Where the Mullahs Are the Upper Crust

New York Times by Sabrina Tavernise | Aug. 2, 2009 (News Analysis)

The turmoil in the Swat Valley has raised a chilling prospect for Pakistan — that the Taliban’s Islamic takeover in the once-peaceful area was turning into a social revolution, with mullahs leading peasants in the seizure of property from rich landlords who had fled in fear of their lives.

The most worrisome question has been whether the revolution would spread from Swat to the much more populous and strategic province next door, Punjab. Full Story »

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Topics: Pakistan, Taliban, Poverty
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Posted by: Posted by Leo Romero - Aug 1, 2009 - 12:36 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Leo Romero (review), Randy Morrow (review), Kaley Mukherjee (review), Colin Henderson (review), Tyson Nguyen (review), lawrence breer (review), Morton Kurzweil (review)
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Edited by: Leo Romero - Aug 1, 2009 - 8:10 PM PDT
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 by Leo Romero - Aug. 1, 2009
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 by Morton Kurzweil - Aug. 9, 2009

It is descriptive of a superficial geopolitical lesson offering little insight to potential changes taking place.

What is outlined in this article is the historic situation since the division of India and Pakistan. That world about to change for all the varies ... More »

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 by lawrence breer - Aug. 5, 2009

Balanced and from the scene.

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 by Kaley Mukherjee - Aug. 2, 2009

As an introductory piece, this is great.

It is good journalism, but Ms. Tavernise needs to go just a tad further back in the region's history, to trace the antecedents of the power ... More »

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