Blackwater Operating at CIA Pakistan Base: Ex-Official
11 December 2009
Blackwater Operating at CIA Pakistan Base, Ex-Official Says, The Guardian, 11 December 2009
EXCERPT: "The US contractor Blackwater is operating in Pakistan at a secret CIA airfield used for launching drone attacks, according to a former US official, despite repeated government denials that the company is in the country. The official, who had direct knowledge of the operation, said that employees with Blackwater, now renamed Xe Services,...
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Govt Establishes New Anti-Terrorism Institution
11 December 2009
, China View, 11 December 2009
EXCERPT: "Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Friday that a new body 'National Counter-Terrorism Authority' (NACTA) has been established to formulate and implement a comprehensive and effective counter-terrorism strategy, the official news agency APP reported. Briefing the newsmen, Malik said the institution will keep data of terrorists, their...
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Insurrection, Terrorism, and the Pakistan Army
11 December 2009
[pdf], Pakistan Security Research Unit // Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, 10 December 2009
EXCERPT: "There are two main domestic challenges facing the Pakistan army: the insurgency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), and other extremist violence throughout the country. The two eruptions are promoted by criminally fanatical groups who have been...
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"Are Pakistani Jihadis Going Global?"
11 December 2009
The Chicago Suspect: Are Pakistani Jihadis Going Global?, TIME, 8 December 2009
EXCERPT: "Among all the sensational details emerging from the terrorism charges against David Coleman Headley, the American national charged with involvement in last year's terrorist attack in Mumbai, it's easy to miss this one: Headley is alleged to have been working for the Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). For intelligence experts...
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US Coordinating with Pakistan on Troop Surge
11 December 2009
U.S. Coordinating With Pakistan on Troop Surge: Holbrooke Says, Bloomberg, 11 December 2009
EXCERPT: "The U.S. is working aggressively with Pakistan to prevent the American troop surge in Afghanistan from pushing insurgents across the border, a top diplomat said. Richard Holbrooke, U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, also said that while pressure on al- Qaeda has intensified under President Barack Obama, the capture...
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Displaced Waziristan Women Rue Loss of Life in Seclusion
11 December 2009
Displaced Waziristan Women Rue Loss of Life in Seclusion, The National, 9 December 2009
EXCERPT: "Tribeswomen forced by conflict to leave the high-walled compounds of their isolated village homes in South Waziristan and seek refuge in adjacent urban centres are mourning the loss of a life of social seclusion, refugees and relief workers said. About 330,000 refugees of the Mehsud tribe fled to the cities of Dera Ismail Khan and Tank after...
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