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We seek no wider war
17 hours ago ago from Thus Blogged Anderson
Via Kevin Drum , we learn that Predator-drone attacks are now vitally necessary inside large Pakistani cities : The prospect of Predator aircraft strikes in Quetta, a sprawling city , signals a new U.S. resolve to decapitate the Taliban. But it also risks rupturing Washington's relationship with Islamabad. The concern has created tension among Obama administration officials over whether unmanned aircraft strikes in a city of 850,000 are a ...
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11 hours ago ago from The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely
By JANE PERLEZ | Islamabad | December 15 NYT - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Demands by the United States for Pakistan to crack down on the strongest Taliban warrior in Afghanistan, Siraj Haqqani, whose fighters pose the biggest threat to American forces, have been rebuffed by the Pakistani military, according to Pakistani military officials and diplomats. The Obama administration wants Pakistan to turn on Mr. Haqqani, a longtime asset of ...
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5 hours ago ago from Institute for Policy Studies: Ideas into Action for Peace, Justice, and the Environment
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16 hours ago ago from The Dawn Patrol
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Related contentDrone Attacks May Be Expanded In Pakistan
20 hours ago ago from War News Updates
From L.A. Times: U.S. officials seek to push CIA drone strikes into the major city of Quetta to try to pressure Pakistan into pursuing Taliban leaders based there. Reporting from Washington - Senior U.S. officials are pushing to expand CIA drone strikes beyond Pakistan's tribal region and into a major city in an attempt to pressure the Pakistani government to pursue Taliban leaders based in Quetta. The proposal has opened a contentious ...
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U.S. Pressures Pakistan to Target Afghan Taliban
55 minutes ago ago from Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON The U.S. is stepping up pressure on Pakistan to widen the scope of an offensive against the Taliban in its tribal areas, fearful the current operation's limits could blunt the impact of the fresh American troops being dispatched to neighboring Afghanistan. For the past two months, Pakistan's military has been driving against Taliban hideouts in the tribal area of South Waziristan in what U.S. officials describe as a welcome ...
Related contentU.S Officials Push For Drone Attacks Deeper Into Pakistan
8 hours ago ago from Politics Daily
A week after news that the White House had pushed Pakistan to do more to crack down on the Taliban, it was reported U.S. officials are hoping to ramp up that pressure by expanding CIA drone strikes beyond Pakistan's border regions and into a major city. Unmanned drones have been carrying out attacks in Pakistan's tribal region on the border with Afghanistan. But many insurgent leaders are based in Quetta, further inland, and the U.S. says ...
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11 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
A Pakistani court Monday ordered that the five Americans being detained on suspicion of having terrorist links not be deported to the U.S. or any other country until the judge reviewed their case. The men, who were picked up earlier this month in eastern Pakistan, are being interrogated by Pakistani and American investigators. They haven't been formally charged. Pakistani officials had said the men would probably be deported to the U.S. ...
Related contentBBC News - US militant suspects to stay in Pakistan, court rules
17 hours ago ago from BBC
The house was raided after a period of surveillance A court in Pakistan has ruled that five Americans detained for suspected militant links cannot be deported while judges review their case. The high court in Lahore said it wanted more information about the case before such an order could be made. The men were held last week in Punjab province and are wanted in connection with a possible plot in the US. They have yet to be ...
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