Archive for the ‘Pakistan’ Category
Bin Laden Attacks Obama Policies
3 Jun 09 | AJE
Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda leader, has accused Barack Obama, the U.S. president, of following the policy of his predecessor George Bush in “antagonising Muslims”.
India Fumes as Pakistani Court Orders Mumbai Suspect Freed
2 Jun 09 | AWC News
Lahore high court cites lack of evidence. Read the rest of this entry »
Poll: Most Americans Against Closing Gitmo; Dems Fund Wars, IMF, Not Gitmo Closing
Two-thirds of Americans are against closing the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba with even more rejecting the idea of relocating its detainees to U.S. prisons. Read the rest of this entry »
In Change of Tactics, U.N. Now Hopes for ‘Flood of Drugs’ in Afghanistan
31 May 09 | AWC News
U.N. Drug Chief: “There will be so much opium inside Afghanistan.” Read the rest of this entry »
Pakistan Army Claims Control of Main Town in Swat Valley
The Taliban have fled the Pakistani army’s advance on the main town in the Swat Valley, delivering the military a strategic prize in its offensive against militants in the country’s northwest, commanders said Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »
U.N. Drafting Resolution Against North Korea; Pyongyang Threatens South Korea
Gilani: U.S. Drones Attacks “Counter-Productive”
23 May 09 | PTV
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani says attacks by U.S. drones on Pakistani territory were “counter-productive” because they undermined Islamabad.
Watching Obama Morph Into Dick Cheney
by Paul Craig Roberts
21 May 09 | AWC
America has lost her soul, and so has her president. Read the rest of this entry »
Death From Above, Outrage Down Below
by David Kilcullen and Andrew McDonald Exum
17 May 09 | NYT
It would be in our best interests, and those of the Pakistani people, to declare a moratorium on drone strikes into Pakistan.
Imagine, for example, that burglars move into a neighborhood. If the police were to start blowing up people’s houses from the air, would this convince homeowners to rise up against the burglars? Wouldn’t it be more likely to turn the whole population against the police? And if their neighbors wanted to turn the burglars in, how would they do that, exactly? Yet this is the same basic logic underlying the drone war.
The Impotent President
by Paul Craig Roberts
15 May 09 | Counterpunch
Who runs America?
What do you suppose it is like to be elected president of the United States only to find that your power is restricted to the service of powerful interest groups? Read the rest of this entry »
Obama’s Extra War Funding Wins House Approval
Many Democrats are wary but put aside their concerns to issue a vote of confidence in the president’s plans for military escalation in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
U.S., Pakistan to Jointly Operate Drone Attacks
13 May 09 | PTV
Pakistan’s military is planning to join hands with the U.S. in the controversial drone attacks against militants, which usually result in civilian casualties.
Zardari: Osama bin Laden is Dead
10 May 09 | Raw Story
Two weeks ago, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zadari suggested that Osama bin Laden might be dead, saying that U.S. and Pakistani intelligence agencies had been unable to detect any sign of the world’s most wanted man since an audio recording of his voice was released in March. Read the rest of this entry »
Thousands Flee Fighting in Northwestern Pakistan
Civilians Trapped in Swat Fighting
9 May 09 | AJE
Pakistan’s army says it’s now engaged in a full-scale battle to root out Taliban fighters holed up in Swat Valley. And reports from Al Jazeera sources on the ground say the fighting is spreading. About one million civilians have made homeless by the conflict. Al Jazeera’s Sohail Rahman reports on the effort underway to help them. (3:00):
Tens of thousands of Pakistani civilians in the Swat valley have been trapped amid fighting between government forces and the Taliban. Read the rest of this entry »
UN: Pakistan Unrest Displaces One Million
8 May 09 | PTV
A spokesman for the UN refugee agency says the recent outbreak of violence in northwest Pakistan has displaced a total of one million people.
Pelosi: No Timetable for U.S. in Afghanistan
7 May 09 | PTV
A $ 94.2 billion war funding bill presented to the Congress includes no time limit for the US presence in Afghanistan, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says.
After U.S. Strikes, Afghans Describe ‘Tractor Trailers Full of Pieces of Human Bodies’
Analysis by Jeremy Scahill
7 May 09 | AlterNet
Rage spreads in Afghanistan after a U.S. bombing kills some 130 people; Meanwhile the Pentagon spins a cover-up and Obama readies more troops. Read the rest of this entry »
Pakistan ‘To Eliminate Militants’; Red Cross Warns of Refugee ‘Crisis’
Pakistan Forces Attack Taliban in Swat Valley; What Pakis Would Tell Obama
Pakistani troops launched a fresh offensive on Wednesday to retake government buildings occupied a day earlier by Taliban militants in the northern Swat valley. Read the rest of this entry »
Pakistan’s British-Drawn Borders
by Robert Mackey
5 May 09 | NYT
In their fascinating account of a series of interviews with a Taliban tactician in Tuesday’s New York Times, Jane Perlez and Pir Zubair Shah point to “one distinct Taliban advantage: the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan barely exists for the Taliban.”
U.S. Urges Israel to Sign Anti-Nuclear Arms Treaty
5 May 09 | Ha’aretz
India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel should join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the global pact meant to limit the spread of atomic weapons, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »
U.S. Will Not Cut Back on Nukes in Storage
5 May 09 | RT
Washington is prepared to cut strategic nuclear warheads and their means of delivery under the new strategic arms reduction treaty but not the nuclear warheads kept in storage, a US State Department official says. (3:03):
Pakistani Army Flattening Villages, 500,000 Could Become Displaced
4-5 May 09 | McClatchy, AWC News, PTV, FT, and AJE
The Pakistani army’s assault against Islamic militants in Buner, in northwest Pakistan, is flattening villages, killing civilians and sending thousands of farmers and villagers fleeing from their homes, residents escaping the fighting said Monday. Read the rest of this entry »
Sharif Would Consider Pakistan Unity Coalition
4 May 09 | FT
Nawaz Sharif, the main Pakistani opposition leader, would consider joining a national unity government with Asif Ali Zardari, president, according to a senior leader from his Pakistan Muslim League party. Read the rest of this entry »
