Archive for February 1st, 2010
Dubai police chief: Mossad may have killed Hamas commander
Jerusalem Post | JP Staff and AP | 31 January 2010 Dhahi Khalfan tells AFP: "I don't exclude any possibility" in Mabhouh's assassination; Israeli officials say commander played key role in smuggling weapons from Iran to Gaza. At least seven people were involved in the assassination of a Hamas commander in Dubai last week, according to Dubai [...]
U.S. Buying Tribal Loyalties in Afghanistan
New York Times | By Ruhullah Khapalwak and David Rohde | 29 January 2010 A Look at America’s New Hope: The Afghan Tribes For three decades now, Communism, civil war and Islamic fundamentalism have laid siege to Afghanistan’s tribes. In many ways, Afghanistan’s tribal structure is arguably the weakest it has been in the country’s [...]
U.N. Reconciles itself to Five Members of Mulla Omar’s Cabinet
CBC News | 27 January 2010 UN lifts sanctions on 5 former Taliban A United Nations sanctions committee has removed five former senior Taliban officials from its list of al-Qaeda and Taliban members in a move favoured by Afghan President Hamid Karzai. On Tuesday, the UN's Security Council Al-Qaeda and Taliban sanctions committee said it [...]
U.S. to Probe Blackwater/Xe for Corruption in Iraq
Deccan Chronicle | 1 February 2010 US probes Blackwater for corruption The US Justice Department is investigating whether officials of security firm Blackwater Worldwide tried to bribe Iraqi government officials in hopes of retaining the firm’s work in Iraq, The New York Times reported on Sunday. Citing unnamed current and former government [...]
Is there a Sindh card?
The News | By Ameer Bhutto | 1 February 2010 But is there a Sindh card? The writer is vice-chairman of Sindh National Front and a former MPA from Ratodero. He has degrees from the University of Buckingham and Cambridge University. This government is being sustained in power by three main factors. Firstly, unbridled corruption which [...]
Jordan arrests more than 40 in connection to Afghan attack
Jerusalem Post | By JP Staff | 31 January 2010 More than 40 suspects were arrested in Jordan in connection with the December terrorist attack on a CIA meeting in Afghanistan, AFP reported Sunday night. "More than 40 Jordanian jihadists, including ex-convicts, have been arrested," an official told AFP. The attacker, Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal [...]
Afghanistan: Making “Counterinsurgency” Work
abc News | By Tom A. Peters | 31 January 2010 Afghanistan: Making Counterinsurgency Work Afghanistan War: Good Counterinsurgency, Like Good Politics, Is Local COMBAT OUTPOST PENICH, Afghanistan — After US Army Capt. Michael Harrison completed his first tour in Afghanistan almost two years ago, he kept in touch with many of the locals [...]
With 2,412 Innocent Afghans Killed in 2009, Rising U.S. Casualties Cause Anger, Frustration
Times of India | 1 February 2010 US casualties in Afghanistan sow seeds of anger, frustration SOUTHEAST OF MARJAH, Afghanistan: Anger, frustration and a hunger for revenge are running high among US Marines as casualties mount on the frontline of the battle against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan. On a base near Marjah, a Taliban [...]
China Protests U.S. Arms Sales to Taiwanese Separatists
Pravda.ru | 31 January 2010 China and U.S. Try to Sort Things Out China has threatened to slap sanctions on American companies that sell arms to its rival Taiwan as part of a range of punitive actions Beijing is taking to protest the deal. China also summoned U.S. ambassador Jon Huntsman to express its anger over Washington's announcement, [...]
U.S. Murders 123 Innocent Pakistanis in January to Kill 3 Alleged Terrorists
The News | By Amir Mir | 1 February 2010 US drones killed 123 civilians, three al-Qaeda men in January LAHORE: Afghanistan-based US predators carried out a record number of 12 deadly missile strikes in the tribal areas of Pakistan in January 2010, of which 10 went wrong and failed to hit their targets, killing 123 innocent Pakistanis. The [...]
