The tag 'Pakistan' is associated with 10 posts.

Muslim Brotherhood/Islamist Coup Attempt in Bangladesh

Posted by Dave Emory ⋅ January 26, 2012 ⋅ One comment

Islam­o­fas­cist Mus­lim Broth­er­hood behind recent coup attempt in Bangladesh.

Depressing, Terrifying Article about Pakistan’s Nukes

Posted by Dave Emory ⋅ November 7, 2011 ⋅ 7 comments

Pak­istani nukes being dri­ven in easily-hijacked vans. Extrem­ists could access them eas­ily. Pak­istani lead­er­ship more afraid of U.S. than Islamists.

FTR #685 Interview [#4] with Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould

Posted by Dave Emory ⋅ September 15, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Fun­da­men­tal changes are needed in U.S. Afghan pol­icy, includ­ing mod­er­a­tion of the use of fire­power, elim­i­na­tion of cor­rup­tion, alter­ing of pol­icy toward opium pro­duc­tion and rede­f­i­n­i­tion of Amer­i­can society.

FTR #683 Interview (#3) with Elizabeth Gould and Paul Fitzgerald

Posted by Dave Emory ⋅ September 1, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Afghan gov­ern­ment offi­cials over­see mas­sive Afghan heroin traf­fic; the BCCI at the cen­ter of decades of intel­li­gence com­mu­nity drug traf­fick­ing in that area; U.S. may col­lapse like ancient Rome.

FTR #680 Interview [#2] with Elizabeth Gould and Paul Fitzgerald

Posted by Dave Emory ⋅ August 18, 2009 ⋅ One comment

U.S. Cold War pol­icy pro­duces slaugh­ter of mod­er­ates in Afghanistan; Pri­vate cor­po­ra­tions drive U.S. pol­icy in that coun­try and led to U.S. sup­port of Tal­iban; Tal­iban cre­ated by U.S. “ally” Pakistan.

India compiling evidence to share with Pak, rest of world

Posted by ftrsupplemental ⋅ January 3, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

PTI New Delhi: As Islam­abad con­tin­ues to be in denial mode, India is com­pil­ing evi­dence about the role of Pakistan-based ele­ments in the ter­ror strikes for shar­ing it with the world besides the neigh­bour very soon. The evi­dence, being put together, includes the con­fes­sion of the lone ter­ror­ist held in Mum­bai ter­ror attack Ajmal Amir Qasab, [...]

Scenic Pakistani valley falls to Taliban militants

Posted by ftrsupplemental ⋅ December 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

by Nahal ToosiAP ISLAMABAD, Pak­istan – Tal­iban mil­i­tants are behead­ing and burn­ing their way through Pakistan’s pic­turesque Swat Val­ley, and res­i­dents say the insur­gents now con­trol most of the moun­tain­ous region far from the law­less tribal areas where jihadists thrive. The dete­ri­o­rat­ing sit­u­a­tion in the for­mer tourist haven comes despite an army offen­sive that began [...]

Let’s Give Pakistan the Attention It Deserves

Posted by ftrsupplemental ⋅ December 10, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The Mum­bai attack is the lat­est wake-up call. By BERNARD-HENRI LEVYWSJ “The world is decid­edly poorly made,” Asif Ali Zardari, wid­ower of Benazir Bhutto and pres­i­dent of Pak­istan, must be say­ing to him­self. The French expres­sion Le monde est décidé­ment mal fait sums things up quite nicely. For it was at the very moment that [...]

India blames Pakistanis, calls for punishment

Posted by ftrsupplemental ⋅ December 2, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

by Somini Sen­gupta and Robert F. Worth­New York Times Mum­bai, India In a new sign of ris­ing ten­sion between two nuclear-armed neigh­bors, Indian for­eign min­istry offi­cials sum­moned Pakistan’s ambas­sador Mon­day evening and told him Pak­ista­nis were respon­si­ble and must be pun­ished for last week’s ter­ror­ist attacks here, in which 173 peo­ple were killed over three days in [...]

Key Eyewitness In Benazir Bhutto Assassination Case Killed

Posted by ftrsupplemental ⋅ July 23, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The Memri Blog Khalid Sha­hen­shah, the key eye­wit­ness in the Benazir Bhutto assas­si­na­tion case and the Chief Secu­rity Offi­cer to her hus­band Asif Zardari, the leader of rul­ing Pak­istan People’s Party, was shot dead at his door. Accord­ing to a report in the Urdu-language news­pa­per Roz­nama Nawa-i-Waqt, car-borne assailants fired six bul­lets into Khalid Sha­hen­shah in Karachi. [...]

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