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Twitter alert: Get lost NATO
"You are war criminals with suits and ties," says one local Twitter user.
Pakistanis have protested against Nato's presence in the region. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
Since its arrival in Afghanistan, Nato has been generally loathed by Pakistanis. The hatred, however, reached new heights when a Nato airstrike on Pakistani check post killed 24 soldiers last year.
With the government blocking Nato supply routes to Afghanistan, and the ensuing freeze in US-Pak ties, Pakistanis protested against Nato’s presence in the region.
Taking the protest online, some local twitter users started a trend #GetLostNATO where people tweeted, calling Nato to end the war and leave the war-torn region.
Top tweets
NATO: Group of countries responsible for modern day colonialism, instead of trade these countries use weapons and media to occupy
NATO, in reality, is North Atlantic Terrorist Organization.
Opening NATO supply will mean betrayal to the Shuhada of Salala incident.
Thousands killed in #Palestine #Kashmir by Israel, India, you don’t care. You care about resource rich Afghanistan
Wait to get destroyed like Russia or #GetLostNato
Ambreen Ejaz @ProudPakistanii
Because of you this world has forgotten the meaning of peace.
#getlostnato because you can only fight innocent civilians
Learn from Alexander over two millennial ago and more recently the Soviets. Stop wasting lives in this pointless war!
I do not wish bad upon anyone; but I will say this; may all that you have done to others be done unto you.
You are War Criminals with suits & ties.
Your aggression against our people & all the other people is unjust, inhuman and barbaric.
#getlostnato or wait till Imran Khan kicks you! Yah till now u Faced corrupt & money Lover dummy .IK will show U what a Pakistani say n wants
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NATO = No Action Talk Only
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As a protest, they should boycott Twitter because its a US based company
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NATO Stop terrorizing the world, stop disturbing the peace of the world
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Bunch of frustrated Pakistanis whose blackmail of NATO over supply lines didn’t work.
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Since the dollar aid has stopped, everyone has become patriotic. Wait till when the army agrees the new rate then it will all die down and back to business as usual.
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Yes…Get Lost Nato!
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Your brother Turkey and Albania are also members of NATO…..But Oh! They don’t give a damn about religion.
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NATO is the real Terrorist Organization, and their target is only Islam/Muslims… why they don’t visit/see Kashmir, Palestine etc ? :O
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fool’s paradise!!
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Love the last tweet by Dawood Butt.. GetLostNato
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@Haider A.:
but our brothers Turkey and albania are not involved in any killings. Infact, PM Erdogan of Turkey, when he visited to paksitan, said clearly that USA is backing enemies of Pakistan and Turkey….See the following link:
http://www.paktribune.com/news/print.php?id=232490
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Some valid GetLostNato tweets…
An extremely HUMBLE request by all Pakistanis “GetLostNato”
http://pic.twitter.com/uTl6mOP5
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GetLostNato Mr. President (& all Politicians + Generals): No more excuses for opening NATO supplies. Stop the SLAVERY
http://pic.twitter.com/Yp1gSWYv
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Rameen (7-months old daughter of Captain Usman, a Salala Shaheed) says GetLostNato & “NO to NATO supplies”
http://pic.twitter.com/KRurHmIgRecommend
Can these patriots get #getlostTTP or #notoreligiousterrorism trend? I guess not.
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NATO won’t be leaving and neither would they be apologising. In an ideal scenario, NATO should not have been assisted with their agenda here. However, things being the way they are, America should seriously contemplate on swallowing their pride and make better use of the capital left to be employed. Pakistan on the other hand should strictly instate a transit tax on the NATO supply routes. Heck, we’ve got our death wish already with them instigating enough instability. A transit tax and a condition of gradual reimbursements of the $2bn owed should suffice as prudent conditions to have the routes reopened.
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@Mj: “Can these patriots get #getlostTTP or #notoreligiousterrorism trend? I guess not.”
But that needs courage and ability to think clearly and to introspect. These patriots lack all those qualities. They are good at playing blameless victims.
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We should call war on NATO/USA.
We are Muslims. We have word of Allah – Quran.
We are destined to win it.
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@Abbas
We should call war on NATO/USA.
We are Muslims. We have word of Allah – Quran.
We are destined to win it.
How many wars have Muslims won in the last 100 years?
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@Shyam: to Abbas
“How many wars have Muslims won in the last 100 years?”
I think you missed a zero at the trailing end. I believe you meant 1000 instead of 100!
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@G. Din: u r right if Salahuddin Ayoubi and the Mughals were not muslims
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