news.antiwar.com - 11/12/2008
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As the US strikes continue , so do Pakistan’s complaints about them. At a meeting last week with General David Petraeus, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari cautioned that the US strikes were causing a credibility gap , as the Pakistani government struggled to explain why one of its closest ...
longwarjournal.org - 11/19/2008
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longwarjournal.org —
An unmanned US Predator aircraft attacked a Taliban
and al Qaeda safehouse in the Bannu Frontier Region...
east of North Waziristan early today, according to reports from the region. At least five people were killed in the early morning airstrike, ...
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US Predator strikes al Qaeda & Taliban outside of ...
longwarjournal.org - 11/7/2008
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After a one-week lull, the US has struck
an al Qaeda training camp inside Pakistan's lawless tribal...
belt. US unmanned Predator aircraft fired four missiles into a camp in the village of Kumsham in North Waziristan, AFP reported . Up to 14 people ...
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US Predators strike al Qaeda camp in North Waziristan
americanprogress.org - 11/18/2008
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Advancing a New Strategy for Prosperity and Stability
in Pakistan and the Region By Caroline Wadhams ,...
Brian Katulis , Lawrence J. Korb , Colin Cookman | November 17, 2008 Download the full report (pdf) Pakistan lies at the nexus of one the world's ...
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Tomgram: No Breathing Space in Washington
TomDispatch —
... more air strikes in Afghanistan in support of U.S. troops this year, and the missile-armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) now making almost daily strikes across the border in Pakistan, remain part of George W. Bush's Air Force, but only until January 21, 2009. Then, they -- and all the brides and grooms of Afghanistan and in the Pakistani borderlands who care to have something more than the smallest of private weddings -- officially become the property of President Barack Obama. ...
Don't Let Barack Obama Break Your Heart
Antiwar.com Original —
... more air strikes in Afghanistan in support of US troops this year, and the missile-armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) now making almost daily strikes across the border in Pakistan, remain part of George W. Bush's Air Force, but only until January 21, 2009. Then, they and all the brides and grooms of Afghanistan and in the Pakistani borderlands who care to have something more than the smallest of private weddings officially become the property of President Barack Obama. That's a sobering thought. He is, in fact, inheriting from the Bush administration a widening war ...
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Who goes there?
pajamasmedia.com 12/8/2008 — The Times of India reports that US policy makers are having second thoughts about whether Pakistan is in the main, friend and not foe.
The United States is dusting off a long-discarded proposal to declare Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism. But ...
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wonkroom.thinkprogress.org 11/26/2008 — Our guest bloggers are Caroline Wadhams , National Security Senior Policy Analyst at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, and Jenny Shin.
In more disturbing news for Pakistan’s security situation and the U.S.-NATO mission in Afghanistan, ...
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longwarjournal.org 10/26/2008 — The Taliban continue to target the tribes that are attempting to organize in the Northwest Frontier Province and the lawless tribal areas. Taliban forces in Swat attacked a tribe that has organized against the extremists in the Matta region.
At ...
Russia rejects U.S. missile proposals —
Reuters: Politics 11/12/2008
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Wednesday rejected U.S. proposals aimed at easing concerns over a missile defense system in Europe and said it would try again to resolve the row once Barack Obama is in the White House.
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