21 December 2010

Al Qaeda-Linked Taliban Leader Reported Killed in Khyber Predator Strike [blog], The Long War Journal, 20 December 2010

EXCERPT: "A Taliban leader who commanded one of al Qaeda's military units in northwestern Pakistan is reported to have been killed by US Predators in the Dec. 17 airstrike in the Khyber tribal agency. Ibn Amin, the commander of the Tora Bora Brigade, one of six formations in al Qaeda's Lashkar al Zil or Shadow...

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21 December 2010

, AFP, 21 December 2010

EXCERPT: "Pakistan on Tuesday successfully test fired a medium-range ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads, the military said. The military said in a statement that Ghauri Hatf 5, with a range of 1,300 kilometres (800 miles), could carry conventional and other warheads. The launch was conducted by the Army Strategic Force command's strategic...

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21 December 2010

NATO Denies Having Plans for Raids inside Pakistan, Los Angeles Times, 21 December 2010

EXCERPT: "The NATO force in Afghanistan denied Tuesday that the U.S. military intends to carry out ground raids inside Pakistan in pursuit of insurgent leaders hiding there. The sharply worded statement underscored the extreme sensitivities surrounding the subject of militant sanctuaries in Pakistan, which were identified last week in a White House...

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21 December 2010

Strategic Response to Suicide Terrorism in Pakistan, Pak Institute for Peace Studies, December 2010

EXCERPT: "Countering the suicide terrorism is a formidable challenge for Pakistan for three reasons. First, it is the prime target of suicide terrorism in the world.[9] In 2009, 3,021 Pakistanis were killed in suicide attacks, 33 percent more than in 2008.[10] [...] Second, it is predominantly a Muslim country and religious narratives...

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