Hillary Clinton's Inner Voice
Washington gasps at Hillary charm-el-shake offensive that leaves Islamabad stunned - US - World - The Times of India: "'Her inner voice became her outer voice,' Martha Raddatz, a veteran NBC correspondent said on the network, explaining that while many in the administration believed what she said to be true (that Pakistan is coddling terrorists), it was rare for America's top diplomat to say it publicly."
Pakistan’s strategic interest in [Afghanistan] is non-negotiable
Globalist - Britain Resolves, U.S. Wavers - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com: "The Taliban are a Pashtun movement. Pashtunistan straddles the porous Afghan-Pakistani border. Afghanistan has always been ungovernable without a Pashtun buy-in. Pakistan’s strategic interest in that buy-in is non-negotiable. These are basic — but long ignored — building blocks of successful strategy."
مکین لدھا میںحتمی جنگ
BBC Urdu - پاکستان - وزیرستان جنگ کے مقاصد کیا ہیں؟: "جنوبی وزیرستان کے شدت پسندوں کو اپنی جنگ ایک ایسے علاقے میں لڑنی ہے جو زیادہ ناسازگار ہے کیونکہ اس ایک تو پانی کم اور پھر جنگل کی پناہ بھی دستیاب نہیں ہے۔ اس لیے غالب امکان یہ کہ غیر ملکیوں سمیت شدت پسندوں کی بڑی تعداد علاقے چھوڑ کر بھاگ جائے گی اور ان کے لیے آسان ترین یہ ہو گا کہ گومل پاس کے راستے بلوچستان کے وسیع تر ویرانے میں لاپتہ ہو جائیں۔"
Nuclear engineer from Cern lab arrested for al-Qaeda links
Times Online: "Fears that al-Qaeda is planning an attack on the nuclear industry in Europe were renewed yesterday after French secret agents arrested a physicist working at an atomic research centre."
Why are scientists such bad spies? | FP Passport
FP Passport: "a U.S. scientist was brought down yesterday for trying to sell state secrets to Israel."
"...little bits of Waziristan throughout Pakistan..."
The battle for 'terror central' in Pakistan - Telegraph: "To put it bluntly, part of Pakistan has been Islamised as a result of American action. And now it is Pakistan that has to deal with the consequences, fighting battles in the way America wants against some of its own people."
The Taliban Surge!
Taliban strength in Afghanistan nears military proportion - Yahoo! News: "WASHINGTON -- A recent U.S. intelligence assessment has raised the estimated number of full-time Taliban -led insurgents fighting in Afghanistan to at least 25,000, underscoring how the crisis has worsened even as the U.S. and its allies have beefed up their military forces, a U.S. official said Thursday."
The Obama administration has already begun to escalate the fighting in Pakistan...
AlterNet: Why Obama Has No Business Trying War in the Nuclear-Armed Powder Keg of Pakistan: "The Obama administration has already begun to escalate the fighting in Pakistan, a policy that could make even the Nixon-Kissinger destruction of Cambodia seem like a pleasant memory."
"What Obama needs is to silence the endless cries for more troops and ..."
Asia Times Online: "What Obama needs is to silence the endless cries for more troops and more war emanating from the military and foreign policy 'experts' around him"
Get Nasty or Go Home | Foreign Policy
Get Nasty or Go Home | Foreign Policy: "an emergency SOS indicating that the U.S.-NATO coalition is close to losing the Afghan war"
Rush Delivery for Mother of All Bunker Busters | Danger Room | Wired.com
Rush Delivery for Mother of All Bunker Busters | Danger Room | Wired.com: "the MOP could be ready for B-2 delivery as early as next summer"
"...biological weapons might have actually increased the probability of a bioterrorist attack..."
Biohazard | Foreign Policy: "the race to develop countermeasures to biological weapons might have actually increased the probability of a bioterrorist attack"
The News International on Civil-Military Disconnect
Certain individuals targeted Army, ISI: "[E]lements within the [Pakistani] government deployed resources to lobby several key United States congressmen for inclusion of anti-military and anti-nuclear programme segments in the controversial US aid bill"
Surprise! Pakistan Siphoned off Billions in U.S. Military Aid | Danger Room | Wired.com
Surprise! Pakistan Siphoned off Billions in U.S. Military Aid: "Musharraf diverted the funds to economic subsidies to bolster his domestic ratings"
Pakistan's army heads into the belly of the beast | The AfPak Channel
Pakistan's army heads into the belly of the beast | The AfPak Channel: "The local population in Mehsud country has been ordered by radio to evacuate the area; tens of thousands have left. Heavy ground operations could begin sometime in October."
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