guardian.co.uk - 10/23/2008
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Members of religious party Jamaat e-Islami yesterday at a protest against US airstrikes along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan Members of religious party Jamaat e-Islami yesterday at a protest against US airstrikes along Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan. Photograph: Fayyaz Hussain/Reuters
foreignaffairs.org - 10/23/2008
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foreignaffairs.org —
Ending Chaos in Afghanistan and Pakistan Barnett R.
Rubin and Ahmed Rashid From Foreign Affairs , November/December...
2008 Summary: The crisis in Afghanistan and Pakistan is beyond the point where more troops will help. U.S. strategy must be to seek ...
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From Great Game to Grand Bargain - Barnett R. Rubin and ...
longwarjournal.org - 10/31/2008
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longwarjournal.org —
The US has struck again inside Pakistan's lawless
tribal areas. The latest airstrike targeted a key al...
Qaeda facilitator who served as a bridge between the Taliban and al Qaeda. The US is also stating that al Qaeda operative Khalid Habib was killed ...
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US strikes kills al Qaeda operatives in North & South ...
newsweek.com - 10/17/2008
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newsweek.com —
This time it wasn't the terrorist scare making
Pakistanis nervous. Depositors thronged banks over the last few...
days to retrieve cash and valuables. Rumors that the government was on the verge of seizing bank lockers and foreign-currency accounts to ...
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Can Pakistan Stay Afloat? | Newsweek International
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Pakistan rejects 'America's war' on extremists
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... said Raza Rabbani, a leading member of the ruling Pakistan People's party. "As far as the US is concerned, the message that has gone with this resolution will definitely ring alarm bells, vis-a-vis their policy of bulldozing Pakistan." The resolution, passed unanimously in parliament on Wednesday night demanded the abandonment of the use of force against extremists, in favour of negotiation, in what it called "an urgent review of our national security strategy". Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/24/pakistan-us...
Pakistan To Talk it Out
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... international allies would come under severe strain, adding further instability to a country facing a spiral of violence and economic collapse.
“We need to prioritise our own national security interests,” said Raza Rabbani, a leading member of the ruling Pakistan People’s party. “As far as the US is concerned, the message that has gone with this resolution will definitely ring alarm bells, vis-a-vis their policy of bulldozing Pakistan.”
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Gates of Vienna News Feed 10/24/2008
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... Pakistan Rejects ‘America’s War’ on Extremists Serious doubts multiplied yesterday about Pakistan’s commitment to America’s military campaign against al-Qaida and the Taliban after parliament overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling for dialogue with extremist groups and an end to military action. The new strategy, backed by all parties, emerged after a fierce debate in parliament where most parliamentarians said that Pakistan was paying an unacceptable price for fighting “America’s war”. If implemented ...
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longwarjournal.org 11/20/2008 —
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US and Pakistani forces operating along the porous border between Afghanistan’s Paktika province and the Waziristan tribal areas in Pakistan’s tribal areas ...
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longwarjournal.org 11/7/2008 — After a one-week lull, the US has struck an al Qaeda training camp inside Pakistan's lawless tribal belt.
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longwarjournal.org 12/15/2008 —
Map of the tribal areas and the Northwest Frontier Province. The government signed peace agreements in the red agencies/ districts (the military said Shangla was under Taliban control in October); purple districts are under de facto ...
Double-Teaming Pakistan
blogs.abcnews.com 12/22/2008 — ABC News' Luis Martinez and Kirit Radia Report: In another sign of how importantly the US military is taking its relationship with Pakistan, the Pentagon announced that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen visited Pakistan earlier...
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