Posted on 17 June 2011.
Not a day goes by when there isn’t a leak in the New York Times and the Washington Post about Pakistan. It is amazing that both papers, ostensibly totally independent with nothing to do with each other published the same story about the pressure on General Kayani to keep his job. While there was genuine [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Pak CA, Politics, US CA, US Int Rel., US Poli
Posted on 16 June 2011.
Michael Scheuer was one of the original CIA agents who was assigned to the “hunt Bin Laden Cell”. The cell was abolished by Presient Bush and resurrected by President Obama. His latest article sheds light on what is going on “Here’s how Afghanistan ends — America looses, Islam wins, and a new Muslim generation joins [...]
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Posted in Afghan, Current Affairs, Pak CA, Politics, US CA, US Int Rel., US Poli
Posted on 16 June 2011.
The term “Clash of Civilizations” was originally used by Bernard Lewis in an article in the September 1990 issue of The Atlantic Monthly titled “The Roots of Muslim Rage”. In response to Francis Fukuyama‘s 1992 book, “The End of History and the Last Man” Samuel Huntington had asked a question in a lecture titled “Clash [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Pak CA
Posted on 15 June 2011.
China is building dams on th Yartung Tsangpe rive also known as the Brhamaputra when it crosses the border into Bharat. While Bharat continues to violate the Indus water treaty, it is constantly whining about the Chinese. There is a one colossal difference–Delhi has a water haring treaty with Islamabad, an d does not have [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, India CA
Posted on 15 June 2011.
The SCO is expanding. There are indications that Pakistan will be allowed to join the organization. There are press reports that India has also shown interst in joining he SCO. There is a problem. China is still opposed to the membership of Delhi in the China led organization. “At present, the country most opposed to [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, India CA, Pak CA, Politics, US CA
Posted on 15 June 2011.
Many of the US trainers have been sent back to America and the CIA footprint is being restricted. According to sources at PNC Mehran, Rupee News has larened that the operation was conducted by foreigners. The source said that the sophistication of the attack told the Special Services Group (SSG) that the operation could not [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Pak CA, Politics, US CA, US Int Rel.
Posted on 15 June 2011.
President Ahmadinejad dashed to Astan before the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) visit and tried to convince the Russians and his hosts about accepting Iran into the SCO. Apparently they said no to Tehran. The Iranian president did ask the SCO to take a more active role in undermining the US-led global system of “slavers and [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Pak CA, Politics, US Int Rel.
Posted on 15 June 2011.
When Somali pirates took over the cargo ship MV Suez they took several Pakistani and Indians captive. THe Egyptian company agreed to pay the Somali pirates $1 million and Pakistan and India were supposed to pay them $500,000 each. At the last moment Delhi reneged and Pakistan made upt he difference. MV Suez was again [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, India CA, Pak CA
Posted on 13 June 2011.
Pakistani philanthropists collected and paid the ransom demanded by the Somali pirates. It was supposed to be a joint Indo-Pakistan effort to get the Bharati and Pakistani hostages released. At the last moment they did not live up to the demand of the pirates. The ransom was collected after the Bharati philanthropists backed out of [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Pak CA, Uncategorized
Posted on 13 June 2011. Tags: PakAsia
“Pakistan manzil nahin–nishan e manzil hai” Those who are scared by the treacherous bombs or the temporary physical discomforts of the infrastructure must remember that millions gave their lives, property, and life-style to create a new country on the map of the world. We have external enemies who exploit our weaknesses and internal Mir Jaffars [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, History, Pak CA, S. Asia History, Uncategorized