‘From Client-States’ Archives
Open Letter from Prominent Afghans to Obama: Discrimination Against Pashtuns
Dawat Independent Media Centre | 1 July 2010 To: Mr. Obama, President, United States ofAmerica From: Dr. Misdaq, Dr. Zirakyar, Dr. Miraki and Dr. Burhani This letter was sent to U.S. President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry and Ranking Member Richard Lugar, [...]
Afghans may not mind a return of the Taleban
Kabul Press | By Matthew Nasuti | 21 July 2010 America’s war plan founded on a fading premise It may be a myth that most Afghans remember the harshness of Taliban rule The Taliban of today is not a reclusive monolith of rural mullahs and students. It is a broad-based grouping of religious, tribal and nationalistic forces (provincial [...]
Prepare Pakistan to lose Kashmir — Ex CIA Station Chief, Islamabad
Al Jazeera | By Robert Grenier | 14 July 2010 Losing Kashmir As we await what many hope will be the start, on July 15, of a renewed India-Pakistan peace process, or "Composite Dialogue" - derailed since the Mumbai attacks of November 2008 - I am reminded of two past conversations. The first occurred in 1999. In a meeting with a senior [...]
US/NATO Psy-Op/MISO in Afghanistan
The Nation | By I. M. Mohsin | 15 July 2010 Afghanistan: the psywar prongs June ended as the deadliest month for the foreign troops, more so the US. According to ISAF’s assessment, 103 soldiers got killed while many more were badly injured. Lacking missiles and air power, which is the monopoly of the foreign troops, the Taliban have to [...]
Baloch Leader, Habib Jalib, Laid to Rest
The News | 14 July 2010 Habib Jalib laid to rest after funeral prayers QUETTA: Secretary General of Balochistan National Party (BNP) Habib Jalib, who was assassinated Wednesday morning in a firing incident, has been laid to rest here in his ancestral graveyard. The deceased’s funderal prayer was held near the above graveyard and attended [...]
Barack in Israel, Hussein in the Muslim World
Asharq alawsat | By Tariq Alhomayed | 11 July 2010 Hussein? As soon as US President Obama addressed the Israelis in a televised interview with one of the local television stations, the shock hit our region. This is what became clear from the majority of the Arab media coverage, especially after Obama told the Israelis that he understands [...]
10,000 NATO Containers Go Missing in Pakistan
The News | By Ikram Hoti | 30 June 2010 Major Customs gang busted, 25 officers arrested Rs 230 bn (US$ 2.7 billion) in taxes, duties evaded as 10,000 Nato containers go missing in two-year operation... The officials cleared more than 70 containers — 36 confirmed with fake papers — carrying poppy-seed (khashkhash) for export to European [...]
Asif Zardari is a U.S. Citizen
The News | By Azim M. Mian | 14 June 2010 Website declares Zardari US citizen Update: Website changes Zardari’s nationality See also: Should Expatriates Govern? NEW YORK: A well-known US website, which contains the record of 36,000 prominent figures of the world, has declared President Asif Ali Zardari a US citizen, and said that he [...]
Erdogan Studying Going to Gaza with Turkish Naval Escort
The Palestine Telegraph | Added by Omar Ghraieb | 5 June 2010 Gaza, June 5, (Pal Telegraph) The "Future" Lebanese newspaper said today that the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is thinking about heading himself into Gaza to break the siege imposed by the Israeli occupation army and that he had expressed this idea to the official [...]
Live Blog of Israeli Terrorism and Piracy on the Gaza Flotilla
Promised Land | By Noam Sheizaf | 1 June 2010 Death at Sea | the attack on the Gaza flotilla (live blogging) -- Updated to: 2:50 AM 1 June 2010 Jump to: Updated to 2:50 AM 1 June 2010 Original Post (to 6:45 PM 31 May 2010) 2:50 AM: finally, going to sleep. I will post at least another media round up in the morning. 2:05 AM: the finger [...]
