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CIA says it gets its money's worth from Pakistani spy agency
The CIA has funneled hundreds of millions of dollars to Pakistan's intelligence service since the Sept. 11 attacks, ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
In an unstable Pakistan, can nuclear warheads be kept safe?
In the tumultuous days leading up to the Pakistan Army’s ground offensive in the tribal area of South Waziristan, ...via Memeorandum -
Official resigns over Afghan war
Foreign Service officer leaves in protest of war he had come to believe simply fueled the insurgency.Posted by Cynthia Gilbert -
Caught in the crossfire of war against the Taliban
Gul Hassan is incandescent with rage. As the Pakistan military mounted its most ambitious anti-Taliban offensive ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Islamabad dismayed by 'dithering' US
As White House officials continue to debate the call of the United States' military chief in Afghanistan, General ...via NewsRack -
‘You Have Atomic Bombs, but We Have Suicide Bombers.’
The Taliban fighters who kidnapped David Rohde, a Times reporter, and two Afghans were guided by a strident belief ...Posted by Emma Asomba -
Refugee flood reveals human cost of South Waziristan's invisible war | World news
• Pakistani forces accused of hitting civilians • Up to 260,000 people may flee battle against Taliban. The war ...Posted by Cynthia Gilbert
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How the US Funds the Taliban
With Pentagon cash, contractors bribe insurgents not to attack supply lines for US troopsvia The Nation -
Pakistan at War
(Video) It has been a bloody month for Pakistan. The army has launched an offensive in South Waziristan aided by US drones, ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Phase 2 of Waziristan Campaign; Pakistan Closes Schools; Mahsud Civilians Barred from Roads
akistan's military began "Phase 2" of its campaign in South Waziristan on Thursday, with a siege of Kotkai, the ...via Informed Comment -
No Afghanistan ‘Checkposts’ Abandoned While Pak Military Offensive Proceeds ?
"A piece in the Pakistan paper the News accused the U.S. military of taking the inexplicable step of abandoning ...Posted by Emma Asomba -
Pakistan: The Kerry Lugar Bill
(Blog Post) The Kerry Luger bill is essentially a non military aid package granted to Pakistan by the U.S in view of its ...
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Kerry: Afghan handoff may take 4-5 years
In the past year Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., has become a more prominent force in Washington. As chairman of the ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Why Hillary Clinton babies Indonesia and bullies Pakistan
When Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visited Indonesia earlier this year, she said: "If you want to know ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Now, a Cheney surge: Blasts Obama for Afghan 'dithering,' delays and indecision
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From Defeat, Lessons in Victory
The decisions made by John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson in Vietnam are instructive lessons for President Obama ...Posted by Cynthia Gilbert -
The Afghanistan Impasse
Pakistan's safe havens for the Afghan Taliban have been to a large extent responsible for their revival and growing ... -
In the Afghan War, Aim for the Middle
The one issue that should be at the core of the United States' Afghan strategy is Pakistan. It is there, not ...via Memeorandum -
Pakistan's new crisis of democracy
(Blog Post) Some of what is happening in Pakistan is surely the usual Kabuki theater, but there could be real consequences for ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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TALIBAN = 9/11?? Afghanistan by Hypnosis
On September 11, 2001, my office building, the World Trade Center, was attacked by al Qaeda, a murder cult of Saudi ...Posted by Glenn LaBauve -
Kipling Haunts Obama's Afghan War
The White Man's Burden, a phrase immortalized by English poet Rudyard Kipling as an excuse for European-American ...Posted by Cynthia Gilbert -
Week in review: Afghanistan and Pakistan
(Video) David Andelman, editor of the World Policy Journal and a former foreign correspondent, and Chrystia Freeland, U.S. ...via Worldfocus -
Obama's foreign policy report card
Why can't the administration of President Barack Obama get the word out about its policy successes? President Obama ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
The Washington Post Creates Its Own Facts to Support Afghan Nation-Building
The Washington Post is creating its own facts in order to support its argument for US nation-building in ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak
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In an unstable Pakistan, can nuclear warheads be kept safe?
In the tumultuous days leading up to the Pakistan Army’s ground offensive in the tribal area of South Waziristan, ...via New Yorker
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How the US Funds the Taliban
With Pentagon cash, contractors bribe insurgents not to attack supply lines for US troopsvia The Nation
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TALIBAN = 9/11?? Afghanistan by Hypnosis
On September 11, 2001, my office building, the World Trade Center, was attacked by al Qaeda, a murder cult of Saudi ...Posted by Glenn LaBauve
