Tag: war on terror
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Imran Khan discusses the “War of Terror” & “Pakistani Taliban”
Imran Khan presents a very logical perspective as to why this Army offensive does not necessarily mean an end to this war on terror. Collateral Damage which leaves more civilians dead in its wake will most definitely create more enemies then good. Credit: The Critic Magazine
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A Global issue of Terrorism – Stop Criticizing Pakistan
Pakistan has been in massive fluctuations since the Pakistani government started operation in Swat and the other heaven like valleys in Northern Areas against Taliban. Some of the parties are criticizing the Government owing to operation. All the International countries like US, European etc are also in the favor of operation against the militants. Before…
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Update: Detained Pakistani Students at Manchester
Guest Blog by Amjad Malik, barrister representing the detained Pakistani students in Manchester I was asked by Pakistan High Commission to represent 4 out of 10 Pakistani national students currently detained at Manchester prison who are threatened of deportation on national security grounds. They are being deported on grounds of posing threat to national security…
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Where is the Pakistan Army?
Dr. Farrukh Saleem writes for The News analyzing the strategic deployments of the Pakistan Army according to his rough estimates a total of 89,568 square kilometers of Pakistani territory is either under complete ‘Taliban control’, ‘contested control’ or ‘Taliban influenced’; that’s roughly 11 per cent of Pakistan’s landmass. The sickening reality is that having lost…
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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.…
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Whose God is Great? Another Carnage in Lahore
Guest Blog by temporal from Baithak Blog Finally, at about 4 p.m., police and army commandos stormed the compound. Soon after that, a group of surviving attackers surrendered on the rooftop of the main building. Dozens of police celebrated their triumph by firing into the air and shouting, "God is great." [link] The ides of…
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Eyewitness Report 7:00PM – Lahore Police Academy Siege
Eyewitness reports drafted by Farooq Tariq at 7:00pm Spokesperson Labor Party Pakistan, as shared by hom on the Peoples Resistance network I am now at the compound where this whole incident took place. On the third floor where the four terrorists blew themselves. The body parts are every where, blood is spread all over. Police…
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Eyewitness Report 2:30PM – Lahore Police Academy Siege
Eyewitness reports drafted by Farooq Tariq at 2:30pm Spokesperson Labor Party Pakistan, as shared by hom on the Peoples Resistance network I am writing this at 2.30pm, around 7 hours later than the first fire was shot at Manawan police training center Lahore. I heard most of the blasts and firing that took place during…
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Eyewitness Report 10:30AM – Lahore Police Academy Siege
Eye Witness report drafted at 10:30am by Farooq Tariq the Spokesperson Labour Party Pakistan as posted by him on the Peoples Resistance network I am writing this at 10am on 30 March 2009. As I arrived back from my usual morning walk around 7am, a massive round of firing was heard at my place. I…
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Lahore Police Academy Attack – Live Coverage
Today morning on March 30th a Police Academy in Lahore was attacked by terrorists dressed as Policemen – to montior and record the events by Citizen Journalists we have yet again launched this Live Blog – which shall help everyone stay informed with the coordinated help from everyone keeping an eye on the situation –…
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UCLA Scientist predicts Osama Bin Laden in Kurram Agency [90% probability]
Jaosn Kottke carries a link of a report where a UCLA geography Professor Thomas Gillespie has used a technique typically used for tracking endangered species in order to pinpoint the most likely location Osama Bin Ladin, the worlds most wanted terrorist. In a paper (pdf) published in the MIT International Review Gillespie describes how he…
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Drones parked in our own backyard, to Bomb our own People
In a shocking discovery reports have emerged from simply Google Earth images evidence of three drones parked on an airfield in some remote destination within Baluchistan, the images were captured by orbiting satellites and archived within Google Earth data warehouse to suddenly be discovered recently. Though there is no denying that during the Musharraf regime…
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Insurgency in Swat – Pakistan Army & Solution
Abdullah Saad in his second part analysis of the insurgency in Swat has presented a well thought out plan on how to stop this insurgency in the Northern areas of Pakistan. He first analysis the mistakes made by ANP and the new government, which may have irreparably damaged at least 6 months of efforts made…
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Insurgency in Swat – An analysis
Abdullah Saad writes a very thought provoking article trying to understand the insurgency in Swat. In the first, he makes an attempt at describing the history of Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shareeat-e-Muhammadi and their political and religious motives behind this war. While in the second part of his analysis he tries to divulge the details of Pakistan Army’s current…
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Will Aafia Siddiqui be released on December 17?
Credit About Aafia Blog Looking at how this trial has been conducted so far, there is very little hope that Dr. Aafia Siddiqui will be released even on December 17. To begin with, she was remanded on an accusation which wouldn’t have been taken seriously by any self-respecting court of law. That whole story of…