31 May, 2009

Pakistan: Corpses lie exposed in retaken Swat town
The Associated Press
MINGORA, Pakistan (AP) — Corpses lay exposed in the Swat Valley’s main town on Sunday, and residents rushed to mostly empty markets in search of food a day …
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Pakistan battles Taliban; Swat offensive “near end”
Reuters – USA
The United States and the Afghan government have long been pressing Pakistan to root militants out of South Waziristan and other enclaves on the Afghan …
www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSISL35626520090531

Pakistan gains in Swat as trouble flares elsewhere
KGAN – Cedar Rapids,IA,USA
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Fighting in a northwest tribal region of Pakistan could raise the odds that the army will extend an offensive to …
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international/20b9963a-www.kgan.com.shtml

More battles in Pakistan…Palestinians clash…magiclakers final …
KXMC – Minot,ND,USA
AP DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) There’s more fighting in a northwest tribal region of Pakistan. Intelligence officials say Taliban fighters have fought a …
www.kxmc.com/News/383355.asp

Pakistan troops say kill 40 Taliban near Afghan border
Reuters – USA
WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani security forces killed at least 40 Taliban militants when they repelled an attack on a paramilitary camp in the South …
www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE54U07Y20090531

Pakistan ‘nearing Swat victory’
BBC News – UK
Pakistan’s operation against Taliban rebels in the Swat valley region should be over in the next few days, the country’s defence minister has said. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8075574.stm

AP Top News at 12:34 am EDT
The Associated Press
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Intelligence officials say clashes between the Pakistani military and the Taliban have left around 50 insurgents dead in a …
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GM maintains silence…Pakistan claims a victory…Date night in …
KXMC – Minot,ND,USA
ISLAMABAD (AP) Military commanders in Pakistan are claiming a victory against the Taliban. An army spokesman says the Taliban have fled the main town in the …
www.kxmc.com/News/383253.asp

HENRIKSEN: A nation up for grabs
Washington Times – Washington,DC,USA
By Thomas H. Henriksen | Sunday, May 31, 2009 Pakistan is in political and military play. And the stakes in its struggle against Islamic extremism could not …
washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/31/a-nation-up-for-grabs/

Afghan governor injured in blast
United Press International – USA
Also Saturday, CNN reported Afghan and coalition forces in Afghanistan, near the border with Pakistan, captured three suspected al-Qaida operatives, …
www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/05/30/Afghan-
governor-injured-in-blast/UPI-57541243713500/

Pakistan battles Taliban; Swat offensive near end | War News …
By war-news.net
Pakistani forces battled militants in South Waziristan on the Afghan border on Sunday as a government official said an offensive in the Swat valley could be.
www.war-news.net/asia/pakistan/pakistan-
battles-taliban-swat-offensive-near-end/

Pakistan gains in Swat Valley as trouble flares elsewhere …
Dozens killed in round of battles as military savors its victory over insurgents in valley’s main city.
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In Pakistan, an exodus that is beyond biblical “ P U L S E
By m.idrees
The exodus of people forced from their homes in Pakistan’s Swat Valley and elsewhere in the country’s north-west may be as high as 2.4 million, aid officials say. Around the world, only a handful of war-spoiled countries– Sudan, Iraq, …
pulsemedia.org/2009/05/31/in-pakistan-
an-exodus-that-is-beyond-biblical/

Yar Pakistan badnam ho gaya he | Hot Funny SMS
By admin
Ek dost dusre se: Yar Pakistan badnam ho gaya he, ab hamain iska nam change kr dena chaihye 2nd: Ahista bolo PPP walon ne sun lia to Benazir rakh dain ge.
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US Post Today. “ Blog Archive “ Pakistan troops say kill 40 …
By US
WANA, Pakistan, May 31 (Reuters) – Pakistani security forces killed at least 40 Taliban militants when they repelled an attack on a paramilitary camp in the South Waziristan region on the Afghan border overnight, intelligence officials …
www.usposttoday.com/pakistan-troops
-say-kill-40-taliban-near-afghan-border/

Pakistan army retakes largest town in Swat Valley – Yahoo! News
Pakistani troops have retaken the largest town in the Swat Valley from the Taliban as the army presses its offensive against militants in the country’s …
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090530/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan

30 May, 2009

Iran calls in Pakistan envoy over mosque bomb
DAWN.com – Karachi,Pakistan
–AP Photo TEHRAN: Iran summoned Pakistan’s ambassador over the deadly bombing of a mosque in the southeast after Sunni rebels reportedly claimed…
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news/world/14-iran-calls-in-pakistan-envoy-over-mosque-bomb-zj-10

Predator Drones Could Face Legal Challenges From Human Rights …
FOXNews – USA
The Air Force uses them frequently in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where they are able to track and hit targets from the air when mountainous terrain makes it …
www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/29/
predator-drones-face-legal-challenges-liberals/

Pakistan raises Taliban bounty
Aljazeera.net – Qatar
Pakistan has raised the cash reward for the capture of a Taliban leader suspected to be behind the violence in the Swat valley. The authorities on Friday …
english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/05/20095305435563740.html

Pakistan religious schools get scrutiny
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
Students at Darul Uloom Haqqania, a madrasa in Akora Khattak, Pakistan, study the Koran. Amid talk of reform, the seminary’s head says, “We are too strong, …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/
la-fg-madrasa30-2009may30,0,7947238.story

A Better Bargain for Aid to Pakistan
Washington Post – United States
All told, since 2001, the United States has spent about $12 billion to help Pakistan. Yet last month, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared Pakistan a …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2009/05/29/AR2009052902620.html

Refugee Crisis Inflames Ethnic Strife in Pakistan
Wall Street Journal – USA
By YAROSLAV TROFIMOV KARACHI, Pakistan — Umar Habib Buneri, a longtime resident of Karachi, had harsh words of advice for his younger brother Abdulhamid, …
online.wsj.com/article/SB12436397440
1367773.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Take our hand of friendship, India tells Pakistan
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
By Iftikhar Gilani NEW DELHI: India has extended a hand of friendship to Pakistan through its new foreign minister SM Krishna. But the foreign minister said …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=
2009%5C05%5C30%5Cstory_30-5-2009_pg7_41

Author Claims Taliban Funds South Asia Fighting with Poppy Cultivation
Voice of America – USA
By Ravi Khanna Taliban insurgents have carried out nearly daily bombing attacks in Pakistan this week. They claim more territory in Afghanistan.…
www.voanews.com/english/2009-05-29-voa25.cfm

Petraeus Warns of Declining Public Support in Pakistan for US
Bloomberg – USA
By Tony Capaccio May 29 (Bloomberg) — Public support for the US is declining in Pakistan because of military strikes there that the US conducts from …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20
601087&sid=aaf2CmgTek4Q&refer=home

Pakistan ups Taliban chief reward
BBC News – UK
Pakistan has increased its reward for a Taliban chief in the Swat valley to 50m rupees ($600000, £372000). The figure is more than 10 times the original …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8074285.stm

US ‘rubbish peanuts’ won’t help Pakistan win war against terror …
By SindhToday
Islamabad, May 30 (IANS) The rubbish peanuts the US is offering Pakistan won’t help it win the war against terror, an editorial in a leading English daily said Saturday, noting that the price this country would have to pay far outweighs …
www.sindhtoday.net/news/1/15648.htm

( US $ ? ) Pakistan issues dead or alive Taliban list – UPI.com …
By euraktiva786
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 28 (UPI) — Pakistan issued a dead or alive“rogues list” Thursday, putting prices on the heads of 21 top Taliban operating in the Swat Valley. The most-wanted chart, complete with mug shots, went to newspapers …
euraktiva786.wordpress.com/2009/05/30/us
-pakistan-issues-dead-or-alive-taliban-list-upi-com/

Half of US aid to Pakistan is to be spent on upgrading US Embassy …
By pakalert
Today the US is doing the same in Pakistan. It is bombing people with drones, and then sending aid (which is actually loans) to its own consultants and embassies (a framing it as “aid” being sent to Pakistan). The acturail practice of …
pakalert.wordpress.com/2009/05/30/half-of-us-aid-to-
pakistan-is-to-be-spent-on-upgrading-us-embassy-consulates/

War News Updates: Pakistan Civil War News Updates — May 29, 2009
By Bookyards
One month ago at the beginning of the Pakistan offensive against the Taliban in the North West Frontier Province, the Pakistan Army claimed that the offensive would take approximately one week. We responded that the Pakistan Army, …
warnewsupdates.blogspot.com/2009/05/
pakistan-civil-war-news-updates-may-29.html