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Madrassas in Pakistan

by John Cole|  July 17, 20058:46 am| 4 Comments

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Interesting op-ed piece in the WaPo on the Pakistani connection to the London bombings.

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  1. 1.

    db

    July 17, 2005 at 8:57 am

    That Musharraf has not acted against religious extremists and their madrasas is hardly surprising. He needs the religious parties to bolster his military dictatorship against the democratic forces seeking to reverse his 1999 coup.

    Very one-sided; but it is an op-ed. I tend to agree slightly with their points but the above statement is ludicrous. As if Dubya would continue to support Dobson’s fanatics if they attempted to assassinate him.

  2. 2.

    Don Surber

    July 17, 2005 at 10:14 am

    Very one-sided; but it is an op-ed.
    Thank you, db. You would be surprised by the percentage of newspaper readers who do not know that simple fact.

  3. 3.

    Jon H

    July 17, 2005 at 1:55 pm

    And don’t forget the Saudi (and other oil-rich Arab states) money that funds those madrassas.

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    Doug

    July 17, 2005 at 3:00 pm

    Afghanistan was a good start, but Pakistan and Saudi Arabia should’ve been on the short list.

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