Pakistan
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CIA barred from using vaccinations as cover after dozens of doctors killed
The promise was made in a letter to the deans of 12 public health schools – who have criticized the Obama administration for using a vaccination effort as a cover for reconnaissance – and was written by the president’s top counterterrorism and homeland security advisor, Lisa Monaco. Continue reading
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The CIA Aided Polio’s Comeback–but Media Have Forgotten the Story By Julie Hollar
Polio had been battled to near-extinction after decades of effort, but this year the WHO confirmed 68 new cases and declared it an international public health emergency. Nearly 80 percent of those cases are in Pakistan. Continue reading
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“The Shell Game” and the Osama bin Laden Documents By Lauren Harper
What could possibly compel the government to go out of its way to hide the official record on the most important raid in history? It’s hard to fathom, but a recent Associated Press article by Richard Larner shows that the Pentagon is doing just that by sending all its records on the Osama bin Laden… Continue reading
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US-Saudi Funded Terrorists Sowing Chaos in Pakistan By Tony CARTALUCCI
Baluchistan, Pakistan – long target of Western geopolitical interests, terror wave coincides with Gwadar Port handover to China. Continue reading
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John Brennan vs. a Sixteen-Year-Old By Medea Benjamin
In October 2011, 16-year-old Tariq Aziz attended a gathering in Islamabad where he was taught how to use a video camera so he could document the drones that were constantly circling over his Pakistani village, terrorizing and killing his family and neighbors. Two days later, when Aziz was driving with his 12-year-old cousin to a… Continue reading
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Video: Pakistan Majority Want US Out of the Region Says Blogger
Sana Saleem: People are fed up with drone attacks and blame US policy for Afghan war Continue reading
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Russia could deliver death blow to Nato in Afghanistan, say analysts
ISLAMABAD: With the Russian threat to cut land routes for supply to NATO troops in Afghanistan, the Afghan battleground may turn into a cold death trap for NATO, defence analysts believe. They say that Pakistan should utilise the opportunity for a peaceful and prosperous Pakistan by pulling it out of the American war. Continue reading
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When will Pakistan’s spring arrive? By Eric Walberg
US friendly fire knows no bounds. The deaths of Pakistan soldiers and civilians is just the tip of the iceberg, which will only disappear in the heat of a national uprising, says Eric Walberg Continue reading
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Pakistan: Video shows NATO airstrike aftermath
Pakistan’s army releases footage showing the aftermath of the NATO airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. Rough cut (No reporter narration) Continue reading
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Haqqanis don’t divide US and Pakistan By M K Bhadrakumar
Equally intriguing was Clinton’s admission that US is as much responsible for the Haqqani network’s existence today as Pakistan could be. She sensitises the American opinion by even produced a YouTube to underscore the legitimacy of the Pakistani allegation that the US did encourage it to hobnob with the Haqqanis, who were once America’s blue-eyed… Continue reading
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Pakistan TV Report Contradicts US Claim of Bin Laden’s Death By Paul Craig Roberts
In Bashir’s account, every member of the landing party and anyone brought from the house died when the helicopter exploded on lift-off. I wrote that a qualified person could easily provide a translation of the interview, but that no American print or TV news organization had investigated Bashir’s account. Continue reading
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Murder By Video Game And ‘Bug Splats’: CIA Drone War In Pakistan By Muhammad Idrees Ahmad
They call it ‘bug splat’, the splotch of blood, bones, and viscera that marks the site of a successful drone strike. To those manning the consoles in Nevada, it signifies ‘suspected militants’ who have just been ‘neutralised’; to those on the ground, in most cases, it represents a family that has been shattered, a home… Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 1, 2011
1 August 2011 — Stop NATO NATO Attack On Libyan Television Kills Three, Wounds 15 As In Serbia And Elsewhere, U.S. And NATO Target Media In Libya Murder By Video Game And ‘Bug Splats’: CIA Drone War In Pakistan Pakistani ISI Chief Asked U.S. To Stop Deadly Drone Strikes Two-Thirds Of New Zealanders Want Special Continue reading
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Pakistan vs the US: Moving on By Eric Walberg
The latest Mumbai bombings were not obviously the work of Pakistani extremists, but reflect the unrest thanks to America’s continued reckless policies of escalation in the region, notes Eric Walberg Continue reading
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Pakistan, the Army and the Conflict Within By Pervez Hoodhboy, Zia Mian
The single most important change needed is that the army must stop seeing everything through the prism of competition and war with India. Six decades of this policy has left Pakistan exhausted and indifferent to its own suffering. Continue reading
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Risk-Free And Above The Law: U.S. Globalizes Drone Warfare By Rick Rozoff
Last week the Washington Post, the New York Times and other major American newspapers reported that the U.S. launched its first unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) missile attack inside Somalia. Continue reading
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Punishing Pakistan and Challenging China By Andrew Gavin Marshall
Following along the same lines as the dismantling of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, the destabilization of Pakistan is aimed at wider strategic objectives for the Western imperial powers: namely, the isolation of China. Continue reading
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Pakistan in Pieces, Part 1: Imperial Eye on Pakistan by Andrew Gavin Marshall
As the purported assassination of Osama bin Laden has placed the focus on Pakistan, it is vital to assess the changing role of Pakistan in broad geostrategic terms, and in particular, of the changing American strategy toward Pakistan. Continue reading
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Osama bin Laden killing witness account
A local resident of Abbottabad has revealed that a helicopter was hovering low over the city before the operation in which Osama Bin Laden was killed. Continue reading
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National Security Archive Update, May 5, 2011: Pakistan’s bin Laden Policy
As the discovery of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, raises fresh questions about U.S.-Pakistan relations, newly released documents show that as early as 1998 U.S. officials concluded the Government of Pakistan “is not disposed to be especially helpful on the matter of terrorist Usama bin Ladin.” Continue reading
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