Pakistan Reconsiders N. Waziristan Operation
30 April 2010
, The New York Times, 29 April 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistani officials recognize that the evolving nature of the militants has made them more dangerous ? and made the necessity of going after them in North Waziristan increasingly unavoidable. 'Their nexus with the Punjabi Taliban have given them greater reach,' a Pakistani law enforcement official said. But even as there is a growing...
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Mehsud No Longer in Charge: Pentagon
30 April 2010
Dead or Alive, Mehsud Not Running the Pakistani Taliban: US, AFP, 29 April 2010
EXCERPT:"It remains unclear if the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, is dead or alive but he is no longer running the militant force, a Pentagon spokesman said on Thursday. 'I can't tell you definitively one way or the other' about the fate of Mehsud, press secretary Geoff Morrell told a news conference. Mehsud was reported...
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30 April 2010
Pakistan's Punjab Heartland Alive with Extremist Groups, DAWN, 30 April 2010
EXCERPT: "Even the Pakistan army conducts military operations against Taliban guerrillas in northwest tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, banned al Qaida-linked groups are operating openly in the Pakistani heartland of Punjab, which itself has been the target of dozens of terror attacks. The province on Pakistan's eastern border with India is home to...
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Renaming of Province Highlights Ethnic Tensions, Risk of Talibanization
30 April 2010
The Hazara Division of Pakistan-Growing Talibanization amidst Political Instability and Ethnic Tension, Terrorism Monitor, 29 April 2010
EXCERPT: "Recently the terrorism-battered northwest frontier of Pakistan was hit by another kind of mayhem when the previously peaceful Hazara Division of the former North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) witnessed bloody clashes between police and rioters over the issue of renaming the province 'Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa'....
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Pakistan Builds Up Navy to Fight Terrorism, Piracy
30 April 2010
, Oneindia News, 23 April 2010
EXCERPT: "The Pakistan Navy is planning a massive overhaul of its current fleet and would acquire several new ships and other hardware in order to effectively face terrorism and piracy challenges posed in the high seas. Interacting with reporters on the sidelines of the Defence Services Asia (DSA) 2010 exhibition,...
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TTP Leader Alive: ISI
29 April 2010
Pakistan Taliban Chief Hakimullah Mehsud Is Alive, Says Spy Agency, The Guardian, 28 April 2010
EXCERPT: "The Taliban leader in Pakistan, Hakimullah Mehsud, survived an American drone strike in January and is alive and well, a senior official with Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence agency told the Guardian today. Mehsud was reported to have died in a CIA drone strike in South Waziristan in January but, although Pakistan's...
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Pakistan Thins Indian Border Defense to Battle Insurgency: Pentagon
29 April 2010
Pakistan Moves 100,000 Troops from Border with India: Pentagon, Deccan Herald, 29 April 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan has moved 100,000 troops from its borders with India, thinning the lines, to bolster its campaign against Taliban and other militants on its restive border with Afghanistan, the Pentagon said on Thursday. The mass shifting of troops is an acknowledgement of the fact that terrorism and internal insurgency were posing more threat...
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Pakistan Fails to Protect Religious Minorities from Violence, Discrimination: Report
29 April 2010
Pakistan - Annual Report 2010, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, 28 April 2010
EXCERPT: "Systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of freedom of religion or belief continue in Pakistan. Religiously discriminatory legislation, such as the anti-Ahmadi laws and blasphemy laws, foster an atmosphere of intolerance. Sectarian and religiously-motivated violence is chronic, and the government has failed to protect...
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Drone Pilots Could Be Tried for "War Crimes": Expert
29 April 2010
, Wired // Danger Room, 28 April 2010
EXCERPT: "The pilots waging America's undeclared drone war in Pakistan could be liable to criminal prosecution for 'war crimes,' a prominent law professor told a Congressional panel Wednesday. Harold Koh, the State Department's top legal adviser, outlined the administration's legal case for the robotic attacks last month....
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Civilian Deaths Spike in Afghanistan and Pakistan: NCTC Report
28 April 2010
Pakistan, Afghanistan Make South Asia Terror Capital, DAWN, 28 April 2010
EXCERPT: "Increases in terror attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan triggered a spike in the number of civilians killed or wounded there last year and pushed South Asia past the Middle East as the top terror region in the world, according to new figures compiled by a US intelligence agency. Thousands of civilians ? overwhelmingly Muslim ? continue to be slaughtered...
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