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    • Pakistani “official” report: Bin Laden’s hiding in Pakistan due to incompetence. No kidding!

    By No Such Thing As Blasphemy • • No comments
    Pass the popcorn!

    I guess we haven’t forgotten how the Pakistani government reacted to the killing of Bin Laden.

    Pakistan’s parliament has called for a review of the country’s relationship with the US over the American commando raid that killed Osama Bin Laden. MPs said they “condemned the unilateral action… which constitutes a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty”. They unanimously passed a resolution urging a ban on NATO transit convoys unless the US ended drone attacks.

    And of course, they wanted to know how the heck it all happened:

    The MPs’ resolution was passed after a joint session, under heightened security, lasting more than 10 hours. “The people of Pakistan will no longer tolerate such actions and a repeat of unilateral measures could have dire consequences for peace and security in the region and the world,” the AFP news agency quoted the resolution as saying. An investigation should take place to “fix responsibility and recommend necessary measures to ensure that such an incident does not recur”, it added.

    But now, the geniuses finally have an answer!

    In an Al Jazeera exclusive, the results of the Abbottabad Commission are now being made public. It was charged with establishing whether the failures of the Pakistani government and military were due to incompetence, or complicity. It was given overarching investigative powers, and, in the course of its inquiry, it interviewed more than 201 witnesses – including members of Bin Laden’s own family, the chief of Pakistan’s spy agency, and other senior provincial, federal and military officials. The Commission’s 336-page report is scathing, holding both politicians and the military responsible for “gross incompetence”, leading to “collective failures” that allowed Bin Laden to escape detection, and the United States to perpetrate “an act of war”.
    Seriously guys, it took you couple of years, “overarching investigative powers” and interviewing hundreds of witnesses to find out if people were doing their job, the world’s most wanted man could not hide under your noses? You could have asked me, and I’d tell you that upfront!
    And, since back then you didn’t use my “psychic” services, you may want to take a moment to listen now. Here is a hint of what to expect for the future: unless you get your act together, such actions will continue, whether you call them “acts of war” or whatever.

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    Article by: No Such Thing As Blasphemy

    I was raised in the Islamic world. By accident of history, the plague that is entanglement of religion and government affects most Muslim majority nations a lot worse the many Christian majority (or post-Christian majority) nations. Hence, I am quite familiar with this plague. I started doubting the faith I was raised in during my teen years. After becoming familiar with the works of enlightenment philosophers, I identified myself as a deist. But it was not until a long time later, after I learned about evolutionary science, that I came to identify myself as an atheist. And only then, I came to know the religious right in the US. No need to say, that made me much more passionate about what I believe in and what I stand for. Read more...