Ahmed Omar Abu Ali: Life Sentence For Bush Assassination Plot

Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, a 28-year-old American who is a member of al-Qaeda, was sentenced to life today, July 27, 2009, for his plot to assassinate George W. Bush. Ahmed Omar Abu Ali first came under the radar of the U.S. government in 2003, when he was studying in Saudi Arabia...

DIVERGENCES

Yesterdays New York Times has a story that hints at divergences between the US and Pakistan in the war on terror in Afghanistan. Unnamed Pakistani intelligence officials are reported as having said that Pakistan had concerns that the US operational surge in Afghanistan could...

Zardari admits Pakistan created terrorists

In a rare moment of truth, Pakistan for the first time acknowledged it had itself created terrorist outfits like the Taliban for its short-term goals."In a rare admission, President Asif Ali Zardari conceded that Pakistan -- without naming the country's omnipotent military --...

$3.27 billion goes down Pakistan terror drain this year

In spite of the fact that Pakistan has failed to arrest terror masterminds Osama bin Laden, Ayman Al-zwahiri, Dawood Ebrahim and one-eyed Taliban ruler Mullah Omar, US congress approved new funding for Pakistan that would total $3.27 billion this year.Though Pakistan army...

Peeling the Onion: The Taliban in Pakistan

“The Taliban are no longer a single movement with a single cause, The Taliban have become a phenomena, a hydra with different heads and no centre of gravity, an organizational structure with commonalities but different goals and objectives depending on locations and...