Archive | June, 2011

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus).

Shaheen vs. Eagle

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 Poli2 Comments

The CIA prepared a series of leaflets for use ...

The US defeat in Afghanistan will galvanize forces everywhere: Scheuer

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 Poli20 Comments

Source: Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civ...

SCO: The Clash of Civilizations begins in earnest

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 CA17 Comments

Map of the Brahmaputra/Yarlung Tsangpo river.

India whines about Brahmaputra waters

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 CA3 Comments

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India joining SCO makes as much sense as China joining SAARC

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 CA8 Comments

Members of the Afghan national army stand in f...

Antagonizing the Shaheen

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.5 Comments

President of Iran @ Columbia University.

SCO says ‘Nyet’ to Iran

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.1 Comment

somali pirates at large

India refuses to help MV Suez crew: Pakistan saves it again

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 CA2 Comments

MV Centauri, hijacked by the Somalian pirates ...

Who paid ransom to Somali pirates?

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, Uncategorized6 Comments

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Pakasia: The future of Pakistan

“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, Uncategorized178 Comments

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