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Intelligence: Pakistan "On the Edge"
Ace of Spades HQ — NIE Leak: Pakistan "On the Edge" President Obama might get his chance to conduct the Great Overmountain Invasion of Pakistan after all. A growing al Qaida-backed insurgency, combined with the Pakistani army's reluctance to launch an all-out crackdown, political infighting and energy and food shortages are plunging America's key ally in the war on terror deeper into turmoil and violence, says a soon-to-be completed U.S. intelligence assessment. A U.S. official who participated in drafting the top secret National Intelligence Estimate said it portrays the situation in Pakistan as ...

ThinkFast: October 15, 2008
Think Progress — ... that his campaign has been so desperately lacking in recent weeks.” A soon-to-be completed U.S. intelligence assessment portrays the situation in Pakistan as “very bad,” “very bleak,” and “on the edge,” according to U.S. officials who spoke to McClatchy. One official summarized the estimate’s conclusions about the state of Pakistan as: “ no money, no energy, no government .” Bush administration officials, in their last weeks in office, “are pushing to rewrite a wide array of federal rules with changes or additions that could block product-safety lawsuits by consumers and ...

New intelligence report says Pakistan is 'on the edge'
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... of all 16 U.S. intelligence agencies. The NIE on Pakistan, along with others being prepared on Afghanistan and Iraq, will underpin a "strategic assessment" of the situation that Army Gen. David Petraeus, who's about to take command of all U.S. forces in the region, has requested. The aim of the assessment — seven years after the U.S. sent troops into Afghanistan — is to determine whether a U.S. presence in the region can be effective and if so what U.S. strategy should be. Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/53926.html

Wednesday's Mini-Report
Political Animal — ... . * McClatchy reports , "A U.S. official who participated in drafting the top secret National Intelligence Estimate said it portrays the situation in Pakistan as 'very bad.' Another official called the draft 'very bleak,' and said it describes Pakistan as being 'on the edge.'" * The Bush administration "issued a ...

Financial Crisis Impacting Fight Against AQ
democracyarsenal.org — ... Right here we have a case where the global financial crisis is directly impacting our ability to fight Al Qaeda.  The intelligence community has reportedly concluded that one of the reasons we have not been able to convince the Pakistani military and government to go after Al Qaeda in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas is because of how unpopular the U.S. is in Pakistan.  As intelligence officials have explained: ...

A Foreign Policy Vote for Barack and Joe
Taylor Marsh — ... Unfortunately, Obama-Biden will take over when Pakistan is at a tipping point. The Federally Administered Tribal Area bordering Afghanistan is now dangerously infiltrated with Islamic extremists, which are threatening the Karzai government. Zardari’s position is also perilous, not only politically, but because anti American sentiment has grown, but also because of widespread poverty, food shortages and the currency collapse. Pakistan is close to coming unglued. We haven’t begun to talk about India, with the balance of power in this entire region ...

Taylor Marsh: A Foreign Policy Vote for Barack and Joe
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Unfortunately, Obama-Biden will take over when Pakistan is at a tipping point. The Federally Administered Tribal Area bordering Afghanistan is now dangerously infiltrated with Islamic extremists, which are threatening the Karzai government. Zardari's position is also perilous, not only politically, but because anti American sentiment has grown, but also because of widespread poverty, food shortages and the currency collapse. Pakistan is close to coming unglued. We haven't begun to talk about India, with the balance of power in this entire region teetering on collapse. ...