US Drone Activities in Pakistan
20 July 2010
US Drone Activities in Pakistan, Council on Foreign Relations, 19 July 2010
EXCERPT: "Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), often referred to as drones, have become increasingly important in U.S. efforts to strike militants in Pakistani regions bordering Afghanistan. In its first eighteen months, the Obama administration authorized more drone attacks in Pakistan than its predecessor did over two terms. UAV strikes in Pakistan have also been...
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Pakistan Investigates Ex-Army Officers in Mumbai Attacks
20 July 2010
Pakistan Investigates Ex-Army Officers in Mumbai Attacks, The Wall Street Journal, 20 July 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan is investigating the possible involvement of two former army officers and four other militants in the 2008 attacks on Mumbai based on new information provided by India, according to a senior Pakistani government official. But the government denies India's assertions that Pakistan's military spy agency orchestrated...
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Blast Evidence Suggests Militants Switching Tactics: Official
20 July 2010
, Asia Times Online, 21 July 2010
EXCERPT: "The discovery of a 'shaped charge' - an explosive charge shaped to intensely focus the effect of the explosive's energy - at the scene of a recent attack in Pakistan has raised fears that al-Qaeda aims to switch from targeted terrorist attacks to a high-level insurgency - a form of urban guerrilla warfare. A senior Pakistani counter-terrorism...
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Clashes Erupt Following Fatal "Blasphemy" Shooting
20 July 2010
Pakistan City Tense after "Blaspheming" Christians Shot, BBC News, 20 July 2010
EXCERPT: "Police reinforcements have been called in the Pakistani city of Faisalabad a day after two Christians charged with blasphemy were shot dead outside court. Clashes broke out in the city, home to a large Christian community, after the brothers were gunned down. Pastor Rashid Emmanuel, 32, and Sajid, 24, were accused of writing a pamphlet...
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