Dissension in Pakistan’s ranks
Asia Times Online – Kowloon,Hong Kong
Islamabad was stunned by President George W Bush’s speech at the US National Defense University on Tuesday in which he named Pakistan as one of the major …
www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JI13Df01.html

Smith plans trip to Pakistan
Sydney Morning Herald – Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says he plans to go to Pakistan next year to discuss with its government the “hot-bed” of international terrorism on that …
news.smh.com.au/national/smith-plans
-trip-to-pakistan-20080912-4fdi.html

Reports say US missiles kill 12 in Pakistan
International Herald Tribune – France
By Pir Zubair Shah and Alan Cowell: As the American campaign against suspected Al Qaeda and Taliban militants in Pakistan’s tribal areas seemed to intensify …
www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/12/asia/13pstan.php

12 die in missile strike in Pakistan’s Waziristan region
Hindu – Chennai,India
Islamabad (PTI): Continuing to target Islamic terrorists in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal region, suspected US drones fired several missiles at a house …
www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200809121132.htm

US troops authorized to raid Taliban’s Pakistan havens
Vancouver Sun – British Columbia, Canada
The war in Afghanistan has formally spread to neighbouring Pakistan with reports from Washington that President George W. Bush has authorized cross-border …
www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?
id=d5c09935-19f4-4083-aa84-54ea8075bb2d

Special Ops in Pakistan
Chicago Tribune – United States
But many of them settled over the border, in the friendly, lawless tribal regions of Pakistan. We’ve known about this terrorist safe haven for at least two …
www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ch
i-0912edit1sep12,0,7204327.story

Missile attack from drone kills 13 in Pakistan
CNN International – USA
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) — A missile fired from a drone aircraft killed at least 13 people and wounded five others Friday in a village in northwest…
edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/12/pakistan.missile.attack/

Targeting Al Qaeda, Taliban in Pakistan: Higher Tech Predators
By johnibii
WASHINGTON — As part of an escalating offensive against extremist targets in Pakistan, the United States is deploying Predator aircraft equipped with sophisticated new surveillance systems that were instrumental in crippling the …
johnibiii.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/targeting-al-qaeda
-taliban-in-pakistan-higher-tech-predators/

Suspected US missile kills 12 in Pakistan: official
AFP –
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (AFP) — A missile fired by a suspected US drone Friday killed a dozen people in a Pakistani tribal area where American forces based in …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gVD-FAj6-eTcWv-yUOcu_ue10HjQ

Suspected missile strike kills 8 in Pakistan
The Associated Press –
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Explosions caused by a suspected US missile strike killed eight people Friday at a militant stronghold near the Afghan border, …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iOiNT_O7M
YpG6MzupugzRbGJsi-QD934VUAO0

Deadly strike in Pakistan hotspot
BBC News – UK
At least 10 people have been killed in north-west Pakistan in a suspected missile strike, officials say. The missile struck a home before dawn near Miran …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7611721.stm

Ten said killed in US missile attack in Pakistan
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
ISLAMABAD, Sept 12 (Reuters) – At least 10 people were killed on Friday in a US drone missile attack in the northwestern Pakistani region of North …
in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINISL28507320080912

Why Pakistan Invastion Won’t Help Washington
By bilal qureshi
When Pakistan’s Prime Minister Gillani was here in Washington couple of weeks ago, he talked about these and other similar issues at length with the security experts in Bush administration. Yet, President Bush has not revoked the order …
pakistan.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/09/11/why
-pakistan-invastion-wont-help-washington/

Palin Contradicts McCain on Pakistan
By Patrick Barry
When she wasn’t getting coached by Charles Gibson, or refusing to answer his questions, Sarah Palin directly contradicted her own candidate by saying she would do whatever it takes to stop terrorists in Pakistan: …
www.democracyarsenal.org/2008/09/palin-contradic.html

Move to defuse tension in Pakistan-US ties
Pakistan Dawn – Karachi,Pakistan
Pakistan’s Ambassador in Washington Husain Haqqani spent part of his day at the White House meeting National Security and the rest on Capitol Hill trying to …
www.dawn.com/2008/09/12/top7.htm

Officials say Bush Okayed US raids inside Pakistan
Jerusalem Post – Israel
By AP President George W. Bush secretly approved US military raids inside anti-terror ally Pakistan, according to current and former US officials.…
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1221142455095&
pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Bush OKs US forces in Pakistan: report
By Frank James
One of the day’s most intriguing and important stories is the New York Times piece which reports that President Bush issued secret orders in July to let the US military launch Special Forces ground operations in Pakistan against …
www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008
/09/bush_oks_us_ground_forces_in_p.html

Bush secret order to send special forces into Pakistan
guardian.co.uk – UK
An observation post sits in the mountains over looking Speray on one side, and the Pakistan border on the other. Photograph: John D McHugh A secret order …
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/12/usforeignpolicy.usa

ANALYSIS-Fear of losing drove US ground raid in Pakistan
Reuters – USA
WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (Reuters) – A US decision to mount a ground strike inside Pakistan last week reflected fears that Islamic militants are winning the war …
www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed2/idUSN11511353

LEADER ARTICLE: Keep Up The Good Work
Times of India – India
Preliminary investigations reportedly revealed that the bomber was from Manshera in Pakistan and that the explosives used were manufactured in the Pakistan …
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Opinion/Editorial/LEADER_ARTICLE
_Keep_Up_The_Good_Work/articleshow/3473187.cms

Prescient on Pakistan, Too
By ANNIE WAGNER
During a major foreign policy speech on Wednesday Senator Barack Obama promised that as president he would consider military strikes against terrorists in Pakistan if the country refused to root them out. Those comments drew a sharp …
slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/prescient_on_pakistan_too

Pakistan premier backs army chief’s rebuke to US
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan’s prime minister on Thursday backed a harsh rebuke of the US by the Muslim nation’s military chief, a sign of a strain in relations seven years after the Sept. 11 attacks forged the two countries’ …
www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=12227

Pakistan to defend borders against US military incursions
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
Pakistan’s leaders have pledged to defend their national territory if America launches further cross-border attacks. By Isambard Wilkinson in Islamabad They …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/2800235
/Pakistan-to-defend-borders-against-US-military-incursions.html

The War on Terror, seven years on
Kansas City Star – MO,USA
By Jonathan S. Landay and Saeed Shah | McClatchy Newspapers ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Seven years after 9/11, al Qaida and its allies are gaining ground across …
primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/14342

Will Pakistan become a quagmire for the United States?
By Myra MacDonald
Following up on yesterday’s post about US military action in Pakistan, I see the New York Times is reporting that President George W. Bush secretly approved orders in July allowing American Special Operations forces to carry out ground …
blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2008/09/11/will-pak
istan-become-a-quagmire-for-the-united-states/

Getting Smart on Pakistan
By sefron
Large swaths of Pakistan are no longer under the effective control of the state. Armed insurgents regularly employ terror tactics and remind Pakistanis just how incapable of providing basic security their government is. …
www.middleeastprogress.org/2008/09/getting-smart-on-pakistan/

Problem, Reaction, Solution in Pakistan
By admin
Gates both emphasized in congressional testimony that the military and broader US government needed to look at the threat from Pakistan’s tribal regions and the insurgency in Afghanistan as a single problem. …
www.infowars.com/?p=4467

UK’s Brown, Bush to discuss Pakistan border plan
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
Helicopter-borne US commandos carried out a ground assault in Pakistan’s South Waziristan, an al Qaeda sanctuary, last week, killing 20 people, …
in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINLB12792920080911

The case against azadi for Kashmir
Rediff – Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
Compare the idea of India with the idea of a Talibanised Kashmir (as professed by the Geelanis, Salahuddins and their ilk), or even the idea of Pakistan …
in.rediff.com/news/2008/sep/11guest1.htm

18 militants killed in Pakistan
Times of India – India
KHAR, PAKISTAN: Pakistani troops backed by tanks and fighter jets Thursday killed at least 18 rebels in a restive tribal area near the Afghan border,…
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/18_militant
s_killed_in_Pakistan/articleshow/3472492.cms