Posted on 21 October 2009.
China’s President Hu Jintao meets with visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani prior to their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. -AFP Photo BEIJING: Chinese President Hu Jintao has advised Pakistan to review its security policy and offered his country’s complete support in the endeavour. Prime Minister Syed [...]
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Posted on 21 October 2009.
Senator John Kerry warned that a surge of troops in Afghanistan would have a destabalising affect on Pakistan. -File Photo Pakistan Pakistan urges Nato to seal Afghan border Pakistan urges Nato to seal Afghan border WASHINGTON: John Kerry, the chairman of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, warned on Sunday that it would be [...]
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Posted on 21 October 2009.
The Pakistani Foreign Minister has categorically stated that Pakistan has no issue with Iran and will cooperate fully with the brotherly government of Iran to halt this nonsense in Sistan-Balochistan. It is obvious that the same forces that are working in Pakistani Balochistan are also working in Iranian Sistan Pakistan, which has dismissed allegations of [...]
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Posted on 21 October 2009. Tags: Taliban, UK
The diplomats, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said insurgents are being airlifted from the southern province of Helmand to the north amid increasing violence in the northern parts of the country. The aircraft used for the transfer have been identified as British Chinook helicopters. The officials said Sultan Munadi, an Afghan interpreter who was [...]
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Posted on 21 October 2009.
RUPEE NEWS EDITORIAL: EDITOR’s FULIMINATIONS and DISQUISITIONS:This weeks Washington Post described the total pandemonium in Kabul and DC. There is abject confusion in the Obama camp because there are two camps. One camp is led by Biden, Clinton and a reluctant Gates. The other hawkish camp is of course led by the generals McChrystal and [...]
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Posted on 21 October 2009.
U.S. Spies Buy Stake in Firm That Monitors Blogs, Tweets America’s spy agencies want to read your blog posts, keep track of your Twitter updates — even check out your book reviews on Amazon. In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the CIA and the wider intelligence community, is putting cash into Visible Technologies, a software firm [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Politics, US CA, US Int Rel.
Posted on 21 October 2009.
Geert Wilders booed offstage in Philadelphia By Gar Swaffar. Some political commentators in Europe are asking: Is Geert Wilders on a Suicide Mission? – Photo: groepwilders.com Vote up this image! Dutch politician and movie maker Geert Wilders raised a storm of disapproval and angry reactions with his movie Fitna. At a recent appearance at Temple [...]
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Posted on 21 October 2009.
The US Civilian Aid package was crafted by Senator Joseph Biden and Senator Lugar—both of whom wanted actually help Pakistan. The original Biden-Lugar bill eulogized Pakistan. There were no restrictive conditions in the bill. After Mr. Haqqani had included all his conditions in cahoots with the Indian and Israeli lobbyists the KLB looked like diktats [...]
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Posted on 21 October 2009. Tags: RAW`s Guerilla Warfare against Pakistan
On Thursday morning, at least 16 people including 12 personnel of the security forces have been martyred in foiling three separate terrorist attacks by killing 9 terrorists at FIA Building, Manawan Police Training Centre and Bedian Elite Police Training Centre in Lahore. Meanwhile on the same day, at least ten persons were killed in a [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, India CA, Pak CA
Posted on 20 October 2009. Tags: Bangladesh left out in the cold, India & China courting Mayanmar
THE strategic and security outlook of Bangladesh is governed by the principles of friendship with all nations and enmity with none, and of preventive diplomacy to engage in constructive dialogues with other nations to reduce risks of conflicts and to resolve disputes in an amicable manner. So, one should not be surprised that Bangladesh is [...]
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