news.bbc.co.uk - 3/6/2009
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A shattered windscreen at the scene of the attack in Lahore (03/03/2009)
news.bbc.co.uk - 3/13/2009
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Missiles fired by an unmanned US drone have
killed at least 24 people in Pakistan's Kurram tribal...
region near the Afghan border, officials have said. Local officials said the dead were local Taleban and that the toll may rise. Thirty others were ...
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BBC NEWS | South Asia | Drone 'kills 24 Pakistan Taleban'
news.bbc.co.uk - 3/3/2009
antiwar.com - 3/7/2009
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Excerpt: The tempestuous relationship between the United States
and Pakistan is akin to a sordid soap opera...
featuring a fickle, selfish lover and her unpredictable mistress prone to volatile tantrums.
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The Pakistani Monster
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Pakistan facing 'mortal threat'
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... to face a "very grave situation" that was worsening. (snip) He pointed to the fallout between President Asif Ali Zardari and former PM Nawaz Sharif, who was last week banned from elected office by the Supreme Court. Mr Miliband urged politicians to unite, saying: "I think that the degree of political disunity that exists at the moment is only contributing to the problem." He added that country's economic decline in the global credit crunch was also a major factor. Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7927859.stm
Guest Post by Katherine Tiedemann: A PAK-age Deal
The Washington Note —
... British foreign secretary David Miliband stated recently what is fast becoming trite conventional wisdom in the Af-Pak morass: that Pakistan's internal militants present a "mortal threat" to the state of Pakistan. ...
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