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US "diplomat" shoots 2 Pakistanis, 3rd run over
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bucheon bum



Joined: 16 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 5:15 am    Post subject: US "diplomat" shoots 2 Pakistanis, 3rd run over Reply with quote

I totally missed this story. Maybe someone posted something on this before? Sorry if it is a repeat.

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Davis was arrested last month for shooting two men on motorcycle from his car in a lower-middle class area of Lahore. A third man was killed after being struck by a US diplomatic vehicle sent to assist Davis. Davis claimed self defense, though police officials have disputed that claim, saying that he shot his victims in the back.

The incident sparked widespread protests and has played into the hands of conservative religious parties. Many Pakistanis believe he is a US spy. It has dominated headlines, which have focused on the fact that Davis had surveillance equipment and an unlicensed semiautomatic weapon on him at the time of his arrest.


What the hell is a diplomat doing carrying a weapon and surveillance equipment? Sounds like some major BS to me.
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northway



Joined: 05 Jul 2010

PostPosted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 5:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Considering that this happened in Pakistan, I'm really looking at it with a "trust no one" attitude.
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comm



Joined: 22 Jun 2010

PostPosted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 6:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm putting my money on a setup.
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jvalmer



Joined: 06 Jun 2003

PostPosted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The guy might actually be a spy sent as a diplomat. Pretty common in the world of espionage. Usual protocol is kick the guy out and the US would respond in a similar fashion with trumped up allegation with some low level diplomat/spy. However public opinion got the Pakistani government in a bind.
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bucheon bum



Joined: 16 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jvalmer wrote:
The guy might actually be a spy sent as a diplomat. Pretty common in the world of espionage. Usual protocol is kick the guy out and the US would respond in a similar fashion with trumped up allegation with some low level diplomat/spy. However public opinion got the Pakistani government in a bind.


Yeah, they're kicked out due to losing their cover, not due to killing 2 people in public. The guy really f-d up this one.
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Skyblue



Joined: 02 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

James Bond stuff. Pretty cool.
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rollo



Joined: 10 May 2006
Location: China

PostPosted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 12:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

There is a LOT more to this story. this guy just did not randomly start shooting and running over people.
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stilicho25



Joined: 05 Apr 2010

PostPosted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 12:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

A prominent politician is gunned down by his own security and our diplomats are supposed to be without protection? If they don't like it, well then, stop taking our money.
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Summer Wine



Joined: 20 Mar 2005
Location: Next to a River

PostPosted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, I read something on this issue.

Seems he was either working for the CIA as an undercover or was a security officer running security for a higher lvel person who was in a vehicle behind him.

That vehicle left (after hitting another person) and he stayed around to wait for the police to turn up and tell them what happened. They then arrested him.

The two shot were supposed to be low level operatives/ part timers for the pakistani police/security services according to the pakistanas.

Both were armed but supposedly shot as they ran away (who knows.)

He was probably running security as a front person and either the two had him under survailance and weren't that good at it. he percieved them as a threat (its Pakistan) and took action.

Though if they were really low level operatives and the Intelligence service in pakistan is in bed with the Taliban, they could just as easily been Taliban.

Its a confused issue for sure, Police/Army probably want to charge him if it was thier guys he killed. Government probably wants to let it go but cant because of public opinion, etc. Public want to kill him because hes an american who killed two pakistana's.

Clusterfuck for sure whatever the truth is.
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Caffeinated



Joined: 11 Feb 2010

PostPosted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

According to the final paragraph of this Washington Post article,

"...the two Pakistanis who were killed had robbed two people earlier the same day and stolen their cellphones. The report also said at least one of the motorcyclists cocked a gun and aimed it at Davis while he was stopped at an intersection."
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Summer Wine



Joined: 20 Mar 2005
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well if thats true, they might have seem him as an easy expat target and tried to rob him. The then freaked out and took off when they realised he wasn't a business man or aid worker, because he pulled a pistol on them.

He's ex special forces, saw it as an attack on his package rather than a basic robbery and took protective measures.

End result still the same.

Interesting world we live in. Perception is always in the eye of the beholder.
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Leslie Cheswyck



Joined: 31 May 2003
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 3:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I dunno, the thread title reminds me of that "Artie Chokes 3 for a Dollar" joke.
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bucheon bum



Joined: 16 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

NY Times article

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According to that report, Mr. Davis told the police that after shooting the two men, he stepped out of the car to take photographs of one of them, then called the United States Consulate in Lahore for help.

But the report also said that the victims were shot several times in the back, a detail that some Pakistani officials say proves the killings were murder. By this account, after firing at the men through his windshield, Mr. Davis stepped out of the car and continued firing. The report said that Mr. Davis then got back in his car and �managed to escape,� but that the police gave chase and �overpowered� him at a traffic circle a short distance away.
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Caffeinated



Joined: 11 Feb 2010

PostPosted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

From the same NYT article:

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The American arrested in Pakistan after shooting two men at a crowded traffic stop was part of a covert, C.I.A.-led team of operatives conducting surveillance on militant groups deep inside the country, according to American government officials. . . . Mr. Davis has worked for years as a C.I.A. contractor, including time at Blackwater Worldwide, the controversial private security firm (now called Xe) that Pakistanis have long viewed as symbolizing a culture of American gun slinging overseas.

The New York Times had agreed to temporarily withhold information about Mr. Davis�s ties to the agency at the request of the Obama administration, which argued that disclosure of his specific job would put his life at risk. Several foreign news organizations have disclosed some aspects of Mr. Davis�s work with the C.I.A.
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bucheon bum



Joined: 16 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 6:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Caffeinated wrote:
From the same NYT article:

Quote:
The American arrested in Pakistan after shooting two men at a crowded traffic stop was part of a covert, C.I.A.-led team of operatives conducting surveillance on militant groups deep inside the country, according to American government officials. . . . Mr. Davis has worked for years as a C.I.A. contractor, including time at Blackwater Worldwide, the controversial private security firm (now called Xe) that Pakistanis have long viewed as symbolizing a culture of American gun slinging overseas.

The New York Times had agreed to temporarily withhold information about Mr. Davis�s ties to the agency at the request of the Obama administration, which argued that disclosure of his specific job would put his life at risk. Several foreign news organizations have disclosed some aspects of Mr. Davis�s work with the C.I.A.


And your point is....
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