Admiral: Pakistan OKs Bigger U.S. Role
By ROBERT BURNS. AP Military Writer
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Pakistan is taking a more welcoming view of U.S. suggestions for using American troops to train and advise its own forces in the fight against anti-government extremists, the commander of U.S. forces in that region said Wednesday.
www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-7231318,00.html

Pakistani troops ‘flee border post’ with Afghanistan
Aljazeera.net
A Pakistani security outpost near the border with Afghanistan has reportedly been abandoned by government troops, due to threats from pro-Taliban fighters. Local residents said the site was abandoned on Thursday, a day after tribal fighters captured a nearby fort. The army, however, said that all troops had not left the post at Saklatoi in South Waziristan. “It is incorrect. Frontier Corps personnel are still in that fort, it is with us. Reports that it has been captured are incorrect,” Major General Athar Abbas told the AFP news agency. Kamal Hyder, Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Islamabad, said that local reports confirmed that there had been an incident at the camp….
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Emboldened Pakistani militants seize, then abandon, border fort in …
Christian Science Monitor – Boston,MA,USA
[Southern Afghanistan] is controlled by a 11700-soldier NATO force largely made up of the British, Canadian and Dutch forces. Britain saw 42 soldiers killed …
www.csmonitor.com/2008/0117/p99s01-duts.html

Former US congressman charged in terror case
Radio Netherlands – Netherlands
Funds raised by the IARA reportedly went to the radical rebel leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who is hiding in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region. …
www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/560
3556/Former-US-congressman-charged-in-terror-case

The Pakistan Conundrum
By Scott Ritter
www.countercurrents.org/ritter170108.htm
The bravado of the respective candidate’s ‘hunt Osama down until he is brought to justice’ rhetoric is as empty as their promises to seek stability inside Pakistan, for the two are inherently contradictory policy directions. To pursue one is to fail on the other

Pak-Afghan Militancy Is Linked With The NATO Forces In The region
By Javed I. Chaudry
www.countercurrents.org/chaudry170108.htm
Musharraf’s administration was in power for just over a year when 9/11 happened. Musharraf was told by the United States in no uncertain terms that Pakistan would be bombed back to the stone age if he chose not to participate in the so called war on terror. Although he has been a reluctant player in this American game but, his participation is the major reason for his unpopularity in the country. The conflict is between the United States and the people of Afghanistan, but Pakistan has been dragged into it by force, certainly not its own choice. This may well be due to an American plan to render Pakistan and its administration extremely weak and chaotic, only to use the excuse to control its nuclear assets in the end

Using Bhutto for Imperial Gain
by Stephen Lendman
Benazir Bhutto led the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) as “chairperson for life” until her death. She was the privileged daughter of former Pakistan President and Prime Minister, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was hanged in 1979 at the likely behest of Washington and replaced by military dictator General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. He later outlived his usefulness and died in a “mysterious” plane crash CIA may have arranged that allowed Bhutto to become Prime Minister in 1988.
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Who Are Pakistan’s Militants and Their Families?
By Human Security Report Project
Christine Fair, ‘Who Are Pakistan’s Militants and Their Families?’, Terrorism and Political Violence, Volume 20, Issue 1 January 2008 , pages 49 – 65. ABSTRACT: “This article presents results of a survey of 141 Pakistani families of …
www.afghanconflictmonitor.org/2008/01/who-are-pakista.html

Democratic Pursuits Vital to Pakistan’s Future (Rep. Al Green)
By Texas Dem. Rep. Al Green
912, a resolution condemning the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and reaffirming the commitment of the United States to assist the people of Pakistan in combating terrorist activity and promoting a free …
blog.thehill.com/2008/01/17/democratic-purs
uits-vital-to-pakistans-future-rep-al-green/

Flour Shortages Adds to Pakistan’s Woes
The Associated Press –
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — When the delivery truck finally arrives, laborer Sher Nawaz joins about 400 Pakistanis scrambling to buy a sack of wheat flour. …
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TIMELINE: Recent bomb attacks in Pakistan
Reuters – USA
(Reuters) – A teenaged suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded prayer hall in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Thursday, killing at least nine people …
www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL1740356820080117

Pakistan: Blast in Peshawar
By Neha Viswanathan
Metroblogging Lahore on a suicide bomb blast in Peshawar, creating even more tension in the country.
www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/
01/17/pakistan-blast-in-peshawar/

Pakistan Slides Into Chaos: War in Waziristan
By Alex Thurston
In the last two days war has broken out in South Waziristan, Pakistan, near the border with Afghanistan. Yesterday a group of about 200 fighters stormed a military fort, achieving a decisive victory. Today fighting continued as …
www.theseminal.com/2008/01/17/paki
stan-slides-into-chaos-war-in-waziristan/

What Plagues Pakistan?
By Sana
Pakistan is at the crossroads of grave challenges that have plagued the social, political and economic fabric of the country. Its economy is in a shambles; its politics is based on fragile democratic institutions and powerful …
www.naitazi.com/2008/01/17/what-plagues-pakistan/

Blast at Pakistan Shiite Mosque Kills 9
The Associated Press –
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber fired gunshots then blew himself up at a Shiite mosque in Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan, killing nine people …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jIE0IUn
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Explosion Rocks Shi’ite Mosque in Northern Pakistan
Voice of America – USA
By VOA News At least four people have been killed and 20 wounded in an explosion at a Shi’ite mosque in northwestern Pakistan. Officials say the blast …
voanews.com/english/2008-01-17-voa27.cfm

Caught in the Crossfire
Forbes – NY,USA
Western investors that have poured billions into Pakistan must be
wondering: Is the country a ticking bomb or does it just have a pr problem?
…
www.forbes.com/global/2008/0128/020.html

Pakistan short of everything except crises
By Naxal Watch(Naxal Watch)
QUETTA, Pakistan – There is a crisis of crises facing Pakistan. While the political crisis centering on President Pervez Musharraf and the future of general elections scheduled for February 18 dominate the headlines, this country of …
intellibriefs.blogspot.com/2008/01/
pakistan-short-of-everything-except.html

Bombing Hits Shiite Mosque in Pakistan
The Associated Press –
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suspected suicide attacker detonated a bomb at a Shiite mosque in the northwestern Pakistan city of Peshawar late Thursday, …
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Suicide bomber kills eight at Shiite mosque in Pakistan
AFP –
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — A teenage suicide attacker blew himself up Thursday at a Shiite mosque in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar,…
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jlOpeX2qD19AfI6kCWJN2ldaK4bA

Musharraf’s Woes Multiply on Record Wheat Prices, Power Outages
Bloomberg – USA
``But times are not ordinary in Pakistan and it has become not just an additive to Musharraf’s problems but a metaphor for all that is wrong in his regime. …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20
601087&sid=acWBw47CK1i4&refer=home

Pakistan Commentary: Haqqani, Hoodbhoy, Daily Times, Bergen
By Barnett R. Rubin(Juan Cole)
Husain Haqqani called attention to an editorial on the Daily Times (Lahore), which makes clear a point I argued earlier, that the Pakistan Army is not just a defense organization but Pakistan’s ruling party, controlling all branches of …
icga.blogspot.com/2008/01/pakistan
-commentary-haqqani-hoodbhoy.html

Pakistan shows why blaming America first has become a safe bet
By Don Williams
When it comes to Pakistan, we have. a long history of mucking things up, and I’ll spend most of this column documenting,. not necessarily in this order…. 1. How Condoleezza Rice unwittingly set Bhutto up for the kill by convincing her …
www.knoxvoice.com/blogs/truthserum/2008/01/17/pakistan
-shows-why-blaming-america-first-has-become-a-safe-bet/

Bombing hits Shiite mosque in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – A suspected suicide attacker detonated a bomb at a Shiite mosque in the northwestern Pakistan city of Peshawar late Thursday, killing at least three people and injuring 20, police said. …
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/
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More On Pakistan
By AJStrata
I find it blatantly obvious something is brewing in Pakistan. The US us sending 3200 Marines to Afghanistan to probably beef up the cordon along the Afghanistan border. And there continues to be news about US efforts inside Pakistan …
strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4940

Rockets fired at Pakistan military base, no casualty
Times of India – India
ISLAMABAD: Four rockets were fired on Thursday by unidentified persons at a military base in Pakistan’s central Punjab province, causing minor damage to a …
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Rockets_fired_at_Pakistan
_military_base_no_casualty/articleshow/2708360.cms

Taliban and Deportees from Pakistan
By Bal(t)imoron
Mushahid Hussain, secretary general of the pro-Musharraf faction of the Pakistan Muslim League, told me that no one can negotiate the politics of the North-West Frontier Province better than Rehman. “We know that we need a bearded, …
www.radicalcontrapositions.com/left_flank/2008/
01/17/taliban-and-deportees-from-pakistan/

Jean Lambert speaks up for Pakistan human rights
By Derek Wall(Derek Wall)
It called for the elections totake place without further delay and signalled that it would be deploying aformal observation mission to oversee the elections in Pakistan to ensurethat a fair and transparent process takes place. …
another-green-world.blogspot.com/2008/0
1/jean-lambert-speaks-up-for-pakistan.html

Militants seize fort in Pakistan
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
From AP DERA ISMAIL KHAN, PAKISTAN — Islamic extremists attacked and seized a small Pakistani army fort near the Afghan border, leaving at least 22 …
www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-pa
kistan17jan17,1,4232607.story?coll=la-news-a_section

Pakistan faces wheat shortage
Aljazeera.net – Qatar
Pakistan is running short of flour, and flour is needed to make the bread that constitutes people’s staple diet, says Al Jazeera correspondent Kamal Hyder. …
english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/220E556
2-4C84-45AA-9188-4A1E05AA3A55.htm