Pakistani Village Fights Taliban Grip On Its Youth
18 January 2010
, The Washington Post, 18 January 2010
EXCERPT: "When a suicide bomber drove his truck into a village volleyball game and a crowd of spectators in northwestern Pakistan a little more than two weeks ago, the explosion killed young men from nearly every family in the small, closely knit tribal community. One of them was the bomber. The events that led to the New Year's Day massacre...
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US-Funded Pashto Radio a New Weapon in War Against Taliban
18 January 2010
US-Funded Pashto Radio a New Weapon in War Against Taliban, The Globe and Mail, 16 January 2010
EXCERPT: "Funded by U.S. Congress, Radio Mashaal represents a first salvo in a new war of words against the Taliban that the West acknowledges it has been losing. As Washington steps up drone attacks in northwest Pakistan, another equally important battle is being waged on the airwaves for hearts and minds of Pashtuns living in the border...
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Public Dismayed by Crisis of Governance
18 January 2010
Dire Straits for Pakistan, International Relations and Security Network, Security Watch, 18 January 2010
EXCERPT: "While the war on terror rages in Pakistan's tribal regions, with attacks claiming more and more civilian lives and US drone strikes complicating matters further, the country faces a multitude of other problems, including a catastrophic energy crisis in the midst of a severe winter, a dire financial crunch, and a weakened...
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Elite US Troops Ready to Combat Pakistani Nuclear Hijacks
18 January 2010
Elite US Troops Ready To Combat Pakistani Nuclear Hijacks, Times Online, 17 January 2010
EXCERPT: "The US army is training a crack unit to seal off and snatch back Pakistani nuclear weapons in the event that militants, possibly from inside the country's security apparatus, get their hands on a nuclear device or materials that could make one. The specialised unit would be charged with recovering the nuclear materials and securing them....
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Drones Target Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Leader Mehsud, Kill 20
18 January 2010
US Drone Strike Kills 20 in Pakistan: Official, The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 January 2010
EXCERPT: "A US drone attack has killed at least 20 militants in a restive Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan, where the Pakistani Taliban chief escaped an attack four days ago, officials say. The attack took place on Sunday in the Shaktoi area, 40 kilometres south-east of Miranshah, the main town in the rugged tribal region of North Waziristan,...
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