Nuclear Weapons Safe but Vulnerable, Militants More Coordinated: US
03 February 2010
Pakistan's Nuclear Security Has Vulnerabilities: US, Reuters India, 3 February 2010
EXCERPT: "The United States believes Pakistan can protect its nuclear weapons but vulnerabilities remain, the director of the U.S. Defence Intelligence Agency said on Tuesday. 'We have confidence in Pakistan's ability to safeguard its nuclear weapons though vulnerabilities exist,' Lieutenant General Ronald Burgess said in testimony to...
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Pakistan Key to Reconciliation with the Afghan Taliban
03 February 2010
, The Canadian Press, 3 February 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan's links with Taliban leaders believed based in the country could prove vital to the Afghan government's renewed push to make peace with the insurgents, a potential benefit from relationships that have been relentlessly criticized by the U.S. But experts warn that even Pakistan, which armed...
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Intensified Drone Campaign Kills at Least Ten Militants in Northwest
03 February 2010
US Missile Strike Kills 10 Militants in Pakistan, Reuters, 2 February 2010
EXCERPT: "Pilotless U.S. drones fired 18 missiles into a Pakistani sanctuary for al Qaeda and Taliban fighters on the Afghan border on Tuesday, killing at least 10 militants, residents and security officials said. The United States has stepped up drone strikes on militant sanctuaries on the Pakistani side of the Afghan border since a December 30 suicide bombing...
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Troops Deployed in Tense Karachi
03 February 2010
Pakistani Troops Deployed in Tense Karachi Amid Clashes, BBC News, 3 February 2010
EXCERPT: "The authorities in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi have deployed paramilitary troops following several days of deadly clashes. The administration has also enforced a ban on public gatherings in the hope of controlling violence which has claimed at least 20 lives since the weekend. The clashes have taken place mainly between activists...
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Bomb Kills Eight at School Opening
03 February 2010
Blast Hits Pakistan School Opening, Al Jazeera, 3 February 2010
EXCERPT: "A roadside bomb has killed at least eight people, including three US military personnel and four school girls, near a girls' school in northwest Pakistan. Local police said that Wednesday's blast was caused by an improvised explosive device... Pakistani officials said a Frontier Corps soldier and four schoolgirls also died. 'We have four dead bodies...
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