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The Return of Barbarism How imperialism corrupts the soul of America by Justin Raimondo,

October 25, 2011
The Return of Barbarism  How imperialism corrupts the soul of America  by Justin Raimondo,

The Return of Barbarism How imperialism corrupts the soul of America by Justin Raimondo, October 24, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum “We came, we saw, he died,” babbled our notoriously bloodthirsty Secretary of State as news of Moammar Gadhafi’s grisly murder hit the headlines. Throwing her arms up in a gesture of mock-triumph, she averred – [...]

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Guantanamo. No end in sight

September 14, 2011
Guantanamo. No end in sight

    “This is the war that has marked our generation,” the commander of the Guantanamo Base said as he spoke to dozens of soldiers ahead of a commemorative run to honour military members killed in the past 10 years since 9/11. Some soldiers had pictures of the victims taped to their running shirts. The [...]

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The justice system

August 22, 2011
The justice system

Karen J. Greenberg, Taking the Justice Out of the Justice System Posted by Karen J. Greenberg at 5:01pm, August 21, 2011. Can you even remember the world before 9/11?  You know, the one where you weren’t stripped in the airport or body-wanded at the ballpark?  It’s as much a lost world as anything Conan Doyleever imagined.  And it seems there’s [...]

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Afghanistan: Peace without Justice a David Swanson article

August 17, 2011
Afghanistan: Peace without Justice a David Swanson article

Peace Without Justice: A Strategy for Carnage in Afghanistan By davidswanson - Posted on 17 August 2011 By Jean Athey, Peace Action Montgomery “It seems that the U.S. and NATO cannot imagine any other options for getting out of Afghanistan other than to kill their way out or buy their way out,” Fabrizio Foschini, who is with the Afghanistan [...]

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An interesting overview of what the Pentagon has spent and how Panetta’s gloom and doom pans out

August 16, 2011
An interesting overview of what the Pentagon has spent and how Panetta’s gloom and doom pans out

Chris Hellman, The Pentagon‘s Spending Spree Posted by Christopher Hellman at 7:46am, August 16, 2011. China just launched a refitted Ukrainian aircraft carrier from the 1990s on its first test run — and that’s what the only projected “great power” enemy of the U.S. has to offer for the foreseeable future.  In the meantime, the U.S. Navy has [...]

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You may associate a lute with pleasant music but this one plays all the harsh notes. A General’s view of the time is right.

July 30, 2011
You may associate a lute with pleasant music but this one plays all the harsh notes. A General’s view of the time is right.

You may find the following NY Times article of interest. In many ways it demonstrates via an announcement from one of the security frenzied people that infest the secretive world of war and combat, the lack of awareness of who the enemy, if there is one may be. It all starts from the imperial project’s [...]

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Puppets in revolt

July 26, 2011
Puppets in revolt

The war in Iraq created another ‘puppet’ regime. (Zoriah.net) By James Petras  Empires are built through the promotion and backing of local collaborators who act at the behest of imperial rulers. They are rewarded with the outward symbols of authority and financial handouts, even as it is understood that they hold their position only at the tolerance [...]

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War on the Muslim World

July 26, 2011
War on the Muslim World

Back to Basics in the War on the Muslim World John Glaser, July 25, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Comment | Antiwar Forum Arguments both for and against, say the war in Iraq, or in Afghanistan, tend to get clouded by whatever tangential political vocabulary is popular in any given week or month (surgical [...]

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War fatigue in the United States, to say nothing of the dead and dying in the countries invaded.

July 24, 2011
War fatigue in the United States, to say nothing of the dead and dying in the countries invaded.

War Fatigue and the Uncritical Critics of War by Hannah Gurman, July 23, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum From Iraq to Afghanistan to Libya, the first decade of the 21st century has solidified the U.S. reputation as the energizer bunny of war. While these conflicts continue to rage on, there are a [...]

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Attempt to charge CIA lawyer of use of Drones

July 15, 2011
Attempt to charge CIA lawyer of use of Drones

  The CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Photograph: Danita Delimont/Getty Images/Gallo Images Campaigners against US drone strikes in Pakistan are calling for theCIA‘s former legal chief to be arrested and charged with murder for approving attacks that killed hundreds of people. Amid growing concern around the world over the use of drones, lawyers and relatives of [...]

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The cowards, criminals and others with their Drone machines

July 12, 2011
The cowards, criminals and others with their Drone machines

US Drone Strike Kills 12 in North Waziristan Several Others Reported Wounded in Datta Khel Attack by Jason Ditz, July 11, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum US drones today fired at least four missiles against a house and a vehicle in the Datta Khel district of Pakistan’s North Waziristan Agency, killing at [...]

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US State Department gets Washington Post to let you know where Pakistan fits into the deaths of Australian aqnd other troops in Afghanistan.

July 3, 2011
US State Department gets Washington Post to let you know where Pakistan fits into the deaths of Australian aqnd other troops in Afghanistan.

U.S. turns to other routes to supply Afghan war as relations with Pakistan fray By Craig Whitlock, Sunday, July 3, 9:54 AM The U.S. military is rapidly expanding its aerial and Central Asian supply routes to the war in Afghanistan, fearing that Pakistan could cut off the main means of providing American and NATO forces with fuel, food and equipment. Although Pakistan [...]

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Is Panetta a saint or a war criminal?

July 2, 2011
Is Panetta a saint or a war criminal?

    Is Leon Panetta a Saint—or a War Criminal? by David R. Henderson, May 17, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum David R. Henderson’s Introduction: The first part of this article’s title is absurd, right? How could the head of the CIA, a man who sends drones to kill alleged terrorists and [...]

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What will the US do with live terrorists.

June 30, 2011
What will the US do with live terrorists.

Adm. McRaven: Obama administration has no plan for captured terrorists By Craig Whitlock, Published: June 29 The top military official involved in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden said Tuesday that the Obama administration has no clear plan for handling suspected terrorist leaders if they are caught alive outside a war zone. Vice Adm. William H. McRaven told [...]

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Losing in Afghanistan if that’s possible in any war; is no reason to think it’s possible to win any war, if done another way. Article by Bari Atwan

June 28, 2011
Losing in Afghanistan if that’s possible in any war; is no reason to think it’s possible to win any war, if done another way. Article by Bari Atwan

US Afghan roop withdrawal is Victory for Taliban 25 June 2011 To paraphrase George Orwell, the shortest route to ending a war is to lose it. US President Barack Obama’s announcement that he will withdraw 33,000 US troops from Afghanistan in one year’s timeis a frank admission of defeat and a desperate attempt to minimize [...]

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Obama. All wars continue.

June 27, 2011
Obama. All wars continue.

Obama Soldiers On ‘Centering’ on Afghanistan: a speech that pleased no one by Justin Raimondo, June 24, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum In his speech explaining why the US cannot withdraw from Afghanistan any earlier than 2014 – at the earliest — President Obama wasted no time in waving the bloody shirt [...]

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Drawdown still leaves 70,000 there for several more years. All a numbers game of smoke and mirrors

June 26, 2011
Drawdown still leaves 70,000 there for several more years. All a numbers game of smoke and mirrors

Posted on Jun 24, 2011 U.S. Army / Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith By Eugene Robinson Some heard a declaration of victory, others an admission of defeat. The many contradictions in President Obama’s speech about Afghanistan Wednesday night were perhaps intended to obscure the bottom line: Tens of thousands of American troops will remain for at least three more [...]

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Politics and how to fight wars

June 26, 2011
Politics and how to fight wars

Politics shapes strategy in conflicts of choice — which is another reason to avoid them In National Review, The Weekly Standard, and the Washington Post, leading War on Terror hawks are expressing outrage at the timeline President Obama set for troop reductions in Afghanistan. Their complaint: politics is driving American policy. “So why September 2012?” Bill Kristol writes. [...]

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Pakistan expels UK personnel

June 26, 2011
Pakistan expels UK personnel

Pakistan expels British trainers of anti-Taliban soldiers Pakistan has expelled a team of at least 18 military advisers. Photograph: Warrick Page/Getty Images Pakistan has expelled a team of British military trainers sent to help with the fight against the Taliban and al-Qaida, as the fallout from the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden continues to rock relations between [...]

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Minor withdrawal

June 23, 2011
Minor withdrawal

Minor Withdrawal in Afghanistan, War Continues by John Glaser, June 22, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum President Barack Obama announced Wednesday night from the White House his plan to withdraw 10,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of this year and all of the 33,000 surge forces by the end [...]

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The drawdown that really is no drawdown but just a re-election ploy by Obama.

June 23, 2011
The drawdown that really is no drawdown but just a re-election ploy by Obama.

All this may look good but think about the fact that they should not be there at all and that a mercenary army will have ti be there to protect their precious assets and it all comes to nought. Now how long ago was it that the great crawler Julia said we were there regardless? [...]

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Memo to all imperial project lackeys; the people are watching your actions. Someone please tell boots and all Gillard what US citizens think

June 22, 2011
Memo to all imperial project lackeys; the people are watching your actions. Someone please tell boots and all Gillard what US citizens think

Poll: Americans Who Favor Withdrawing Troops Quickly at All-Time High   CHRIS HONDROS/GETTY IMAGES Lt. John Paszterko, with the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division, talks with a local farmer while on patrol last year near Kandahar, Afghanistan. By Sara Sorcher Updated: June 21, 2011 | 6:30 p.m. June 21, 2011 | 1:51 p.m. Americans in record [...]

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Ending the war on Terror

June 20, 2011
Ending the war on Terror

Karen Greenberg, How to End the War on Terror Posted by Karen J. Greenberg at 5:21pm, June 19, 2011. [Note for TomDispatch Readers: Only two days left to get your personalized, signed copy of the must-read history book of the summer, Adam Hochschild’s bestselling To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918, in return [...]

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Life on your knees a one act play starring Gillard and Rudd

June 19, 2011
Life on your knees a one act play starring Gillard and Rudd

Despite Gillard‘s crawling to Obama it seems she may be the last to know what the real US attitude is to Afghanistan, particularly with an election looming in the US.  Unfortunately for lapdogs and the servile once you start on your hands and knees you really never get to stand on your own two feet. [...]

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Can someone please ask Gillard to answer to the people about Afghanistan.

June 10, 2011
Can someone please ask Gillard to answer to the people about Afghanistan.

Apart from the droning, repeated  and servile pronouncements from Gillard will she ever address what concerns most of the world at the moment in Afghanistan. Listening to her whining  tone reiterating her commitment to go the distance could she for a brief moment pay more than lip service to the dead and dying in Afghanistan [...]

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The Afghanistan numbers game. How many do you pull out?

June 7, 2011
The Afghanistan numbers game. How many do you pull out?

So the size of the U.S. troop pullout President Obama is slated to announce later this month now varies by an order of magnitude: those who want to preserve the gains earned over the past year are suggesting about 3,000 — of the 100,000 U.S. troops now there — would be about the right number [...]

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Most Australians and US citizens think war on terrorism failing

June 4, 2011
Most Australians and US citizens think war on terrorism failing

Most think war on terrorism failing – poll From:AAP June 03, 2011 12:16AM Increase Text Size Decrease Text Size Print Email Share ALMOST a decade after the September 11 terror attacks in the US, most Australians and Americans think the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are not worth the cost. A study conducted by the US [...]

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When you do not want to leave you just pretend

June 3, 2011
When you do not want to leave you just pretend

July Afghan Drawdown Plan ‘Not Ready’ Mullen Insists Officials Still Waiting on Petraeus Recommendation by Jason Ditz, June 02, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum The Obama Administration is still taking about the July drawdown as though it is going to be something real and substantial. That might be progress, but one [...]

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Pakistan an assessment by Dilip Hiro

May 24, 2011
Pakistan an assessment by Dilip Hiro

Tomgram: Dilip Hiro, Pakistan‘s Other Partner Posted by Dilip Hiro at 8:42am, May 24, 2011. In the wake of the killing of Osama bin Laden, outrage against Pakistan has become commonplace in Washington, as exasperation grows, pressure builds, and the threats multiply.  Members of Congress from both parties have urged major cuts in the third largest U.S. aid program, which [...]

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The US deals the cards after Bin Laden. Where are the aces?

May 24, 2011
The US deals the cards after Bin Laden. Where are the aces?

After bin Laden, U.S. reopens Afghan, Pakistan strategy inShare2 Share this Digg Email Print Related News John Kerry warns Pakistan over Bin Laden Mon, May 16 2011 Kerry in Pakistan with tough questions, meets army Sun, May 15 2011 Pakistan’s parliament warns U.S. over bin Laden raid Sat, May 14 2011 Special report: The bin [...]

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A video for US Progressines.

May 19, 2011
A video for US Progressines.

  David Swanson to media show details 11:41 PM (4 hours ago) New Video: To Progressives Disappointed with Obama – It’s Time to Act By David Swanson EMBEDDABLE VIDEO HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poK8yhdFtrM The independent online political group RootsAction has released a video (http://bit.ly/no-words) that captures the concern, anger, and determination of progressives to fight for economic fairness and [...]

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From the Dustbin. Afghanistan style

May 19, 2011
From the Dustbin. Afghanistan style

Tomgram: Engelhardt, Headlines from the Dustbin of History (Afghan Dept.) Posted by Tom Engelhardt at 10:03am, May 19, 2011. Bored to Death in Afghanistan (and Washington) Mating Déjà Vu with a Mobius Strip in the Graveyard of Empire By Tom Engelhardt One day in October 2001, a pilot for Northwest Airlines refused to let Arshad Chowdhury, a 25-year-old [...]

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An article from Foreign Policy In Focus by John Feffer about Bin Laden and where the US was then and now

May 17, 2011
An article from Foreign Policy In Focus by John Feffer about Bin Laden and where the US was then and now

Afghanistan under the Knife It was a primitive form of surgery. Almost ten years ago, the United States and its allies stuck a knife deep into Afghanistan in an attempt to remove two malignancies, al-Qaeda and the Taliban. One of those, Osama bin Laden‘s crew, is nearly gone. The Taliban, after going into remission for [...]

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A Ted Rall article on Obamabots

May 17, 2011
A Ted Rall article on Obamabots

Ted Rall is quite an amazing news and issues man his site is very good reading as is his recent book. Here is another offering in the form of an article. Did he take the “bot” from Rudd and do a transplant, who cares it all makes sense. George Ikners  ikners.com a WordPress site SYNDICATED [...]

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International Law and assassinating Bin Laden

May 16, 2011
International Law and assassinating Bin Laden

This is an article from Der Spiegel about the Bin Laden assassination. After all the rumour and innuendo dies down what we can expect is that the US will continue to lie about what really happened for what can only be reasons of world domination. However, by simply going into a foreign country and assassinating someone like Israel their close cohorts [...]

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There was also the line in the movie about rounding up twice the usual suspects

May 16, 2011
There was also the line in the movie about rounding up twice the usual suspects

Round Up the Usual Suspects … and Shoot Them By DOUGLAS LUMMIS The issue is not whether bin Laden was a very bad man (I suppose he was) or for that matter whether Barack Obama is also a very bad man (looking worse all the time), but what happens to the law when states violate [...]

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Who is there to kill as a HVT (High Value Target)? Where the WARBUCK starts

May 16, 2011
Who is there to kill as a HVT (High Value Target)? Where the WARBUCK starts

Hairy-Chested Liberals Exult: Big Question, Who Do We Kill Next? By ALEXANDER COCKBURN Pinko terror-symps and the “rule of law” gang  may cavil and whine at the lack of legal propriety in the execution of Osama , but it’s not cutting much ice with liberal America.  For long years what might be called the “progressive” [...]

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Assassinating Bin Laden may prove a lot more costly than the US thought. It was far from a slam dunk re-election effort

May 15, 2011
Assassinating Bin Laden may prove a lot more costly than the US thought. It was far from a slam dunk re-election effort

Pakistan may cut Nato’s Afghan supply line after Osama bin Laden killing Senior politicians vow to review ties to America after discord over drone attacks and assassination of al-Qaida leader Share295 Declan Walsh guardian.co.uk, Saturday 14 May 2011 20.51 BST Article history Nato tankers burn in the northern town of Pindi Gheb, Pakistan, after an [...]

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Nothing will change just because Bin Laden is dead. A Bari Atwan article

May 15, 2011
Nothing will change just because Bin Laden is dead. A Bari Atwan article

Bin Laden’ Wives and the Continuing Mystery 12 May 2011 We are still waiting for the details of the assassination of shaykh Osama Bin Laden in early May by a US commando unit that stormed the house where he had been residing with some of his wives and children in Abbottabad near the Pakistani capital [...]

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Drones soon to be everywhere. Do you have one in your backyard?

May 14, 2011
Drones soon to be everywhere. Do you have one in your backyard?

Drone attack kills three in North Waziristan MIRANSHAH: A US drone fired two missiles into a vehicle in North Waziristan on Friday, killing at least three terrorists in a Taliban and al Qaeda stronghold, officials said. The attack took place in the Kharkamar area, 40 kilometres west of Miranshah, a stronghold of the Taliban and [...]

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The Taliban and the NATO call to give up

May 14, 2011
The Taliban and the NATO call to give up

Taliban Not Exactly Heeding NATO’s Call to Give Up By Spencer Ackerman May 12, 2011  | 11:54 am  | Categories: Af/Pak NATO’s plan to get Afghan insurgents to lay down their arms hasn’t exactly been a blockbuster. 900 guerrillas have agreed to stop fighting in the the last five months — just a tiny sliver of the [...]

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An antiwar.com article on the importance of a declaration of war

May 14, 2011
An antiwar.com article on the importance of a declaration of war

What’s So Important About a Declaration of War? by Tom Mullen, May 14, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Presidential hopeful Ron Paul insists that the U.S. government shouldn’t go to war without a declaration of war. His son Rand has also taken this position, as have several libertarian-leaning Tea Party candidates. According [...]

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Will the war on terror ever stop. Probably not if it is being waged by the US the world’s number one terrorist

May 14, 2011
Will the war on terror ever stop. Probably not if it is being waged by the US the world’s number one terrorist

In a memorable sentence you can read that..”The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.” George Orwell With that in mind it is easy to come to a solid conclusion that the major mover and shaker in [...]

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We must start an anti drone campaign. They represent the ultimate symptom of the cancer of the goal of the hegemons

May 14, 2011
We must start an anti drone campaign. They represent the ultimate symptom of the cancer of the goal of the hegemons

We really must have an anti drone campaign. If you feel strongly about peace and care about where your children may be forced to fight for the rotten and cancerous imperial project and the capital project try sending an email to your local member State and Federal. You could well think that a prime target [...]

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The Afghan war without end a David Swanson article

May 14, 2011
The Afghan war without end a David Swanson article

Afghanistan: war without end? Obama promised no open-ended occupation – and to draw down forces from July. A 2.5% cut is hardly an encouraging start Share68 Comments (94) David Swanson guardian.co.uk, Thursday 12 May 2011 19.31 BST Article history   General David Petraeus, commander of US and Nato forces in Afghanistan, greets US defence secretary [...]

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Assassinations and murder seen as a way to get square

May 13, 2011
Assassinations and murder seen as a way to get square

Very often the imperial project wants to deliver a message to those who might be considering opposing its murderous plans for the future. In Viet Nam the lesson was very clear. If you attempt  disobedience we can and will bomb you back into the stone age, turn your lands into a nightmare for future growth create free [...]

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Was this a Bin Laden revenge attack?

May 13, 2011
Was this a Bin Laden revenge attack?

Osama bin Laden ‘revenge’ attack kills scores in Pakistan Two suicide bombers target military training centre in north-west Pakistan in assault Taliban claim is ‘first of many’ Share297 Declan Walsh in Islamabad guardian.co.uk, Friday 13 May 2011 10.54 BST Article history Suicide bombers in Charsadda have targeted new military recruits in what the Taliban called [...]

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Spy guys fall out in PAkistan

May 13, 2011
Spy guys fall out in PAkistan

Cooperation between ISI-CIA broken down: Gilani DAWN.COM Yesterday Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani. – File Photo KARACHI: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, in an interview with Time Magazine, on Thursday revealed that cooperation between the CIA and its Pakistani counterpart, the ISI (Inter Services Intelligence), had broken down. Gilani said that, continuing to work [...]

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Pakistan suicide blast

May 13, 2011
Pakistan suicide blast

Pakistan paramilitary base bombings kill 68 No group immediately claimed responsibility, but militants have pledged to avenge Osama bin Laden’s killing, and many have been expecting reprisal strikes on Pakistani territory Share21 Associated Press guardian.co.uk, Friday 13 May 2011 04.41 BST Article history Pakistani men carry an injured blast victim to a hospital in Peshawar [...]

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The Bin Laden kill program

May 13, 2011
The Bin Laden kill program

Special report: The bin Laden kill plan inShare81 Share this Digg Email Print Related News Key bin Laden intel came from detainee later released Thu, May 12 2011 Even post-bin Laden, U.S. drones in Pakistan press on Thu, May 12 2011 Analysis & Opinion With bin Laden dead, why doesn’t the U.S. leave Afghanistan? Looking [...]

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