UN Report Strongly Criticizes US Drone Attacks
02 June 2010
, The New York Times, 2 June 2010
EXCERPT: "A senior United Nations official said on Wednesday that the growing use of armed drones by the United States to kill terrorism suspects is undermining global constraints on the use of military force. He warned that the American example will lead to a chaotic world as the new weapons technology inevitably spreads. In a 29-page report to the...
Read the post »
Extremists Strive to Exploit India-Pakistan Water Dispute
02 June 2010
, The Washington Post, 28 May 2010
EXCERPT: "The latest standoff between India and Pakistan features familiar elements: perceived Indian injustices, calls to arms by Pakistani extremists. But this dispute centers on something different: water. Militant organizations traditionally focused on liberating Indian-held Kashmir have adopted water as a rallying cry, accusing India...
Read the post »
Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islami
02 June 2010
Discourse on Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islami and Its Founder Abu al-Ala al-Mawdudi, Small Wars Journal, 2 June 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has expended extensive efforts in imposing their vision of Sharia on Pakistan's public life since the founding of the state in 1947. They stand opposed to any secular ideas introduced into Pakistan and are intolerant of other Muslim belief systems that do not espouse their views. JI,...
Read the post »
Indian Mujahideen: An Assessment
02 June 2010
[pdf], The National Bureau of Asian Research, January 2010
EXCERPT: "[...] Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and the Indian Mujahideen (IM) has long-standing ties to global Islamist organizations, including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Harkat-ul-Jihad-Islami (HUJI), and mafia as well as Pakistani intelligence agencies and other criminal and militant organizations...
Read the post »