Archive for March, 2011

Balochistan and the geopolitics of energy

March 26, 2011
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“A glance at the map quickly explains why strategically located Balochistan and the five million Baloch tribesmen who live there could easily become the focal point of superpower conflict.”

Selig S. Harrison in “In Afghanistan’s Shadow”, published in 1981. Read more »

ISI: a silent spectator to the CIA operations?

March 22, 2011
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I have suspected for long that the United States has been conducting false flag operations in Pakistan through covert operatives. I wrote on my blog on January 10, 2008, Could CIA be conducting Operation Gladio in Pakistan? Read more »

Addiction to arms and debt, not extremism, is Pakistan’s biggest problem

March 21, 2011
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An edited version of this article appeared in DAWN of March 21, 2011

 The Army establishment may or may not have won this round of the turf battle with the CIA Read more »

Would GEO and Express TV disclose how much money they get from Americans?

March 12, 2011
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One of the objectives of Kerry-Lugar aid bill for aid to Pakistan is to “support for promotion of a responsible, capable,and independent media.”According to this RT TV broadcast of March 10, 2010, Read more »

An Appeal to the ISI Chief

March 8, 2011
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Dear Lt Gen. Shuja Pasha

We think it is now time to appeal to your sense of patriotism and respect for human values to urge you to inject some sense into the religious parties like the JUI, Jamaat-e-Islami, Sunni Tehreek, Jamaat-ud-Dawa over whom you have considerable influence. Read more »

Protests in Saudi Arabia

March 6, 2011
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From the Financial Times , By Abeer Allam in Riyadh

Demonstrators staged a rare rally after Friday prayers in Riyadh, marking the first such protest in the Saudi capital, as the kingdom braced itself for an Egypt-inspired “Friday of Rage” next week. Read more »

Profile of the mastermind behind Raymond Davis

March 5, 2011
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This article from the Washington Post is worth a careful read for all who are in denial about CIA’s covert operations.

This Is Michael Vickers’s War

By Ann Scott Tyson, December 28, 2007 Read more »

ISI Talibans and CIA Talibans

March 5, 2011
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Shahbaz Bhatti was a principled and brave politician. Which General ever stood up for his beliefs and sacrificed his life? Salmaan was killed by a fanatic. Whether he acted alone or not, we may never find out. But Shahbaz Bhatti’s killing and the pattern of claims and condemnation is rather peculiar and deserves thought. Read more »

Hillary Clinton Calls Al Jazeera ‘Real News,’ Criticizes U.S. Media

March 4, 2011
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Huffington Post

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday that Al Jazeera is gaining more prominence in the U.S. because it offers “real news” — something she said American media were falling far short of doing. Read more »

Davis case can shake up the very foundations of its alliance with Pakistan: Indian Diplomat

March 3, 2011
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Asia Times, US and Pakistan square off
By M K Bhadrakumar Read more »

The CIA, the ISI and ‘desi liberals’

March 1, 2011
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The most important fact to come out in the open is not that Raymond Davis is a CIA contractor, but that it is beyond any doubt that he was a covert operations person, as has now been officially acknowledged by the US. Read more »