Pakistan starts to live up to some responsibility in the Mumbai attacks. I, personally, felt that India would probably give up on getting some of the responsible parties turned over to them from Pakistan and at the same time, I thought that Pakistan would already have done some token trial by now to at least put some in prison but I was a bit in error on both counts and thus here we are.
Now, I wouldn't really mind seeing India knock of a bunch of islamic jihadists inside of Pakistan in some sort of operation but overall, this is not good. The reason I say that is because if chaos were to take place inside of Pakistan, I fear for the safety of the nukes in that country and I fear that al Qaeda and the Taliban would take the opportunity to stage operations in major Pakistani cities. And believe me, that would be not good.
Pakistan troops were deployed on Thursday to protect vital points along the Line of Control in Kashmir and the international border with India, defence sources told Daily Times. Reports in Indian media said Pakistan moved its 10th Brigade to Lahore and ordered the 3rd Armoured Brigade to march towards Jhelum, following a heavy concentration of Indian troops on the borders.
This situation continues to ebb and flow and it appears that India is not going to give up its posturing until Pakistan starts to live up to some responsibility in the Mumbai attacks. I, personally, felt that India would probably give up on getting some of the responsible parties turned over to them from Pakistan and at the same time, I thought that Pakistan would already have done some token trial by now to at least put some in prison but I was a bit in error on both counts and thus here we are.
Now, I wouldn't really mind seeing India knock of a bunch of islamic jihadists inside of Pakistan in some sort of operation but overall, this is not good. The reason I say that is because if chaos were to take place inside of Pakistan, I fear for the safety of the nukes in that country and I fear that al Qaeda and the Taliban would take the opportunity to stage operations in major Pakistani cities. And believe me, that would be not good.
Pakistan troops move to Indian borders
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan troops were deployed on Thursday to protect vital points along the Line of Control in Kashmir and the international border with India, defence sources told Daily Times. Reports in Indian media said Pakistan moved its 10th Brigade to Lahore and ordered the 3rd Armoured Brigade to march towards Jhelum, following a heavy concentration of Indian troops on the borders. Pakistan’s 10th and 11th divisions have been put on high alert, Indian media said, and troops had been stationed in Rajouri and Poonch sectors of Kashmir. Sources in the Defence Department declined to give details of any fresh movement but did not deny reports that Pakistan was moving certain brigades towards Lahore. Indian TV channels also reported that Pakistan Air Force continued its state of high alert and started aerial surveillance of the Chashma power plant and other sensitive sites on Thursday amid fears of a ‘surgical strike’ by India.
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