WIkiLeaks Exacerbate Strains in US-Pak Relations: Analysts
30 July 2010
WikiLeaks' Fallout for U.S.-Pakistan Ties [audio], Council on Foreign Relations, 30 July 2010
EXCERPT: "The classified U.S. military documents related to the war in Afghanistan leaked by WikiLeaks.org paint a grim picture of collusion between Pakistan's intelligence service, the Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and members of the Afghan Taliban. While the allegations laid out in the documents--that the ISI supports...
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Disarming of Key City Proposed to Stop Targeted Killings
30 July 2010
Targeted Karachi Killings Lead to Calls to Disarm City, Central Asia Online, 28 July 2010
EXCERPT: "Disarming Karachi is essential to control the city's skyrocketing rate of assassinations, analysts say. Worried about increases in targeted killings, political observers are demanding that the government de-weaponise the city and divert funds into economic policies, such as reducing poverty and increasing job opportunities, to curb the...
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Press Q&A with Admiral Mullen on AfPak Security
30 July 2010
Pakistan Press Avail, Delivered by Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff, July 24, 2010
EXCERPT: "[Q] Admiral, you were just quoted in New Delhi saying something that we do not always agree to the whole way the ISI works: 'The manner that they work, we have our differences.' Can you expand on that? Exactly where do you differ on the manner of working? [A] It is both the Pakistan ? the military...
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Lashkar-e-Taiba Expands Focus, Links with Al-Qaeda
30 July 2010
Lashkar-e-Taiba's Growing International Focus and Its Links with al-Qaeda, The Jamestown Foundation // Terrorism Monitor, 29 July 2010
EXCERPT: "Recent revelations that several so-called 'home-grown militants' connected to terrorist plots in Europe, North America and Australia had passed through camps controlled by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) have generated growing concern that the group may be emerging as a new global actor working...
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30 July 2010
C. Christine Fair, Neil Malhotra, and Jacob Shapiro, [pdf] via the Human Security Gateway, Center for Economic Research, Pakistan, 28 December 2009
EXCERPT: "Combating militant violence?particularly within South Asia and the Middle East'stands at the top of the international security agenda. Despite the extensive literature on the determinants of political...
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Pakistan Furious after UK PM's "Exporting Terror" Remark
29 July 2010
Pakistan Furious about Cameron's Terrorism Allegations, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 29 July 2010
EXCERPT: "A diplomatic row has broken out between the United Kingdom and Pakistan after U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron accused elements of Pakistan's security and intelligence services of promoting the export of terrorism. Pakistani officials are reportedly furious about Cameron's remarks and say they have damaged the...
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Pakistanis "Less Wary" of Taliban: Survey
29 July 2010
Pakistanis "Less Wary" of Taliban, Al Jazeera, 29 July 2010
EXCERPT: "Fewer Pakistanis are concerned about armed groups like the Taliban and al-Qaeda, according to a new survey from the US-based Pew research centre.Such groups remain deeply unpopular in Pakistan, and a majority of the Pakistani public views them as a threat, but they are viewed slightly more favourably than last year, Pew's results indicated. The...
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Army Chief Balances All Sides of Conflict
29 July 2010
, Associated Press, 29 July 2010
EXCERPT: "As the U.S. searches for an exit from Afghanistan, it is increasingly relying on Pakistan's powerful army chief to help pave the way ? despite fresh allegations that spies under his command have long aided the Taliban. Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani's critical role in the Afghan conflict was reinforced this month when the civilian government...
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US Congress Rejects Pullout of Troops from Pakistan
29 July 2010
US Congress Rejects Pullout of Troops from Pakistan , DAWN, 29 July 2010
EXCERPT: "The US Congress has overwhelmingly rejected a resolution demanding the withdrawal of US troops from Pakistan. The measure, moved in the House of Representatives, was sponsored by two anti-war Republican congressmen ? Dennis Kucinich (Ohio) and Ron Paul (Texas) ? and was in reaction to reports that the US was running a secret war in Pakistan. The lawmakers...
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Govt Attempts to Rehabilitate "Would-Be Suicide Bombers"
28 July 2010
Pakistan Attempts Rehabilitation of Would-Be Suicide Bombers, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 28 July 2010
EXCERPT: "As suicide bombings have become a common tactic of terrorist groups in Pakistan, the authorities are now trying to rehabilitate would-be attackers, RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal reports. A suicide bomber who killed eight people on July 26 outside the home of a provincial minister near Peshawar is representative of the...
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