Thursday, June 16

Conservation, infrastructure, economic planning -- and the awful sinking feeling that what used to be simple germs are getting the better of humanity

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This evening I took refuge from the Afghan War by fleeing to Dave Schuler's Glittering Eye blog, and there found a bevy of essays I enjo...

For six years Amrullah Saleh was in the best position to understand the Taliban. It's time NATO began listening to his advice about dealing with them.

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This is an example of U.S. sending mixed signals to Pakistan Many Afghans believe that to get to a negotiated settlement, the Taliban leader...

Pak military cuts off food and water to Americans at drone base; U.S. companies still selling war equipment to Pakistan

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June 15, The New York Times : The Pakistanis have already blocked the supply of food and water to the base used for the drones, a senior Ame...
Wednesday, June 15

Anatomy of a debacle: ISI arrest of Pakistani CIA informants in Abbottabad raid causes Pakistan and USA further loss of face (UPDATED 2X)

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UPDATE 6:05 AM EDT Oh boy. Here we go. According to Pakistan's The News, Inter Services Public Relations is denying that anyone was ar...

Pakistan's ISI arrests Pakistani informants who helped CIA gather intell for US raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad (UPDATED 3X)

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UPDATE 6:05 AM EDT According to Pakistan's The News, Inter Services Public Relations is denying that anyone was arrested: RAWALPINDI: ...
Wednesday, June 8

"Hollowed out" Mexico and hollowed-out USA

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The Republic of International Community as seen from satellite CNN and FNC -- America's two national cable TV all-news channels -- hav...
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Monday, June 6

LOL -- Bad Pundita! Don't laugh it's not funny! ROFL I'll give you a cookie if you stop laughing hahahaha stop it!

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Bernard-Henri Lévy once even produced a damning time line showing that every Pakistani “capture” of a wanted jihadist had occurred the week ...

How U.S. can win the Afghan War, in eight steps

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1. Set aside all talk of an 'insurgency' in Afghanistan. Proceed on the forest-thinning principle; i.e., first clear out all the Ta...
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Sunday, June 5

Amazing but true there are times I like MI6. This is one of those times.

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From Gates of Vienna News Feed for Friday, June 3 : In other news, MI6, Britain’s foreign intelligence service, successfully hacked an Al Q...
Tuesday, May 31

Police find body of Syed Saleem Shahzad; say he was tortured, killed

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See this May 31 TIME report , published while there was still hope Shahzad was alive, for extensive background; report was updated at 10:00 ...

Human Rights Watch claims Syed Saleem Shahzad in ISI custody (UPDATED 1:30 PM EDT)

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UPDATE 10:00 AM update to TIME report I cited below: Pakistan's main news channels are reporting that Shahzad's dead body has been f...
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Monday, May 30

OMG Asia Times Pakistan Bureau Chief Saleem Shahzad has gone missing after report he filed alleging ties between al Qaeda and Pakistani navy officials

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UPDATE May 31, 1:30 PM EDT From a 10:00 AM update to May 31 TIME report on Shahzad's disappearance: Pakistan's main news channels a...

Will a Pakistani military operation in N. Waziristan amount to more than a hill of beans?

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The Reuters report I linked to in the last hour suggests that an unconfirmed report earlier today from Pakistan's The News of a plann...

Reuters: Aid agencies in Pakistan's NW told to prepare for Pak military offensive in North Waziristan

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May 30, 2011; 11:02 AM EDT: Reporter: Zeeshan Haider ISLAMABAD ( Reuters ) - Humanitarian agencies active in Pakistan's northwest have ...

Unconfirmed report: Pakistani military to launch offensive in North Waziristan

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UPDATE 11:45 EDT Unofficial confirmation of sorts. See this Reuters report filed 11:02 EDT today. ---- Because the report is unconfirmed I ...