Bhutto blamed Ejaz Shah for plots to kill her

The political heir of slain twice-premier Benazir Bhutto has openly accused former dictator General Pervez Musharraf for being responsible for the killing of his mother."London: Pakistan People's Party Chairman...

Choksy on Iran: 'situation very grave for Iranian people'

Indiana University professor of Iranian Studies and specialist on Iranian history and religions, Jamsheed Kairshasp Choksy, thinks the situation is very grave for the Iranian people. " "I think the situation is...

$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...

THE TERROR TRAIL

Last night a bombing attack destroyed the Pearl Continental Hotel—located in a high security zone and Peshawer’s only five star hotel. Before that the ISI ‘s provincial headquarters in Lahore had been bombed and in between there was the suicide bombing of the Police...

It’s Time to Reopen Investigations: OKC Bombing, TWA Flight 800

Similarities exist between the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City and the July 17, 1996, disaster involving TWA Flight 800 off the coast of Long Island.  In each case, government officials discredited and/or ignored the...

Mia Bloom -- What the Tigers Taught Al-Qaeda

" By Mia Bloom Sunday, May 24, 2009 It took a pitched two-hour gun battle with Sri Lankan special forces. Then a rocket launched into his armor-plated ambulance. But last Monday, death finally came to Velupillai...

Letter Reveals How to Politely Decline Being Used

Andrew C. McCarthy sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder yesterday that’s receiving a lot of attention.  A polite “Thanks, but no thanks” means of declining an invitation to participate in a...

Iran 'leading terrorism sponsor':US report

"Iran is most active state sponsor of terrorism" it is what the US state department says.The exis of evil game is getting intensified, probably they are in urgent need of new play ground to play dirty war politics.Same thing happened with Iraq, when Saddam challenged the...

Talking to the Taliban

No matter how much leverage you hold over a country, it is rare that you can get it to act against its core self-interest. The United States has struggled with this dilemma for decades in regards to its relations with Israel and South Korea. Self-interest based on the facts...

Do U.S. drones kill Pakistani extremists or recruit them?

WASHINGTON — Even as the Obama administration launches new drone attacks into Pakistan's remote tribal areas, concerns are growing among U.S. intelligence and military officials that the strikes are bolstering the Islamic insurgency by prompting Islamist radicals to...

What's the Problem With Pakistan?

Is there any doubt about that? The army, for all practical purposes, has been and remains in charge. It has steadily increased its power since the first military coup in 1958. The military has a veto over most critical decisions affecting both foreign and security policies,...

Obama’s new strategy sours US-Pakistan ties

US President Barack Obama’s new strategy is causing serious differences between the United States and Pakistan over how to fight the militants hiding in the Pak-Afghan region.

Tony Blair: God helped me with Iraq

Recently converted Catholic, Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister of the United kingdom told BBC radio recently his religious beliefs helped him with the mental decision of invading Iraq and puting UK lives in...

60 US drone hits killed 14 al-Qaeda men, 687 Pakistani civilians

A report has made some important disclosures about the US drone strikes inside Pakistan between January 14, 2006 and April 8, 2009. It reveals that out of 60 such strikes, actual targets were hit only in 10...

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