Blackwater’s Secret War in Pakistan being Verified
Jeremy Scahill writes a must read detailed report on the operations of Blackwater in Pakistan. His extensive investigation naturally starts off from The White House which refused to comment or respond to his emails but a spokesperson from the US Department of Defense denied the presence of Blackwater in Pakistan to categorically say “We [...]
Open Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Your Excellency,
Allow me to apologize to you for not being able to be present during your address to civil society at the hallowed campus of Government College University in my beloved city of Lahore. Much as I would have wanted to benefit from the wisdom of your analysis and foresight, I could not make the [...]
Torture, Cover-up and the American Civil Liberties Union – A Desi Connection
Jameel Jaffer and Amrit Singh may not mean anything to most readers. Jameel Jaffer is a London, Ont. born litigator for the American Civil Liberties Union and Director of the ACLU's National Security Project. Amrit Singh is Manmohan Singh's daughter and is a Staff Attorney at the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project.
credit Ruby Washingon, NYT and [...]
Bilawal Zardari bumps a seat in the Pakistani Delegation to the White House
A casual glance at this picture above taken a few weeks back one would generally not have seen the anomaly but a careful look reveals the problem, a high level meeting in Washington between the respective Presidents of The United States of American, Afghanistan and Pakistan, seems ordinary enough. Generally such a meeting is [...]
US-Pakistan-Afghanistan Summit: To Disrupt, Dismantle, and Defeat Al-Qaeda
Whoever has a better idea would win the battle.
The Taliban’s Atomic Threat: John Bolton’s Fear Mongering
Afghanistan is not a nuclear power. Yet the alleged conspirators of 9/11 emerged from there.
Two Washingtonians On Pakistan
Pakistan. ’s neo-conzix point man Husain Haqqani in Washington wrote in WSJ:
Now that the Taliban have been driven out of Buner, and Pakistani forces have militarily engaged them just outside their Swat Valley stronghold, it should be clear to all that Pakistan can and will defeat the Taliban.
Leap of logic by a person who could [...]
Taliban factions potentially joining forces against Obama, Zardari & Karzai
We have long since known that the Taliban entity is not a mere single unified front waging a war in the North Western regions of Pakistan but a hodge podge of various groups working independently for their own vested interests. There are potentially three Taliban factions one headed by Baithullah Mehsud which was working [...]
More drones and more suicide attacks – Where are we going?
Guest Post by Insouciant
As the new Afghan-Pakistan policy of Obama is unfolding it is now evident that the drones attack will be an essential part of it. Another drone attack in Orakzai agency was carried out yesterday that left nearly 14 dead and several injured. The victims included foreign militants, locals, women and children. Yes, [...]
Pakistan is the ‘Most Dangerous Country’ – Rethink Afghanistan
The Brave New Foundation has launched an effort Rethink Afghanistan to better help the American people understand the ongoing problem in Afghanistan and has produced the second video in its initiative. In the second video Bruce Riedel the leading foreign policy expert for President Obama’s Afghanistan review, has called it “the most dangerous country [...]
Poem For Barack, Michelle, Sasha, and Melia Obama
barak and michelle
m and i share your concern
for the privacy
and well being
of sasha and melia
may your children
get good education
and medical care
and grow up
balanced individuals
ready to take their place
in the affairs of our world
unlike the children in gaza
let me add briefly
am disappointed
at your silence
you did speak out
as president elect
on other issues
is apartheid,
ghettoisation
ethnic cleansing
and loss of civilian [...]
Would We Understand Barack Obama?
Guest Post by Farrah K Raja
For quite a while we the visitors on this blog at least have been going through ups and downs and heated debates, we are not afraid to confront our political traumas and to discus religious or social dilemmas.
We the Pakistanis are a surprise to ourselves. Largely we contained our anger, [...]
The Pakistan Test
An article appeared in New York Times discussing the tender situation that confronts Pakistan, Nicholas Kristof has presented Pakistans’ case well, more discussion on Pakistan follows on his blog. Nick has offered four solutions on how Barack Obama might help bring Pakistan out of its present problems. First is to slow the money [...]
The reaction of Obama’s Victory in Pakistan
Guest blog by Muhammad Saad
Barack Obama’s recent election as the next US president has been met with widespread acclaim all over the world. However, in Pakistan, which has been a frontline state in the ‘War on Terror’ since September 11, 2001, Obama’s victory has met with either cautiously optimistic or sceptic reactions. His recent statements [...]
Hillary Clinton eyeing US Secretary of State job
It seems Hillary Clinton is set to accept the job of US Secretary of State offered by Barack Obama, who apparently is reaching out to former rivals to build a broad coalition administration. It might be a good move as it would really bring in the best of what the Democratic party had to [...]
