Targeted Killings Product of Ethnic, Political "Turf War"
18 August 2010
Killing Fields of Karachi, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, 18 August 2010
EXCERPT: "For months now, Karachi had been sitting on a powder keg, tensely waiting for that one spark that would blow up the city. The bloodletting that followed the assassination of a MQM legislator, Raza Haider (who happened to be a Shia), in which around 100 people were shot dead, scores of shops and transport vehicles burnt down and all business...
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Environment Threatens Pakistani State: US Report
18 August 2010
, AFP, August 18 2010
EXCERPT: "Environmental woes as witnessed in Pakistan's devastating floods threaten the unity of the nation, exacerbating the threat of Islamic extremists, a said. The study prepared for US lawmakers warned that Pakistan's ecological problems would likely get worse due to climate change, potentially inflaming tensions with nuclear-armed...
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Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia Leaders Agree on Fighting Militants, Drugs
18 August 2010
Pakistan, Russia Back Afghanistan at Rare Summit, DAWN, 18 August 2010
EXCERPT: "The presidents of Pakistan and Russia, two states with a history of difficult relations with Kabul, on Wednesday backed the Afghan government's fight against militants at a rare summit meeting. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hosted Afghan and Pakistani counterparts Hamid Karzai and Asif Ali Zardari in the Black Sea resort of Sochi; its balmy shores...
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Insurgents Exploit Flood Chaos, Clash With Police
18 August 2010
, The Associated Press, 18 August 2010
EXCERPT: "Islamist militants attacked police posts in Pakistan's northwest and killed two civilians active in an anti-Taliban militia, challenging a security establishment straining under a national flooding disaster, police said Wednesday. A group of militants first killed two members of a militia in the Adezai area of Peshawar as they headed...
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