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Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/6/2009
Gates of Vienna —
... Afghanistan: Karzai Rival ‘Withdrew Under US Pressure’ Islamabad, 6 Nov. (AKI) — By Syed Saleem Shahzad — The United States put pressure on Afghan president Hamid Karzai’s rival, Abdullah Abdullah, to withdraw from the country’s presidential race and hand victory to Karzai, sources have told Adnkronos International (AKI). Sources said the American pressure was part of a deal struck last week with the Pakistani military, which in exchange agreed to establish direct contact with the Taliban and obtain peace ...
Hillary's Dope Deal
At-Largely —
Posted by Jeff Huber Adnkronos International (AKI), the Italian news agency, reports that the U.S., in the person of Hillary Clinton, pressured Hamid Karzai rival Abdullah Abdullah to drop out of the presidential race. The way AKI describes it this was the biggest foreign policy coup of the Obama administration to date. It was a four or more way swindle in which the U.S. swung its full support behind Karzai, the Pakistani military agreed to make peace with the Taliban, and the Indians withdrew their troops from the Kashmir region. The $1.5 billion annual aid package ...
Hillary’s Dope Deal?
Antiwar.com Original —
Adnkronos International (AKI), the Italian news agency, reports that the U.S., in the person of Hillary Clinton, pressured Hamid Karzai rival Abdullah Abdullah to drop out of the presidential race. The way AKI describes it, this was the biggest foreign policy coup of the Obama administration to date. It was a four-or-more-way swindle in which the U.S. swung its full support behind Karzai, the Pakistani military agreed to make peace with the Taliban, and the Indians withdrew their troops from the Kashmir region. The $1.5 billion annual aid package we’re giving Pakistan was ...
Blazing Afghanistan
Antiwar.com Original —
... UN criticism of its corruption. The Foreign Ministry says criticism from the international community violates “respect for Afghanistan’s national sovereignty.” What a crock of bull feathers. Afghanistan is an occupied country. Nobody respects its national sovereignty. Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad reports that a big league dope deal went down between Hillary Clinton and the Pakistani military and intelligence dudes in which the Pakistani military and intelligence dudes offered to broker a deal with the Taliban. In exchange, according to Shahzad, Hillary agreed ...
Obama’s Wacky War
Antiwar.com Original —
... says Obama has narrowed his decision on Afghanistan to four options, the most likely candidate being a surge of 34,000 troops. The other three options are "different mixes" of that one. The best option is one suggested by Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad and somewhat supported by ...
At-Largely — ... who said not to expect Obama to make a decision on Afghanistan troops levels until the first week in December. Somewhere in between came a story from Pakistini Journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad that said Hillary had cut multi-dimensional dope deal with Pakistan’s military and intelligence service and the Indians and the Taliban and Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah that would give us a plausible exit out of Afghanistan. President Obama has told the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the rest of his security team to come up with an ...
Reading the Af-Pak Tea Leaves
Antiwar.com Original —
... , who said not to expect Obama to make a decision on Afghanistan troops levels until the first week in December. Somewhere in between came a story from Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad that said Hillary had cut a multi-dimensional dope deal with Pakistan’s military and intelligence service and the Indians and the Taliban and Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah that would give us a plausible route out of Afghanistan. President Obama has told the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the rest of his security team to come up with an ...
