Scary stuff-not surprising, not unwarranted, nothing but pure scary.
ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: Indian planes violated Pakistan’s airspace on Saturday, but fighters of the Pakistan Air Force chased them away, military as well as civilian officials confirmed late in the night.
Air Commodre Humayun Viqar Zephyr, a PAF spokesman, told Dawn that the Indian planes intruded into Pakistan’s airspace in Azad Kashmir and Lahore sectors, but left as soon as they sighted the PAF jets.
He said there was no cause for concern as the PAF was “fully alive to the situation and capable of giving a befitting reply in case of a misadventure”.
Official sources said President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani were immediately informed about the incident and the matter was taken up with the Indian authorities.
Information Minister Sherry Rehman confirmed that Islamabad had got in touch with authorities in New Delhi, implicitly conceding that the violation did take place. But she hastened to add that Indians had done it inadvertently.
Analysts, however, described as ‘meaningful’ the ‘inadvertent’ intrusion of Pakistan’s airspace in two different sectors on the same day for the first time in recent memory.
They termed it a deliberate attempt on the part of India to create a war hysteria instead of responding positively to Pakistan’s offers of cooperation in investigations into the Mumbai carnage.
CJCSC MEETS PRESIDENT: The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Gen Tariq Majeed, called on President Asif Ali Zardari here on Saturday and discussed professional matters with him.
Sources said the situation in the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks came under discussion during the meeting.
They said Gen Majeed briefed the president on the state of preparedness of the armed forces.
TROOPS ON THE MOVE?: A number of people travelling between Lahore and Rawalpindi over the past two days have come up with claims that a heavy redeployment by the army was under way.
“Long convoys of military trucks are heading towards Lahore from Jehlum,” Jawad Khan, a motorist, told Dawn.
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Well if these two “nuke” empowered giants go at it, could we see an economic stimulus in the US? With all the outsourcing over in India we could be exposed here should the two start slinging nukes. Would all the outsourced jobs come back to the US or would it cripple our economy to the point of no return? Something to think about, no?
Just my .02 cents worth.
you are right, its very freakin scary. there are so many ways this could play out and none are that good. pray that there is a good conclusion for this mess, but i doubt it will happen. i called target once to get the mailing address because i lost my billing envolope and the guy was trying to giive me an address in the u.s. with such a thick accent i couldn’t understand him. i asked him where he was located…india. i thought that was interesting.
Just hope if war starts that the loser doesn’t get desperate, and start lobbing in the nukes. A nuclear war would put the world at risk.
Yes definitely a cause for concern, but I doubt either would consider nukes. The only players in this that might consider it, would be the rogue elements within the Pakistan military. That said, I’m not surprised by India’s “testing” of Pakistan’s air defenses as a response to the attacks in Mumbai. It is and should be considered a warning to Zakari that if he does not take immediate steps to clamp down on the terrorists within his own borders, then India will take actions it deems necessary.
Good one Luva (LOL);
I don’t see much REAL impact on America business other than the fact that an electromagnetic pulse from a nuke in India would disrupt internet and telephone customer service, billing, collection service, and telemarketing outsourcing. I mean, “Big whoop” if your credit card payments are a little late over the holidays and creditors can’t call you with daily reminders or if you are calling because you’re having a little trouble figuring out how to make some Christmas present you got work properly, it wouldn’t actually be “the end of the world”, right?