UK Anti-Terror Chief Bob Quick Quits Over Pathway Memo Blunder

Britain's top counter-terrorism officer has resigned after a blunder in which he accidentally revealed a secret document to photographers that could have jeopardised an operation against al-Qaeda. Assistant Commissioner Bob Quick had faced intense criticism from opposition...

White Paper of the Interagency Policy Groups Report on US...

The United States has a vital national security interest in addressing the current and potential security threats posed by extremists in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In Pakistan, al Qaeda and other groups of jihadist terrorists are planning new terror attacks. Their targets...

Obama warns of Al-Qaeda Threat, Urges European Cooperation

US President Barack Obama has called on Nato to make better use of resources in Afghanistan, calling the al-Qaeda network more of a threat to Europe than the US. " Speaking before a Nato summit co-hosted by France and Germany, he said the US wanted to see a stronger Europe. ...

Afghanistan - Putting A New Coat on a Failed Strategy

Afghanistan - Putting A New Coat on a Failed Strategy by Ron Jacobs I turned on the television Friday, March 27, 2009. It was tuned to C-SPAN. Barack Obama's speech on Afghanistan was being televised. Listening only to the words of his introductory comments and ignoring the...

Pakistan: Cut Off All India Links Pending Lahore Investigations

"The Pakistani intelligence report released by The News confirms two things: It is time for Pakistan to take punitive measures against India and stop allowing India the use of Pakistani transit and air routes pending the Lahore probe and, two, that the U.S.-installed...

Pak’s Defense Private Sector Emerges with Indigenous Drones

Back in 1970, the American Army Gen. William Westmoreland is reported to have said: “On the battlefield of the future, enemy forces will be located, tracked and targeted almost instantaneously through the use of data links, computer-assisted intelligence and automated fire...

Troop Surge in Afghanistan is a Military Fallacy

" By Faryal Leghari Khaleej Times Online Afghanistan, at the centre of global strategic focus during the days of the Afghan jihad against the Soviet Occupation in the 1980s regained significance after 9/11 attacks as the US-led coalition launched strikes against the Taleben...

CIA: Secret Operations, Drug Money

" By Farzana Shah Monday, 23 February 2009. In Afghanistan, U.S./NATO have put the blame on Taliban for poppy cultivation to finance their resistance to allied forces. Ironically, it was only in Taliban era when the world had seen a sharp decline in opium crop in...

America Confusing Swat

Swat is exactly what the demonization of Afghan Taliban and the creation of a fake ‘Pakistani Taliban’ is all about. Pakistan has supported Afghan Taliban, so create these monsters inside Pakistan, call them ‘Taliban’, make them kill ordinary Pakistanis mercilessly,...

Must Read: CIA Versus ISI

"Why CIA Is Engaged In Motivated Campaigns Against Pakistan’s ISI, Military? The American CIA almost killed Musharraf.  The ISI is familiar with terrorism inside Pakistan by the spy agencies of many countries. Even Libya’s Gaddafi once ordered a couple of bombings...

Pakistan’s Security Advisor: Traitor Or Downright Idiot?

BrassTacks analysis and rebuttal to Rehman Malik’s ‘admission of guilt’ on the Mumbai drama. On Monday, Feb. 9, FIA, which conducted the investigation under Mr. Malik, said it needed more information from India to take its investigations further. What was the radical...