China says separatists threatened Afghan flight - The Associated Press
ABC NewsChina says separatists threatened Afghan flightThe Associated PressThe flight — the private airline’s first on its new route from Kabul to Urumqi — was diverted to Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. …Xinjiang turns away plane arriving …
Afghanistan's presidential election campaign an exercise in peril - Los Angeles Times
Washington PostAfghanistan’s presidential election campaign an exercise in perilLos Angeles TimesPresident Hamid Karzai, in hat, arrives for a rally in Gardez, Afghanistan. Karzai, who has survived several assassination attempts during his tenure, …
Feared Taliban Leader Killed, But Military Strategy is Not the ... - Religion Dispatches
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Feared Taliban Leader Killed, But Military Strategy is Not the …
Religion Dispatches The ties to al Qaeda are thin, especially among the Pakistan Taliban. Most of the leaders are warlords and opportunists, and much of their support comes … Report: Pakistan Nuclear Facilities Attacked at Least Three Times … Life, death and the Taliban: Blowback US pressure on Pakistan relents |
Influx of Afghan Taliban Worries Pakistan - CBS News
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Influx of Afghan Taliban Worries Pakistan
CBS News “To the best of our knowledge, Taliban move freely across the border. Sometimes the Afghan Taliban, the Pakistan Taliban coordinate, sometimes they don’t. … Pakistan raises concern over US Afghan offensive Pakistan demands US intelligence, ammunition Pakistan’s ‘mock war’ on Taliban |
'New' Group Claims Pearl Hotel Attack
Al Jazeera has a good report on Wednesday’s attack and UPI is reporting that a new group calling itself the Abdullah Azzam Shaheed Brigade has claimed credit for the attack, which killed 17 people. Abdullah Azzam was a Palestinian militant who mentored Osama bin Laden before being assassinated in 1989. It’s not unusual for militant groups such as the Tehrik-i-Taliban […]
Pakistan's Civil War
It is now clear the ISI building in Lahore was the target of Tuesday’s deadly blast. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for the blast yesterday that killed at least 30 people and wounded more than 200.
“We have achieved our target. We were looking for this target for a long time. It was a reaction to the Swat […]
War in Somalia Turns Sectarian
A mass burial of victims killed during fighting in Mogadishu. Photographer: Abdurrahman Warsameh
by ISN Security Watch
Hoo, boy. This is not good:
In the past few months, a new axis of conflict has opened up in Somalia, an essentially governmentless nation ripped apart by rival clans since 1991. Now, in a definitive shift, fighters from different clans are forming alliances […]
"It was always a bad year to get out of Vietnam"
Posted by Christopher Allbritton on July 17, 2009 at 2:21 pm +0000 · 1 Comment
Compare and contrast:
Obama’s Vietnam: “Vietnam analogies can be tiresome. To critics, especially those on the left, all American interventions after Vietnam have been potential “quagmires.” But sometimes clichés come true, and, especially lately, it seems that the war in Afghanistan is shaping up in all-too-familiar ways. The parallels are disturbing: the president, eager to show […]
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