Imran Khan Detained by US Govt Because of Anti-Drone Stance
trog
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Not sure if this made the news over here, but good old Imran Khan (those who came in late might not remember him as an amazing Pakistani cricket player) - who is now a politician of some note in Pakinstan - was detained by US Customs allegedly because of his stance on drone attacks. From The Guardian:
On Saturday, Khan boarded a flight from Canada to New York in order to appear at a fundraising lunch and other events. But before the flight could take off, US immigration officials removed him from the plane and detained him for two hours, causing him to miss the flight. On Twitter, Khan reported that he was "interrogated on [his] views on drones" and then added: "My stance is known. Drone attacks must stop." He then defiantly noted: "Missed flight and sad to miss the Fundraising lunch in NY but nothing will change my stance."
People from Pakistan are generally against the drones - that's no secret! This is why when they do international polls about the US elections, Pakistan favours Romney.
Not that Romney would stop the drone program, afaik.
What do they expect, he's going to walk out and in front of the cameras and microphones state "In light of my 2 hour meeting with the Department of Defence, Department of Immigration, and Quarantine inspectors, I have realised that my stance on United States politics is unfounded, poorly judged and foolish. I now realise that drone attacks save the lives of many United States citizens, and the deaths of some Pakistanis, while unfortunate, is necessary in the fight for both American and world prosperity.".
About as likely as Romney turning his allegiance to the Church of Scientology.
Look, I'm tiiiiiiired of talking about the drones. I want to talk about something I'm very passionate about, that's my hospital. There's very pretty nurses.
Nurses?
There you go again, that's it this interview is over.
it's not even that he is hugely popular in pakistan, he is respected, and still admired in most of the cricketing worldit would be akin to alan boarder running in politics
lol pave. Surely if you've watched a sports section of the news then you've heard the term test captain. You're a weird fucker nerf. Got your license yet?
Surely if you've watched a sports section of the news then you've heard the term test captain. You're a weird fucker nerf.
Well, sports are a very profitable and well marketed product, and I think that I've simply never been their target audience. Same with the music industry really.
breaking news, unintended civilian casualties during war time
And that's really going to sooth the Pakistanis, America's ally. Like us.
paveway is acting particularly cunty lately, but Nerfy to claim not to know what a Test Captain is as a 27 year old male living in Australia you surely must just be acting wilfully ignorant.
why isnt africa spending that missile money on infrastructure
also..
Fritz Knöchlein, a former lieutenant colonel in the Waffen SS, was one such case. He was suspected of ordering the machine-gunning of 124 British soldiers who surrendered at Le Paradis in northern France during the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940. His defence was that he was not even there. At his trial, he claimed he had been tortured in the London Cage after the war. He was deprived of sleep for four days and nights after arriving in October 1946 and forced to walk in a tight circle for four hours while being kicked by a guard at each turn. He was made to clean stairs and lavatories with a tiny rag, for days at a time, while buckets of water were poured over him. If he dared to rest, he was cudgelled. He was also forced to run in circles in the grounds of the house while carrying heavy logs and barrels. When he complained, the treatment simply got worse. Nor was he the only one. He said men were repeatedly beaten about the face and had hair ripped from their heads. A fellow inmate begged to be killed because he couldn’t take any more brutality. All Knöchlein’s accusations were ignored, however. He was found guilty and hanged.
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