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U.N. to Relocate Afghanistan Staff

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - Nov. 05 (News Report) - The United Nations said Thursday that it is temporarily relocating more than half its staff in Afghanistan following last week's deadly Taliban attack against U.N. workers.

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'Rendition' jet seen in Birmingham

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Robert Booth - Nov. 01 (News) - An American plane named in an inquiry by the European parliament into alleged CIA torture flights landed at Birmingham airport last month and was met by British special forces helicopters. Plane spotters said the Gulfstream jet touched down from an

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Pakistan at War

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Global Pulse - By Erin Coker - Oct. 28 (News Analysis) - It has been a bloody month for Pakistan. The army has launched an offensive in South Waziristan aided by US drones, and the Taliban are fighting back with suicide bombs in major cities. With hundreds dying, what do the Pakistani people think?

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Taliban attack UN Kabul guesthouse in attempt to upend Afghan runoff

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - By Julius Cavendish - Oct. 28 (News Report) - Taliban gunmen stormed a private guesthouse in the Afghan capital, Kabul, in a bloody predawn attack Wednesday that killed six United Nations staff and signaled a clear intent to disrupt the upcoming presidential runoff. The United States embassy in Kabul confirmed that at least one of the dead was an American.

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Analysis: Taleban attack is bid to force UN out of Afghanistan

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The Times - By Jeremy Page - Oct. 28 (News Analysis) - The Taleban attack on an international guesthouse in Kabul today is its bloodiest assault yet on the United Nations in Afghanistan – and represents a major escalation of its campaign to disrupt next week’s presidential election run-off. The attack, which killed 12 people including six UN staff, appears to be designed to force the UN to pull out of Afghanistan altogether – just as it did from Iraq after a truck bomb at its headquarters there killed 22 people in 2003.

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Bombings rock Iraq's political landscape

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Anthony Shadid - Oct. 26 (News Report) - Twin car bombs that devastated three government buildings and killed 132 people Sunday underlined a new strategy in Iraq's contest for power ahead of January elections: spectacular blows aimed at destroying faith in Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's ability to secure the country as the United States withdraws, officials and residents said.

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Deadly Car Bombs Target Baghdad Government

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - Oct. 25 (News Report) - Two powerful car bombs exploded in downtown Baghdad Sunday, killing at least 74 people in an apparent attempt to target the fragile city's government offices, Iraqi authorities said. While violence has dropped dramatically in the country since the height of the sectarian tensions, such bombings like Sunday's demonstrate the precarious nature of the security gains and the insurgency's abilities to still pull off devastating attacks in the heart of what is supposed to be one of Baghdad's most secure areas.

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Phase 2 of Waziristan Campaign; Pakistan Closes Schools; Mahsud Civilians Barred from Roads

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Informed Comment - By Juan Cole - Oct. 24 (News Analysis) - akistan's military began "Phase 2" of its campaign in South Waziristan on Thursday, with a siege of Kotkai, the home town of Hakimullah Mahsud, the leader of the Taliban Movement of Pakistan. So far the army claims to have killed 100 militants, and 300 homes are said to have been damaged. Locals maintain that some of those killed are actually innocent civilians, and most of the houses were unconnected to the Taliban. Even if they were accurate, these numbers suggest that the Taliban have not stood and fought, but rather have melted away, since they only have light arms and would have been killed in large numbers by the Pakistani army, which has artillery and fighter jets.

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The three fallacies that have driven the war in Afghanistan

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The Independent - By Johann Hari - Oct. 21 (Opinion) - A bloody escalation in the war is more likely to fuel jihadism than thwart it. If Obama is serious about undermining this vile fanatical movement, it would be much wiser to take the hundreds of billions he is currently squandering on chasing after a hundred fighters in the Afghan mountains and redeploy it. Spend it instead on beefing up policing and intelligence, and on building a network of schools across Pakistan and other flash-points in the Muslim world, so parents there have an alternative to the fanatical madrassahs that churn out bin Laden-fodder. The American people will be far safer if the world sees them building schools for Muslim kids instead of dropping bombs on them.

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Rebranding America

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:09:36 -0700

New York Times - Oct. 18 (Opinion) - President Obama reminds us that America is not just a country but an idea, a great idea about opportunity for all and responsibility to your fellow man.

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Spate of attacks leaves 27 dead, 30 injured in Lahore

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Dawn - Oct. 15 (News Report) - Teams of gunmen attacked three security sites on Thursday in Lahore, killing a total of 27 people and leaving at least 30 injured. One of the attacks, on the Elite Police Academy on Bedian Road, lasted into Thursday afternoon before security forces killed the five attackers and freed a family they were holding hostage, police said.

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Fresh Pakistan attacks underscore reach of Taliban

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - By Issam Ahmed - Oct. 15 (News Report) - A series of deadly attacks apparently aimed at testing the resolve of Pakistan's security forces ahead of a planned offensive against militants in South Waziristan left more than 30 dead on Thursday. Two of the targets had been attacked before, underscoring the reach of the Taliban, which claimed responsibility, and the failure of security forces to secure high-profile locations.

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18 dead in attacks on Pakistan police

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Declan Walsh, Adam Gabbatt - Oct. 15 (News Report) - Today's events mark the sixth terrorist spectacular in Pakistan in 11 days, following attacks on United Nations offices and the army headquarters, underscoring fears for the country's stability. It is believed to be the first Mumbai-style attacks on Pakistan, involving co-ordinated attacks on multiple targets.

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Wave Of Deadly Attacks in Pakistan

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - By Zahid Hussain - Oct. 15 (News Report) - Pakistan was hit by two simultaneous attacks, with a suicide bomber killing six in the northwest, while gunmen fired inside a federal building in the eastern city of Lahore.

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Obama's War

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Frontline - By Martin Smith - Oct. 14 (Special Report) - Tens of thousands of fresh American troops are now on the move in Afghanistan, led by a new commander and armed with a counterinsurgency plan that builds on the lessons of Iraq. But can U.S. forces succeed in a land long known as the "graveyard of empires"? And can the U.S. stop the Taliban in neighboring Pakistan, where U.S. troops are not allowed and the government is weak? In Obama's War, veteran correspondent Martin Smith travels across Afghanistan and Pakistan to see first-hand how the president's new strategy is taking shape, delivering vivid, on-the-ground reporting from this eight-year-old war's many fronts. Through interviews with top generals, diplomats and government officials, Smith also reports the internal debates over President Obama's grand attempt to combat terrorism at its roots. "What we found on the ground was a huge exercise in nation building," says Smith. "The concept's become a bit of a dirty word, but that's what this is. We started with the goal of eliminating Al Qaeda, and now we've wound up with the immense task of re-engineering two nations."

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What did Rawalpindi Militants Want?

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Informed Comment - By Juan Cole - Oct. 11 (News Analysis) - A hostage standoff at Pakistani military HQ in Rawalpindi ended violently on Sunday morning when Pakistani troops stormed the compound where the militants had holed up with 25 hostages. Three of the hostages were killed in the course of the assault, along with two army troops and four militants. Earlier the militants, some dressed in Pakistani military uniforms, had driven up to the entrance. When they were nevertheless challenged, they opened fire, killing several Pakistani troops and two officers, one a brigadier, and some of them were killed. Others escaped, and managed to take hostages for a time. AP has video on the end of the hostage crisis at the military HQ. One of the hostage-takers is said to have been wearing a suicide bomb belt, ...

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Taliban May Benefit From Global Warming

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

ABC News - Oct. 11 (Special Report) - Worsening drought in Afghanistan playing into the hands of terrorists.

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Terrorist suspect linked to ‘big bang’ facility

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Financial Times - By Ben Hall - Oct. 10 (News Report) - One of two men arrested in France on suspicion of having links with an Islamist terrorist group was working as a researcher at the Cern “big bang” laboratory on the French-Swiss border, the nuclear research body said

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Right-Wing American Terrorists Issue YouTube Threat

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Joshua Holland - Oct. 07 (Opinion) - There is no universally agreed-upon definition of the word "terrorism." As I've often said, the reason it's next to impossible to define the term is that everyone wants it to mean: 'violent acts in the pursuit of political goals with which I disagree.' That aside, most agree that attempting to influence public officials through a threat of violence is an act of terrorism.

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Still Not Tired

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Thomas L. Friedman - Oct. 04 (Opinion) - Though we may be tired of this “war on terrorism,” the bad guys are not. They are getting even more creative.

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Israeli soldier captured 3 years ago shown alive in video

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

McClatchy - By Cliff Churgin - Oct. 02 (News Report) - Israel on Friday released 19 Palestinian women prisoners after it received a two-minute videotape of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit holding an Arabic language newspaper dated Sept. 14, 2009 — proof that Shalit is still alive three years after his capture.

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Online :: South Asia news, business and economy from India and Pakistan

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Asia Times - By Chan Akya - Oct. 02 (Special Report) - Behind the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka and the killing of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud are stories of countries creating bands of terrorists to do things that were impossible for those in power to be seen to be doing directly. In this dangerous game, blowback is inevitable. (Oct 2, '09)

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Megrahi papers claim US paid key Lockerbie witness

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Matthew Weaver, Severin Carrell - Oct. 02 (News Report) - Claim refers to concerns raised about safety of Libyan?s conviction for Lockerbie bombing in 1988 The man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing released evidence today claiming to show that a key witness at his trial received payments from the US after giving evidence. The claim is made in documents published online by Abdelbaset al-Megrahi in support of his attempt to clear his name of involvement in the worst terrorist attack on British soil. It refers to concerns raised by the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) about the safety of Megrahi?s conviction for killing 270 people in the Lockerbie bombing on 21 December 1988. The documents would have formed part of an appeal, which Megrahi, who is terminally ill, agreed to ...

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Al Qaeda's on its way out

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By C.M. Sennott - Sep. 30 (Opinion) - The image of Najibullah Zazi, a 24-year-old Afghan-born bus driver from Denver and now a terror suspect, embodies the complex truths of where we are right now in the struggle against terrorism.

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Obama’s Dick Cheney Moment

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Benjamin Wittes - Sep. 28 (Opinion) - His decision not to consult Congress on detentions represents a virtually wholesale adoption of Bush’s failed policies.

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