Pakistan soldiers 'confront US'
Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:15:44 GMT
Pakistan soldiers 'confront US'
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/7396366.stm
Published: 2008/09/15 09:48:40 GMT
Pakistani troops have fired shots into the air to stop US troops crossing
into the South Waziristan region of Pakistan, local officials say.
Reports ...
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The US strategy for Afghanistan won't work
Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:02:00 GMT
Patrick Cockburn: The US strategy for Afghanistan won't work
Covert operations only succeed when they have strong local allies who want
outside support
Monday, 15 September 2008
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/patrick-cockburn-the-us-strategy-for-afghanistan-wont-work-930874.html
http://t ...
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George Bush's executive disorder
Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:40:08 GMT
George Bush's executive disorder
Given its miserable record of intervention in Iraq, US strategy in
Afghanistan looks deeply misguided
Robert Fox
guardian.co.uk, Sunday September 14 2008 10:03 BST
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/14/pakistan.usa
The declining months of the George W Bush ...
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The Boys are Back in Town
Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:33:03 GMT
Iraq: Al-Qaida intensifies its stranglehold in the world's most dangerous
city
Insurgents turn de facto northern capital into war zone by exploiting
divisions between Arabs and Kurds
Jonathan Steele in Mosul
The Guardian, Monday September 15 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/15/iraq.alqaida
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What did they say in Iran about Israel?
Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:52:42 +0200
Well, careful, but it looks a little as though Israel itself is saying
nearly the same thing. "No future for Greater Israel". Of course he doesn't
mean, yet, that Israel is dead. But the idea of Israel is fraying at the
edges a little. No doubt it will still be there in five year. But probably
not in a hundred ...
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Pakistan mows down another 60 or more in Bajaur
Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:00:48 GMT
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\09\14\story_14-9-2008_pg1_4
Zawahiri, old chap, you should not have mouthed off at Islamabad so much.
Without Pakistan's accomodation, you would have been dead years ago. But you
wore out your welcome in that country, as you do everywhere you go.
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Opposition revs up in Georgia against Saakashvili
Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:27:11 GMT
the knives are being sharpened for Saakashvili.
By Brian Rohan
PARIS (Reuters) - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili had long planned
a military strike to seize back the breakaway region of South Ossetia but
executed it poorly, making it easy for Russia to retaliate, Saakashvili's
former defence ...
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Interview with Putin: US may have staged Georgian conflict
Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:41:15 GMT
Interview with Putin: US may have staged Georgian conflict
Posted: 2008/09/13
From: Mathaba
A segment of CNN`s interview with Russian President Putin that was
censored.
http://www.mathaba.net/rss/?x=606006
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Facts are sacred ... but comment is free ...
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[OT] Us and Them
Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:49:30 GMT
The funny thing is Brand let America off lightly
India Knight
The Sunday Times
September 14, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/india_knight/article4748836.ece
http://tinyurl.com/5jfcug
The comedian Russell Brand, who is candid about the fact that his ambition
is even bigger than his ...
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New London terror warning
Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:42:20 GMT
New London terror warning
Christina Lamb and Michael Smith
The Sunday Times
September 14, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4749196.ece
AMERICAN raids on Taliban and Al-Qaeda targets in Pakistan could provoke
terror attacks in London,Pakistana??s high commissioner to the UK warned ...
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