US-Pakistan Relations Strained as Political Instability Looms
01 October 2010
, The Washington Post, 30 September 2010
EXCERPT: "Political upheaval in Pakistan and a sudden rupture in relations with the United States have heightened the Obama administration's concern about the stability of a crucial partner in its Afghanistan war strategy. Pakistani authorities closed the principal U.S. military supply route into Afghanistan on Thursday in response to an early morning U.S....
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Bin Laden Criticizes Flood Response, Calls for a New Relief Body
01 October 2010
, The Washington Post, 1 October 2010
EXCERPT: "Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden called for the creation of a new relief body to help Muslims in an audiotape released Friday, seeking to exploit discontent following this summer's devastating floods in Pakistan by depicting the region's governments as uncaring. It was the third message in recent weeks from al-Qaida figures concerning...
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Dozens of NATO Supply Trucks Torched on Route to Afghanistan
01 October 2010
NATO Tankers Torched in Pakistan, but Alternative Routes to Afghanistan Limited, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 October 2010
EXCERPT: "Unknown assailants destroyed nearly 40 vehicles, mostly NATO tankers bringing oil to Afghanistan, on a nighttime raid in southern Pakistan early Friday. The trucks had halted overnight in the town of Shikarpur en route to the only border crossing into Afghanistan that remains open following Pakistan's...
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Musharraf Admits Mistakes, Launches New Party
01 October 2010
, The Associated Press, 1 October 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan's ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf apologized Friday for mistakes made during his last term in office as he launched a bid to return to power. Musharraf told scores of cheering supporters that some of his decisions had negative repercussions for his nation of 175 million. But the leader who stepped down in 2008 amid...
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