US Threatens to Cut Pakistan Aid over Davis Case
10 February 2011
, AFP, 8 February 2011
EXCERPT: "US lawmakers threatened to cut aid to Pakistan unless it freed an American detained in a shadowy murder case, as Washington intensified pressure on its uneasy war partner. The United States has already warned that high-level dialogue would be at risk unless Pakistan releases US diplomatic official Raymond Davis, who said he was acting in self-defense when...
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India, Pakistan Agree to Resume Peace Talks
10 February 2011
, The Washington Post, 10 February 2011
EXCERPT: "India and Pakistan have agreed to resume formal peace talks that were broken off after the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai. The decision could lessen tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals and will be welcomed by the Obama administration. The United States has been pressing the Indian government to resume the dialogue with Pakistan, partly...
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Boy Suicide Bomber Kills 31 Soldiers in Mardan
10 February 2011
Boy Suicide Bomber Kills 31 at Pakistan Army, Reuters, 10 February 2011
EXCERPT: "A boy in a school uniform blew himself up at a Pakistani army recruitment center on Thursday, killing 31 cadets, officials said, in an attack that challenges government assertions it has weakened militants. The army has carried out a series of offensives against the Qaeda-linked Pakistani Taliban, which claimed responsibility for the attack. Operations...
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Al Qaeda and Associated Movements in 2011: Report
10 February 2011
A Threat Transformed: Al Qaeda and Associated Movements in 2011, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, 8 February 2011
EXCERPT: "Al Qaeda today poses a far different threat from that posed on September 11, 2001. What was once a hierarchical organization composed of Osama bin Laden and his close associates has grown to include an array of regional terrorist groups, small cells, and even individuals. This report terms these entities...
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