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rayofreason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-23-09 08:52 PM
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Pak officials behind killing of 11 French engineers: Report
Source: Times of India

LONDON: High-ranking Pakistani officials were behind the killing of eleven French ship-building engineers in Karachi seven years ago, two French judges have ruled.

Until now al-Qaida had been blamed for the bomb attack on a bus in 2002 that killed 11 engineers and three Pakistanis.

The judges suspected that the Pakistanis were retaliating over a decision by former French President Jacques Chirac, to halt payment to Pakistani officers of millions of pounds in secret commission from an 720 million pounds contract signed in 1994, for three French submarines, the Time reported on Tuesday. ......

According to media reports, the French secret service retaliated after the 2002 attack, breaking the legs of two Pakistan navy admirals and killing a lower-ranking officer.

Read more: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/French-engineers-killed-by-Pak-officers/articleshow/4693463.cms



Holy payback Batman!

Maybe HBO should make a show "Les Sopranos."
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AzNick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-23-09 09:09 PM
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1. Oh snap...
Snap like the sound of legs being broken.
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