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Old 05-05-2011, 02:36 PM
 
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I wonder how many Pakistani officials have had dinner at Osama's million dollar mansion.
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Old 05-05-2011, 02:38 PM
 
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I wonder how many Pakistani officials have had dinner at Osama's million dollar mansion.
The information they retrieve from the hard drives found on the Bin Laden compound will be priceless.

Pakistan must sweating diamond bullets in preparation to crap a golden egg.
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Old 05-05-2011, 02:53 PM
 
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It's highly possible Chinese intelligence knew of OBL and kept mum. The ISI and the Chinese have very close links

After bin Laden: Could mistrust between US and Pakistan be opportunity for China? - CSMonitor.com

China has been curiously silent in the aftermath of Bin Laden's death.
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Old 05-05-2011, 03:01 PM
 
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"It was cold-blooded,"


Your thoughts.

Total number killed in attacks (official figure as of 9/5/02): 2,819

Number of firefighters and paramedics killed: 343
Number of NYPD officers: 23
Number of Port Authority police officers: 37
Number of WTC companies that lost people: 60
Number of employees who died in Tower One: 1,402
Number of employees who died in Tower Two: 614
Number of employees lost at Cantor Fitzgerald: 658
Number of U.S. troops killed in Operation Enduring Freedom:22
Number of nations whose citizens were killed in attacks: 115
Ratio of men to women who died: 3:1
Age of the greatest number who died: between 35 and 39
Bodies found "intact": 289
Body parts found: 19,858
Number of families who got no remains: 1,717
Estimated units of blood donated to the New York Blood Center:36,000
Total units of donated blood actually used: 258
Number of people who lost a spouse or partner in the attacks:1,609
Estimated number of children who lost a parent: 3,051
Percentage of Americans who knew someone hurt or killed in the attacks:20
FDNY retirements, January–July 2001: 274
FDNY retirements, January–July 2002: 661
Number of firefighters on leave for respiratory problems by January 2002: 300
Number of funerals attended by Rudy Giuliani in 2001: 200
Number of FDNY vehicles destroyed: 98
Tons of debris removed from site: 1,506,124
Days fires continued to burn after the attack: 99
Jobs lost in New York owing to the attacks: 146,100
Days the New York Stock Exchange was closed: 6
Point drop in the Dow Jones industrial average when the NYSE reopened:684.81
Days after 9/11 that the U.S. began bombing Afghanistan: 26
Total number of hate crimes reported to the Council on American-Islamic Relations nationwide since 9/11: 1,714
Economic loss to New York in month following the attacks: $105 billion
Estimated cost of cleanup: $600 million
Total FEMA money spent on the emergency: $970 million
Estimated amount donated to 9/11 charities: $1.4 billion
Estimated amount of insurance paid worldwide related to 9/11: $40.2 billion
Estimated amount of money needed to overhaul lower-Manhattan subways:$7.5 billion
Amount of money recently granted by U.S. government to overhaul lower-Manhattan subways: $4.55 billion
Estimated amount of money raised for funds dedicated to NYPD and FDNY families: $500 million
Percentage of total charity money raised going to FDNY and NYPD families: 25
Average benefit already received by each FDNY and NYPD widow: $1 million
Percentage increase in law-school applications from 2001 to 2002:17.9
Percentage increase in Peace Corps applications from 2001 to 2002:40
Percentage increase in CIA applications from 2001 to 2002: 50
Number of songs Clear Channel Radio considered "inappropriate" to play after 9/11: 150
Number of mentions of 9/11 at the Oscars: 26
Apartments in lower Manhattan eligible for asbestos cleanup: 30,000
Number of apartments whose residents have requested cleanup and testing: 4,110
Number of Americans who changed their 2001 holiday-travel plans from plane to train or car: 1.4 million
Estimated number of New Yorkers suffering from post-traumatic-stress disorder as a result of 9/11: 422,000



8 children between the ages of 2 and 18 lost their lives. All but one of them were passengers on the American Airlines Flight 77 plane that crashed into the tower.
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Old 05-05-2011, 03:01 PM
 
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After bin Laden: Could mistrust between US and Pakistan be opportunity for China? - CSMonitor.com

China has been curiously silent in the aftermath of Bin Laden's death.
Their future threat in their future global supremacy plan is India. They know that.

And unlike the US and USSR which were oceans and geographies apart, these 2 countries are right next door, and any such confrontation would be chaotic.

They always needed Pakistan to put a spoke up India's ar$e. They had always silently encouraged Pakistan sponsored insurgency against the Indians since the 70s. It's all geopolitics. Pakistan is home to a ton of natural resources and rivers, a bulk of the former Indus valley happen to lie in Pakistan. That's why Alexander was heavily invested in the Sutlej basin rather than try coming deeper into India
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Old 05-05-2011, 03:04 PM
 
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Their future threat in their future global supremacy plan is India. They know that.

And unlike the US and USSR which were oceans and geographies apart, these 2 countries are right next door, and any such confrontation would be chaotic.

They always needed Pakistan to put a spoke up India's ar$e. They had always silently encouraged Pakistan sponsored insurgency against the Indians since the 70s. It's all geopolitics. Pakistan is home to a ton of natural resources and rivers, a bulk of the former Indus valley happen to lie in Pakistan. That's why Alexander was heavily invested in the Sutlej basin rather than try coming deeper into India
Maybe the USA is getting rid of an obstacle that China needs for expansion...

Ever wonder why those jihadis stay out of China?

They don't put up much of a fuss in China. There have been a few attacks but China for the most part doesn't really have the problem the USA or Russia has.

China is in bed with Pakistan.

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China on Tuesday said Pakistan has made "important contributions" to the fight against terror worldwide following the U.S. announcement of Osama bin Laden's death.

"We noticed that the Pakistani Foreign Ministry has pledged not to allow its territory to be used for terrorist attacks against any country and it will continue to support the world's anti-terror efforts," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu told a regular media briefing.

Jiang said the south Asian country is at the anti-terror front-line, and its anti-terror resolve is unwavering and its action powerful.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english201...c_13857194.htm
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Old 05-05-2011, 03:12 PM
 
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Maybe the USA is getting rid of an obstacle that China needs for expansion...

Ever wonder why those jihadis stay out of China?

They don't put up much of a fuss in China. There have been a few attacks but China for the most part doesn't really have the problem the USA or Russia has.



China says Pakistan made "important contributions" to international fight against terrorism
Uyghur people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

These folks are muslim and they are presently engaged in an insurgency with the Chinese government.

Yet the Islamic world is blind to this as the Chinese are nothing of the Islamic world's favourite triad (Jew - Christian - Hindu)

You can't really label them as crusaders and sell it to the crusader thrilled masses

Pakistan and Afghanistan have a ton of rare earth and natural mineral deposits. We all know China already controls 90% of the world's rare earth and is craving for more. That is their future road to global supremacy, and the last thing they want is a failed state like Pakistan, which is either controlled by the US or bizarrely merges back into the Indian union after 60 years.
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Old 05-05-2011, 03:15 PM
 
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Here's a bizarre Chinese orchestrated power game for starters:

Rogue Pakistan scientist A Q Khan helps N. Korea build the nuke. The operation blessed and arranged by China. So Pakistan gets perks and goodies it can use against the ongoing war with India. And China successfully works its attack dog up against S. Korea where the US and NATO are heavily invested.

The Chinese have been at this game for about a decade already
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Old 05-05-2011, 03:17 PM
 
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Cold blooded or not...I DON'T CARE!
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Old 05-05-2011, 03:22 PM
 
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After bin Laden: Could mistrust between US and Pakistan be opportunity for China? - CSMonitor.com

China has been curiously silent in the aftermath of Bin Laden's death.
They've been busy taking apart the tail section of the secret helicopter we had to leave behind.
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