Posts Tagged ‘Pakistan’

Pakistan Scrambles Jets as India Threatens

Filed under: Pakistan — by Will Kirkland 12/22/2008 @ 9:40:11 PM
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“… Pakistan scrambled fighter jets over several of its larger cities Monday, and India’s foreign minister told a gathering of Indian diplomats in New Delhi that the country is keeping … [Keep reading >>]

Terrorism for All

Filed under: Terrorism — by Will Kirkland 12/13/2008 @ 1:51:31 PM
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Terrorism and the Need for Context

From Arundhati Roy via Tom Dispatch

There is a fierce, unforgiving fault line that runs through the contemporary discourse on terrorism. On … [Keep reading >>]

Pakistan Goes After Lashkar in Kashmir

Filed under: Pakistan — by Will Kirkland 12/7/2008 @ 10:36:05 PM
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This looks to be significant news.

Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist Zakiur Rehman Lakhwi, accused of masterminding the Mumbai attacks, is among over 20 members of the group arrested by Pakistani security forces during … [Keep reading >>]

Pakistan Market Bombing

Filed under: Asia | Pakistan | Terrorism — by Will Kirkland 12/5/2008 @ 3:48:24 PM
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At least 20 people have been killed and 70 injured in a suspected car bombing in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say.

The blast hit a heavily populated area … [Keep reading >>]

U.S. Carrier Forces in Arabian Sea?

Filed under: Asia | War | Weapons — by Will Kirkland 12/5/2008 @ 8:23:46 AM
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The Pakistan Observer is publishing the Israeli military-connected Debka sourced material regarding U.S. naval moves in the Arabian sea. Eye.

At least one of the carriers, the USS Theodore Roosevelt … [Keep reading >>]

Mumbai: Demonstrations

Filed under: Asia | Citizen Action | Terrorism — by Will Kirkland 12/3/2008 @ 9:00:21 PM
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Marchers by the thousands in Mumbai today, with everything on their minds — from condemning their own politicians, to anger at Pakistan, to sorrow amongst the … [Keep reading >>]

India-Pakistan: What Now?

Filed under: Asia | Terrorism — by Will Kirkland 12/3/2008 @ 8:39:12 AM
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The great fear following the attacks in Mumbai is that a cross border attack on “terrorist training camps,” by India into Pakistan will lead to a response by Pakistan, forced … [Keep reading >>]

The Theories about Mumbai

Filed under: Asia | Terrorism — by Will Kirkland 12/1/2008 @ 11:20:41 AM
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Now is the time, before the facts are in, for opinions to fly. Who did it? For what reason? Of course, behind every explanation are a raft of … [Keep reading >>]

Mumbai Terror Not Directed at Westerners

Filed under: Terrorism — by Will Kirkland 11/29/2008 @ 9:57:51 AM
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Humankind’s natural tribalism always surfaces in extremity. Hundreds of people are known to be slaughtered and the constant question on U.S. [or U.K. or Thai or Japanese] media is: … [Keep reading >>]

India Response

Filed under: Terrorism — by Will Kirkland 11/28/2008 @ 10:52:10 AM
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The big worry in the wake of the horrific and well planned attacks in Mumbai is what follows.

Prime Minister Singh has invoked India’s National Security Act, which puts the Nuclear … [Keep reading >>]

Mumbai Update

Filed under: Pakistan | Terrorism — by Will Kirkland 11/27/2008 @ 4:13:02 PM
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Apparently the attackers in Mumbai came by sea.

At least some of the terrorists, said to be in their early twenties and armed with AK-47 assault rifles and hand grenades, landed … [Keep reading >>]

Pakistan and Chapter 11

Filed under: Economy | Pakistan — by Will Kirkland 10/7/2008 @ 9:39:05 PM
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Pakistan Facing Bankruptcy

“Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves are so low that the country can only afford one month of imports and faces possible bankruptcy .. and is planning to ask the … [Keep reading >>]

Words for Acts

An avidity to punish is always dangerous to liberty. It leads men to stretch, to misinterpret, and to misapply even the best of laws. He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.

Tom Paine

---"Dissertations on First Principles of Government," 1795


RepublicanGomorrah

Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party, by Max Blumenthal.


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