FeedBurner Blues
So, I’ve had it up to … wherever with feedburner.com. It constantly suspends its service and thus stops updating my feed, so you, dear readers, have no idea there’s a new post available. So I’m dumping them like a sack of moldy potatoes.
However, this means you’ll have to update your feeds. I’m sorry about that. But at […]
Mullen: Afghanistan is New Strategic Focus
“Afghanistan has been an ‘economy-of-force’ operation for far too long,” Adm. Mike Mullen said. “The Taliban, aided by al-Qaida and other extremists and safe havens across the border, are recruiting through intimidation, controlling through fear and advancing an unwelcome ideology through thuggery.”
Zardari Surrenders in the Swat Valley
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari signed into law a peace deal with militants in the Swat Valley that would enshrine Islamic law in the former Alpine tourist resort just 100 miles from Islamabad. The above video shows what can be expected under the Pakistani Taliban’s rule.
Zardari is weak. He was being pressured by the U.S. and human […]
Slouching Towards Oblivion
There can be no question the Pakistani state is coming under increasing strain from militants, its political system and its international relations. The question is, Where is its breaking point and what can be done to prevent it? And if it comes, then what?
Militant pressures
A largely takfiri and Pashtun insurgency has been spreading out of the tribal […]
Is Pakistan Coming Unglued?
The various Pakistani news wires are abuzz with rumors of crisis and brinkmanship in Pakistan. Some quick hits:
The government threatened to prosecute opposition leader Nawaz Sharif for “sedition” if protests planned for later this week turn violent. “Sharif and other political opponents are set to join lawyers demanding the restoration of a former chief justice of Supreme […]
Pakistan Claims 700 Taliban Dead? Yeah, right.
Posted by Christopher Allbritton on May 12, 2009 at 5:06 am +0000 · 2 Comments
Color me skeptical, but Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik is claiming Pakistan’s offensive in the NWFP has killed 700 Taliban fighters.
“More than 700 militants have been killed during the last four days. Fifty-two Taliban fighters were killed in Swat in the last 24 hours,” he said. He said the operation would continue till the last Taliban […]
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