US Warns of Heightened Force Unless Pakistan Acts More Aggressively
08 December 2009
, The New York Times, 7 December 2009
EXCERPT: "The Obama administration is turning up the pressure on Pakistan to fight the Taliban inside its borders, warning that if it does not act more aggressively the United States will use considerably more force on the Pakistani side of the border to shut down Taliban attacks on American forces in Afghanistan, American and Pakistani officials said....
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New Controls on Militant Charities Stifle Eid Fundraiser
08 December 2009
New Controls on Militant Charities Stifle Eid Fundraiser, The National, 8 December 2009
EXCERPT: "A lucrative annual fundraising drive conducted by Kashmir-focused Pakistani militant groups has been largely ended by a government ban, analysts and residents of several cities said. The charitable offshoots of such groups as Lashkar-i-Taiba, accused of carrying out the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, have for decades enjoyed a...
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The Jihadist Strategic Dilemma
08 December 2009
The Jihadist Strategic Dilemma, STRATFOR, 7 December 2009
EXCERPT: "With U.S. President Barack Obama's announcement of his strategy in Afghanistan, the U.S.-jihadist war has entered a new phase. With its allies, the United States has decided to increase its focus on the Afghan war while continuing to withdraw from Iraq. Along with focusing on Afghanistan, it follows that there will be increased Western attention on Pakistan. Meanwhile,...
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Battered Pakistan Turns to Clerics
08 December 2009
, Asia Times Online, 8 December 2009
EXCERPT: "Following the killings in Rawalpindi of top retired and serving military officials and their children during Friday prayers, Pakistan has scrambled to redefine its anti-terror approach. This has included input from the Muslim religious elite and reflects a major shift in national policy, which until now has been obsessed with destroying militants who use...
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Pakistan Spy Agency Office Attacked
08 December 2009
Pakistan Militants Bomb Multan, 100 Dead in Five Days, Bloomberg, 8 December 2009
EXCERPT: "Militants bombed a fifth Pakistani city in as many days, the latest attack in a nationwide surge in violence that has killed about 100 people, half of them in the country's economic powerhouse region of Punjab. A bomb near the spy agency's office in the Punjab city of Multan killed 12 people. Earlier, Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said 40...
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