| Tango01 | 16 Feb 2018 10:25 p.m. PST |
"Pakistan is sending troops to ally Saudi Arabia on a "training and advise mission", the military said, three years after it decided against sending soldiers to join the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen. The exact role the troops will play was unclear, but a statement from the army's press wing on Thursday stressed they "will not be employed outside" the kingdom. Pakistan's retired army chief, General Raheel Sharif, commands the new Saudi-led Islamic military alliance to fight terrorism, though it was not immediately clear whether the new troops would participate in that coalition…."
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| Fatman | 17 Feb 2018 3:00 a.m. PST |
Why not every other  does. Fatman |
| cosmicbank | 17 Feb 2018 4:44 a.m. PST |
My understanding is they have been there for years, A large chunk of the Saudi Royal Army is from Pakistan, |
| Tango01 | 17 Feb 2018 10:54 a.m. PST |
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| de Ligne | 17 Feb 2018 11:25 a.m. PST |
There has been a Pakistani Infantry Brigade in Saudi Arabia since at least the 1980's. |
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| Cacique Caribe | 17 Feb 2018 10:51 p.m. PST |
Did these so-called experts just find this out now? Dan |
| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 18 Feb 2018 12:02 p.m. PST |
Think of the Saudis as belonging to the rich upper class who don't get their hands dirty in the trenches. Those who do "fight" do so only as fighter pilots or pull strings from behind the scenes. |
| USAFpilot | 18 Feb 2018 2:51 p.m. PST |
Just another mercenary army bought by the Saudi's. The USA has served that function in the past; protecting the Kingdom in 1990 from possible invasion from Iraq. |
| Cacique Caribe | 18 Feb 2018 4:52 p.m. PST |
And how were we rewarded exactly? By providing most of the 9/11 hjackers? Dan |
| USAFpilot | 18 Feb 2018 6:16 p.m. PST |
True. The Saudi government wanted us there, but not their people. Maybe should have let Saddam take the whole region. Saddam was an evil tyrant, but he was not a religious extremist. We could have done business with him; or assassinated him at some point and install one of his generals. (Thank God I'm not in charge ;-) |
| Lion in the Stars | 18 Feb 2018 7:52 p.m. PST |
Y'all are forgetting one other reason Pakistani soldiers might be in Saudi: Delivering a few nukes. |
| USAFpilot | 18 Feb 2018 9:11 p.m. PST |
They would be in violation of the nonproliferation treaty if they did. |
| Cacique Caribe | 19 Feb 2018 10:46 a.m. PST |
Lion: "Y'all are forgetting one other reason Pakistani soldiers might be in Saudi: Delivering a few nukes." Wow. Now there's the makings of a movie or a spy drama episode or two! Or maybe a whole new franchise. Dan |
