UK Moves to Ban TTP under Terrorism Act
18 January 2011
Britain Moves to Ban Pakistani Taliban under Terror Law, Reuters, 18 January 2011
EXCERPT: "Britain has moved to ban the Pakistani Taliban as a terrorist group, making it illegal to belong to or raise funds for the organisation in Britain, the government said on Tuesday. Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan is the group most influenced by al Qaeda and is the main militant alliance based in northwestern Pakistan, focussing on attacking the Pakistani...
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Army Rangers Search Homes, Arrest Hundreds of Suspects in Karachi
18 January 2011
Karachi Violence: Pakistani Troops Search Homes, Arrest 500 Suspects, The Times of India, 18 January 2011
EXCERPT: "After a week of targeted killings that left more than 40 people dead, Pakistan's paramilitary troops launched a search operation in different parts of Karachi, arresting five hundred suspects on Tuesday. Large contingents of Army Rangers entered Karachi's Faqir colony and Orangi town and conducted a door-to-door search operation...
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Another Military Intervention in Pakistan Unlikely: Brief
18 January 2011
History May Not Repeat Itself for Pakistan, National University of Singapore // Insitute of South Asian Studies, 7 January 2011
EXCERPT: "Pakistan is currently facing a serious political crisis. It has many dimensions ? economic, political, and extremism inside and outside its western borders. It is the rise of extremism that poses an existential threat to the country. In fact, the Pakistani society is at war with itself with extremist...
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Pakistan's Failure to Hit Militant Sanctuaries Makes Drone Targeting Easier
18 January 2011
, The New York Times, 17 January 2011
EXCERPT: "Pakistan's refusal to attack militants in a notorious sanctuary on its northwest border may have created a magnet there for hundreds of Islamic fighters seeking a safe haven where they can train and organize attacks against NATO forces in Afghanistan. But theirs is a congregation in the cross hairs. A growing number of...
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