atimes.com - 15 days ago
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US puts its faith in Pakistan's military By Syed Saleem Shahzad ISLAMABAD - Abdullah Abdullah, who this week withdrew from the presidential election runoff in Afghanistan, thereby handing victory to the incumbent, Hamid Karzai, did so under pressure from the United States, Asia Times Online has ...
newyorker.com - 13 days ago
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newyorker.com —
In the tumultuous days leading up to the
Pakistan Army’s ground offensive in the tribal area of
South Waziristan, which began on October 17th, the Pakistani Taliban attacked what should have been some of the country’s best-guarded targets. ...
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Seymour M. Hersh: In an unstable Pakistan, can nuclear ...
washingtonindependent.com - 11 days ago
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washingtonindependent.com —
Two senior military officers from the shadowy world
of Special Operations are playing a large and previously
unreported role in shaping the Obama administration’s Afghanistan and Pakistan strategy, a move that underscores that the internal debate has ...
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Special Operations Chiefs Quietly Sway Afghanistan ...
nytimes.com - 13 days ago
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nytimes.com —
WASHINGTON Advisers to President Obama are preparing
three options for escalating the war effort in Afghanistan,
all of them calling for more American troops, as he moves closer to a decision on the way forward in the eight-year-old war, officials ...
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All Afghan War Options by Obama Aides Said to Call for ...
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Asia Times: US threw Abdullah aside to retreat from Af-Pak theater
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... The sudden withdrawal of Abdullah Abdullah from a runoff election against Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan has people scratching their heads. Abdullah himself cited security concerns in withdrawing from the race after fighting to have election irregularities recognized in Karzai’s apparent attempt to falsify the first round’s results. However, Asia Times reports today that the US negotiated Abdullah’s withdrawal as a way to negotiate with the Taliban and retreat from Afghanistan: Abdullah Abdullah, who this week withdrew from the presidential election runoff in Afghanistan, ...
Hillary's Dope Deal
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... 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 mentioned in the story, and probably had something to do with the transaction, if the story is true. Asia Times Online ran a similar story that said “ In exchange for the pullout of the ...
Hillary’s Dope Deal?
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... 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 mentioned in the story, and probably had something to do with the transaction, if the story is true. The Asia Times ...
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