Tuesday, May 24

Er - sorry to correct The Sun but the talks began when Gordon Brown was PM. Has The Sun forgotten about the Secret Taliban Training Camp Affair?

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(For information on the Secret Taliban Training Camp Affair, see May 11 Pundita post , An Irish Shaggy Dog Story, or one of the two reasons ...

President Obama learns the hard way about Pakistani military mindset

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"It was always understood within the Obama administration that any public recognition that Pakistan was committed to supporting the Tal...

Obama's advice for Pakistan is a tough sell

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The advice is good in principle but it overlooks Pakistan's bottom line: the military needs a dragon to fight if it's to justify it...
Monday, May 23

CNN Breaking News: 116 confirmed dead in Joplin, Missouri from Sunday evening mega-tornado

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5:07 PM ET: I give up trying to keep up with changing reports from CNN -- there's a still a fog of war situation in the city. 5:15: USA...

Rana Case: Today the United States of America goes on trial along with a man whose identity is unknown to many Americans

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Great power attracts evil to it like iron filings to a magnet, so one shouldn't be surprised at the number of people in Washington who o...
Friday, May 20

Because it's Friday

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[looking at her watch] H'mmmmm. Comradess Uppity will still be laboring in potato field. Hah. I will go steal her blog's latest kitt...
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Obama's MENA speech: tick tock tick tock -- ding ding ding! Time's up, Mr Commander-in-Chief

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Counting on my fingers and toes several times I think today is the 60 day-deadline for President Obama to ask Congress -- yes, by gum I see ...

So-called Taliban attack on U.S. consulate convoy in Pakistan (Updated 11:00 AM ET)

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"Peshawar police chief Liaqat Ali told reporters the booby-trapped car appeared to have been parked at the side of the road and explode...
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Thursday, May 19

Is Pakistan's ISI trying to sneak Mullah Omar into Afghanistan?

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If the Afghan source isn't blowing smoke this report is a riot. There is no honor among thieves, fer sure. I'm getting such a chuckl...

Gilani didn't get all he wanted from his China visit but he sure caused more questions about U.S. aid to Pakistan

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Drill down in the following report to see why I warned yesterday that Pakistan shouldn't attempt to use China as a wedge against the Uni...

With four sentences about Pakistan, Robert Gates shreds his legacy

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From US [government] backs aid to Pakistan despite public opposition , May 19, 2011, Times of India Gates also maintained that Pakistan had ...
Wednesday, May 18

Note to Pakistan's armed forces: President Obama is throwing you a lifeline; better grab it

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May 20 Update 12:15 AM : See also my post last night re Gilani's trip to China for more background on the issue of Pakistan-China relat...
Tuesday, May 17

Was there a way other than opening Morganza Spillway to save Baton Rouge and New Orleans from flooding?

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"While levees and floodwalls will continue to make sense in some heavily populated areas, their overuse actually causes flood levels to...

Flooding in the Mississippi River Delta: an economic disaster inexorably engulfs more and more of USA

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"Economists are only just beginning to assess the potential headwinds of the Mississippi River flooding. ... The flooding has affected ...

Memo to Pakistan's ruling class: Wakey wakey

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VOA, May 17 : Also Tuesday, Pakistani police say security forces foiled a major suicide attack in Quetta, the capital of southwestern Baluc...
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Amrullah Saleh: "The amount of pain Pakistan has inflicted upon the United States in the past 12 years is unprecedented."

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"I asked a U.S. politician today, I said, 'How do you explain to Americans that we give billions to Pakistan and Pakistan, in retur...
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Sunday, May 15

Lara Logan interviews Amrullah Saleh about Pakistan for 60 Minutes tonight, and Sen. John Kerry's hiccup about Pakistan's regime

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The interview will air on the CBS television network at 7:00 PM Eastern Time. Senator John Kerry's plane will have already landed in P...
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Four recent reports from Long War Journal underscore serious threats from Pakistan-assisted terrorism continue to grow

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US charges 6 Pakistani Americans, including 2 imams, with aiding Taliban May 14, 2011 Why was key source on bin Laden's courier freed? M...