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Obama to extend US attacks in Pakistan
21 hours ago ago from Dr Nasir Khan
by James Cogan, wsws.org , Dec 8, 2009 President Obama’s deployment of 30,000 additional American troops to Afghanistan will be accompanied by increased US attacks inside Pakistan. According to the New York Times , the White House is pressuring the Pakistani government to allow US forces to assassinate alleged Taliban leaders in the province of Balochistan. The US claims that Mullah Omar, the head of the Taliban, is directing the ...
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6 hours ago ago from LOATAY.COM - Pakistani News and Pakistani Loatay+Indian News and Indian Loatay.
The US has warned Pakistan that its forces will chase Taliban forces into Pakistan if the Islamabad government does not get tough with the insurgents, The New York Times reported yesterday. Citing unnamed US and Pakistani officials, the newspaper said the blunt message was delivered in November when national security adviser James Jones and White House counterterrorism chief John Brennan met the heads of Pakistan’s military and ...
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2 hours ago ago from World Latest News
ISLAMABAD: The FBI is sending a team to Pakistan as part of an investigation into links with a Chicago terror suspect, the U.S. Embassy said Tuesday. The announcement came a day after the probe expanded to include a retired Pakistani army officer — highlighting long-held fears of Pakistan's central role in global extremism. David Coleman Headley, an American of Pakistani descent, was arrested in Chicago in October and accused of ...
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In recent months, diplomatic disputes have flared between Colombia and Venezuela over the recently signed U.S. Colombia Accord, a 10-year deal that allows the U.S. military to access Colombian military bases and major civilian airports . It is alleged by the U.S. government that the agreement was formed in order to tackle drug-trafficking and terrorism . Knowing the track record of U.S. imperialism , I would say this is highly unlikely (re: ...
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FBI takes US terror probe to India and Pakistan
5 hours ago ago from Good News Now
ISLAMABAD -The FBI is sending a team to Pakistan and India as part of an inquiry into an American man accused of sizing up targets ahead of last year's deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India's financial capital. David Coleman Headley, 49, of Chicago, also is accused in a plot against a Danish newspaper, and Pakistan's role in alleged plots spanning three countries has increasingly come under scrutiny as new details emerge about the cases ...
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11 hours ago ago from Politics Daily
The White House is warning Pakistan to do more to fight the Taliban inside its borders and keep the insurgents from carrying out attacks in Afghanistan. At a meeting last month, administration officials told Pakistani leaders if they don't turn up the heat on the Taliban, the U.S. will carry out more missions on Pakistan's side of the border, the New York Times reported. The meeting came before President Obama announced the Afghanistan ...
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SEARCH TIME.COM Full Archive Covers Videos The Afghanistan Surge: How Will the Taliban Respond? By Tim McGirk Tuesday, Dec. 08, 2009 Fighters with the Taliban stand on a hillside at Maydan Shahr in Wardak province, Afghanistan. AFP / Getty Share President Barack Obama has ordered 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, and NATO is chipping in ...
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19 hours ago ago from U.S. News
FBI sending team to Pakistan in terror probe ISLAMABAD (AP) -- The U.S. Embassy says the FBI is sending a team to Pakistan as part of an investigation into a Chicago terror suspect. Embassy spokesman Rick Snelsire said Tuesday that the agents will brief Pakistani security officials about the probe into an alleged plot against Denmark and India. David Coleman Headley, an American of Pakistani descent, was arrested in Chicago in October. ...
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10 hours ago ago from FanHouse
CHICAGO -Part American and part Pakistani, the Chicago man accused of conspiring in the bloody terrorist attacks in Mumbai has followed a twisted trail through two different worlds. David Coleman Headley grew up in two countries and ended up with two names. A troubled young man, he dropped out of school, was convicted of heroin smuggling and ended up broke and jobless. But it was in a bleak apartment on Chicago's North Side where prosecutors ...
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