Al-Qaeda in Pakistan "Most Dangerous Threat" to US: Report
05 August 2010
, The Associated Press, 5 August 2010
EXCERPT: "The Obama administration said Thursday that al-Qaida's core membership in Pakistan, along with affiliates in Africa and Yemen, poses the most dangerous terrorist threat to the United States and its interests abroad. In its annual report on global terrorism, the State Department said that although al-Qaida suffered some setbacks in Pakistan...
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US, Islamists Compete for Hearts and Minds with Disaster Aid
05 August 2010
, The New York Times, 4 August 2010
EXCERPT: "The United States pledged on Wednesday a major effort to help millions hit by epic floods in Pakistan while also hoping to boost Washington's image there as the country's fragile government struggles with the crisis. Experts said the disaster gave the Obama administration a rare chance to help reverse negative opinion of the U.S. role...
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Swat Valley School Seeks to Turn Boys Away from Extremism
05 August 2010
, The Associated Press, 5 August 2010
EXCERPT: "The painting is disturbing: raindrops shaped like bullets and branches intended to look like blood-soaked necks. The artist was a boy recruited by the Taliban to help kill Pakistani soldiers. He and more than 120 other boys, some as young as 12, now go to an army-run school designed to guide youths in the picturesque Swat Valley away from...
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Lashkar-e-Taiba Expand into Bangladesh
05 August 2010
Pakistani Militants Expand Abroad, Starting in Bangladesh, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 August 2010
EXCERPT: "One morning last November, police investigators scrambled up a hilltop in Chittagong, a sprawling port city in Bangladesh's south. They had come to the redoubt of one of Chittagong's most notorious madrasas. When the team informed local police it would be launching a raid, the local police refused to join in. Bangladesh,...
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Violence in Kashmir a Cyclical Problem
05 August 2010
, The Economist, 5 August 2010
EXCERPT: "During two months of violent protests in Indian-controlled Kashmir the mosque had been barred to stop crowds gathering. The killing of around 45 people in that time?including 29 in the past week?most shot by police, suggests that the policy failed. As the mob surged, the police drew back. Even by its turbulent standards, the Indian-held portion of...
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