Pakistan on tightrope with militant raid

Christian Science Monitor by Mark Sappenfield, Issam Ahmed | Dec. 9, 2008 (News Report)

It targeted a camp of the group linked to the Mumbai attacks Sunday.

Pakistan's unwillingness to clamp down on militants is not unusual, says Ms. Fair, of RAND. It has long used militants to achieve its strategic goals in India and Afghanistan. Yet among these many groups, Lashkar-e-Taiba is perhaps the most closely allied with the ISI, partly because it never turned against the Pakistani government, as some militants did. Full Story »

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by Derek Hawkins - Dec. 9, 2008

Very effective article on Pakistan's first major, though unconfirmed response to the Mumbai terror attacks. Pulls from a decent range of sources, although not all spoke directly to the Monitor.

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by Kaizar Campwala - Dec. 8, 2008

Effectively unpacks the relationship between Lashkar, the Pakistani government, and global terrorism. Good sourcing, including RAND, Georgetown University, Reuters, the Wall Street Journal, and at least one two 'on the street' Pakistani sources.

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by Chris Finnie - Dec. 9, 2008

Though I've been trying to keep up on this issue, I learned a lot from this story. A lot of good background and information. The one thing that would have improved it would have been some context on why the Pakistani military and intelligence service seems to be able to operate against the civilian government mandates.

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