View From Dubai: Attacking Pakistan? Don’t Do It
Middle East Times – Cairo,Egypt
By AIJAZ ZAKA SYED Pakistan army soldiers show their skill during a military display to celebrate the country’s Defense Day, in Hyderabad, 06 Sept 2006. …
www.metimes.com/Opinion/2008/09/17/view_from_
dubai_attacking_pakistan_dont_do_it/5471/

The American War Moves To Pakistan
By Tariq Ali
www.countercurrents.org/ali170908.htm
The decision to make public a presidential order of last July authorizing American strikes inside Pakistan without seeking the approval of the Pakistani government ends a long debate within, and on the periphery of, the Bush administration. Senator Barack Obama, aware of this ongoing debate during his own long battle with Hillary Clinton, tried to outflank her by supporting a policy of U.S. strikes into Pakistan. Senator John McCain and Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin have now echoed this view and so it has become, by consensus, official U.S. policy

Is A US Attack On Pakistan Imminent?
By Usman Khalid
www.countercurrents.org/khalid170908.htm
Pakistan is nervous; it cannot believe that the USA can turn on its ally so fast and easy. The escalation of the ‘terror war’ to include Pakistan was announced by President Bush himself. He proclaimed a new war theatre in Pakistan alongside Iraq and Afghanistan

Pakistan, War On Terror And Consequences Under Feudal Governance
By G. Asgar Mitha
www.countercurrents.org/mitha170908.htm
The result of an offensive by either Pakistan’s military or US/ NATO would be to push the insurgents from FATA into other areas of Pakistan thus sacrificing its national security but ensuring security for US in Afghanistan. The Taliban and Al-Qaeda will have no difficulty in finding shelter and support in Pakistan’s rural and urban areas. The net effect may be anarchy or at the worse a civil war requiring the army to use firepower against their own people

US missile strike in Pakistan kills five
Reuters UK – UK
By Kamran Haider ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A US missile strike killed five militants in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, a Pakistani official said.…
uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKSP21132520080917

US military chief helps diffuse Pakistan tensions
CNN International – USA
During his brief visit, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff met with Pakistan’s newly elected prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, and Pakistan’s…
edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/17/pakistan.mullen.visit/

US strike kills at least 4 in Pakistan
Reuters South Africa – Johannesburg,South Africa
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A US drone aircraft missile attack targeting a militant camp in Pakistan killed at least four people and wounded three,…
africa.reuters.com/world/news/usnISL155085.html

Predators In Pakistan
By Andrew Sullivan
Media reports from the ground and military sources indicate several factors: 1) Pakistan isn’t really helping, so we’ve taken the killing into our own hands. 2) We don’t want to literally use our own hands, since our ground forces might …
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_
daily_dish/2008/09/predators.html

Pakistan: Open fire on intruders
By Rezwan
Ymasood hails Pakistan army’s order to ‘open fire‘ on intruding US warplanes raiding in Pakistan territory and comments “I can bet today that ex-General ex-President Musharraf wouldn’t have done (it)…”.
globalvoicesonline.org/2008/09/17/pakistan-open-fire-on-intruders/

Pakistan
By Daniel Larison
On Tuesday, the Pakistan’s military ordered its forces along the Afghan border to repulse all future American military incursions into Pakistan. The story has been subsequently downplayed, and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, …
www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/09/17/pakistan-2/

Predator Drones vs. US Troops in Pakistan
By Engram(Engram)
A few days ago, I reviewed the positions of Barack Obama, John McCain, and George Bush on the question of whether or not US troops should cross the border into Pakistan — against the wishes of the Pakistani government— to pursue …
engram-backtalk.blogspot.com/2008/09/
predator-drones-vs-us-troops-in.html

US military chief heads to Pakistan
The Age – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
THE top US military official flew unexpectedly into Pakistan yesterday for meetings with senior officials amid an escalating confrontation over recent US …
www.theage.com.au/world/us-military-
chief-heads-to-pakistan-20080917-4ilc.html

Top US commander reassures Pakistan over sovereignty
AFP
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — US military chief Admiral Michael Mullen Wednesday reiterated Washington respects Pakistan’s sovereignty after a row sparked by recent …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5je5QI0FcaPBImqU6gvhd33Z6dt3A

US lawmakers fault F16 plan for Pakistan
Reuters – USA
N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), was the most effective arm against al Qaeda and Taliban fighters in and around Pakistan’s tribal lands. …
www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN1641510520080916

US commander holds Pakistan talks
BBC News – UK
The visit comes after Pakistan’s army said it would not tolerate incursions. Tension has been rising in Pakistan over an increase in US attacks along the …
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7620662.stm

Pakistan threatens to shoot forces crossing border
Houston Chronicle – United States
By SALMAN MASOOD and GRAHAM BOWLEY New York Times ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN— As the top US military official arrived in Pakistan for talks about recent…
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/world/6005830.html

Mullen Visits Pakistan as US Raids Stir Tensions
Washington Post – United States
Pakistan’s military has ordered its forces to open fire if US troops launch another air or ground raid across the Afghan border. …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2008/09/16/AR2008091601956.html?hpid=sec-politics

Kucinich: US Must Stop Abusing Ally Pakistan
By davidswanson
WASHINGTON, DC (September 16, 2008) — Congressman Dennis Kucinich, who has sharply criticized the Bush Administration’s aggression in Pakistan as being a violation of that nation’s sovereignty, today made the following statement in …
www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/36049

The Line of Control
By Arif Rafiq
There is strong public support in Pakistan for a just resolution to the 61 year conflict over the disputed region. Pakistanis share historic, cultural, and blood linkages with the people of Kashmir, particularly with those in the …
pakistanpolicy.com/2008/09/17/the-line-of-control/

Pakistan: Allied Tensions
By joe@windsofchange.net(joe@windsofchange.net)
Pakistan’s new democratically elected government made its first visit to Washington. Instead of the congratulations and aid packages they expected, ministers received what they described as a “grilling” and left reeling at “the trust …
www.windsofchange.net/archives/pakistan_allied_tensions.php

The wild, wild north-west
Hindustan Times – India
This is Pakistan’s most dangerous moment since the loss of its eastern wing in 1971. The country faces a crisis that is threatening its nationhood, …
www.hindustantimes.com/Redir.aspx?ID=5a290fab
-f4ce-45f9-84e3-3df5c8d0da57&SectionName=

Pakistan: Bush’s War Widens Dangerously
Pacific Free Press – Victoria,BC,Canada
It is true that those resisting the NATO occupation cross the Pakistan-Afghan border with ease. However, the US has often engaged in quiet negotiations with …
pacificfreepress.com/content/view/3045/81/

Are We, in Fact, At War with Pakistan?
By Joshua Foust
(Along with Pakistan, only Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates ever recognized the Taliban as the legal government in Kabul.) Important circles in Pakistan have never given up the aspiration to run Afghanistan as a client or …
www.registan.net/index.php/2008/09/16
/are-we-in-fact-at-war-with-pakistan/

Pakistan talks tough on US raids
NDTV.com – New Delhi,India
For years India has been tempted but, quite rightly, refused to cross the Pakistan line of control to attack terrorists base camps. …
www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/stor
y.aspx?id=NEWEN20080065655

‘The unsavoury prospect of having to take a crack at its one-time ally has surfaced most starkly in the skies over the Afghan-Pakistan border.’ US faces the F-16s it supplied Pakistan 14 Sep 2008
The United States is suddenly faced with the uncomfortable scenario of confronting the very same weapons and military hardware, including F-16 fighter jets, it has armed Pakistan with for decades. The unsavoury prospect of having to take a crack at its one-time ally has surfaced most starkly in the skies over the Afghan-Pakistan border this weekend after the Pakistan Air Force deployed its US-supplied F-16s to challenge the violation of its airspace by US drones, and in one case, an airborne assault that landed US Navy Seals inside Pakistani territory.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/US_faces_the_F-16s_
it_supplied_Pakistan/articleshow/3482718.cms

US drones prowl as Pakistan Army bombs Taliban positions —10 killed as helicopter gunships, fighter jets fire shells in Bajaur 17 Sep 2008
Ten Taliban were killed and several others injured on Tuesday as Pakistan Army helicopter gunships and fighter jets fired shells at ‘militant hideouts’ in Bajaur Agency as United States’ drones prowled the sky over another Taliban sanctuary on the Afghan border.
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=200
8%5C09%5C17%5Cstory_17-9-2008_pg1_5

16 September, 2008

The American War Moves to Pakistan
By Wajahat Ali
The decision to make public a presidential order of last July authorizing American strikes inside Pakistan without seeking the approval of the Pakistani government ends a long debate within, and on the periphery of,…
goatmilk.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/
the-american-war-moves-to-pakistan/

Pakistan: Cambodia Redux?
Just as Pakistan gives shelter to the Taliban attacking us in Afghanistan, not to mention Osama Bin Laden, Cambodia in the 1960s provided a haven for the North Vietnamese Army, which was killing us across the border. …
blogs.cqpolitics.com/spytalk/2008/09/pakistan-cambodia-redux.html

Meanwhile, in Pakistan . . .
By MB
The country’s civilian leaders, who have taken a tough line against militants, have insisted Pakistan must resolve the dispute with the US through diplomatic channels. But the military has taken a more robust line.…
www.vapoliticalblogs.com/2008/09/16/meanwhile-in-pakistan-2/

Tribesmen warn of blocking NATO supplies
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
Most food and other logistic supplies destined for the US and NATO bases in Afghanistan are transported through this mountainous route leading from Peshawar …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008
%5C09%5C17%5Cstory_17-9-2008_pg7_10

Pakistan Allegedly Repulses U.S. Raid:
Pakistani troops turned back a U.S. attack in Pakistan’s tribal areas on Monday by firing warning shots toward U.S. troops as they attempted to cross from Afghanistan in pursuit of Taliban insurgents, a Pakistani intelligence official said. U.S. and Pakistani military spokesmen denied the report.
tinyurl.com/5t3uxe

Pakistan orders troops to open fire if US raids:
Pakistan’s military has ordered its forces to open fire if U.S. troops launch another air or ground raid across the Afghan border, an army spokesman said Tuesday.
wiredispatch.com/news/?id=352514

U.S. actions in Pakistan to harm democracy:
President Zardari : President Zardari said he is confident that the U.S. will not again undertake any strikes in Pakistan.
www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Sep08/16/01.htm

Pakistan aircraft bomb militants; U.S. drones prowl:
Pakistani aircraft bombed militant strongholds in a northwestern region on Tuesday while U.S. drones prowled the sky over another militant sanctuary on the Afghan border, a military official and residents said.
news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080916/wl_nm/pakistan_violence_dc

Pakistan seeks British help over border strains with US
AFP
LONDON (AFP) — Britain agrees that US cross-border incursions by US forces into Pakistan “didn’t help,” Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said Tuesday, …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gWNBkw9xJ-RMGgzgpU4g2az_i2AA

Pakistan Orders Troops to Fire on US Forces
By Noah Shachtman
Yesterday, there were reports of irregular Pakistani forces and US troops exchanging fire near the Afghanistan/Pakistan border. On September 4th, American and Afghan commandos made a cross-border raid. And in June, US forces called in …
feeds.wired.com/~r/WiredDangerRoom/
~3/394251284/are-pakistani-t.html

UK-Pakistan joint statement
By JFord
The Prime Minister congratulated President Zardari on his election and welcomed this as a significant step in Pakistan’s democratic transition. They discussed the bilateral relationship, as well as regional and international issues and …
www.number10.gov.uk/Page16850

Pakistan is Next
By sillybachi
Is it just me, or is the Bush war machine now marching quickly towards Pakistan? From Bush secretly approving US raids into Pakistan (without the permission of Pakistan’s government, and while criticizing Russia’s invasion of …
sillybachi.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/pakistan-is-next/

Pakistan’s Zardari expects no more US raids
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Pakistan’s new President Asif Ali Zardari said on Tuesday he did not believe the United States would carry out any more…
in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINLG8504220080916

Pakistan Would Fire on Intruders
New York Times – United States
By SALMAN MASOOD and GRAHAM BOWLEY ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Pakistani military said on Tuesday its troops would fire on foreign forces if they crossed the …
www.nytimes.com/2008/09/17/world/asia/17pstan.html?hp

Pakistan Ups the Ante in Standoff
Wall Street Journal – USA
By ZAHID HUSSAIN ISLAMABAD — On the eve of a meeting with the top US military commander, Pakistan upped the ante in its standoff over US troop incursions, …
online.wsj.com/article/SB122157191948
543051.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Pakistan aircraft bomb militants as US drones prowl
Reuters – USA
By Sahibzada Bahauddin KHAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani aircraft bombed militant strongholds in a northwestern region on Tuesday while US drones prowled …
www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSISL6237220080916

Pakistan in border warning to US
BBC News – UK
Pakistan’s army spokesman has made clear that its forces have been ordered to open fire if US troops launch another raid across the Afghan border. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7618929.stm

US military chief to visit Pakistan over cross-border raids
Xinhua – China
ISLAMABAD, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) — Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen is due to visit Islamabad later Tuesday following the row of …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/16/content_10039270.htm

US Set To Invade Pakistan?
By Paul Martin
The inauguration this week of Pakistan’s new president, Asif Ali Zardari, widower of the slain Benazir Bhutto, should have brought some hope and direction to embattled Pakistan. It did not. A sense of weary déjà vu hung over the event. …
revolutionradio.org/2008/09/16/us-set-to-invade-pakistan/

Why US has opted for direct strikes
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
WASHINGTON: President George W Bush’s orders authorising military strikes inside Pakistan mean that the US military will no longer need a presidential …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=
2008%5C09%5C16%5Cstory_16-9-2008_pg1_9

In Pakistan, sympathy for the Taliban
Asia Times Online – Kowloon,Hong Kong
The United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) follow in a long line of foreign armies that have claimed to bring order to the region …
www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JI17Df03.html

The Chenab River And U.S. Pressure on Pakistan
Moon of Alabama
There is again conflict heating up between India and Pakistan. There are two well known political issues between these countries. Yesterday a major economic issue was added by India that may well lead to unrest or even war. I suspect that the U.S. has a hand in this. One political conflict is over Kashmir, the north western state of India that has a Muslim majority and borders Pakistan. Kashmir does want independence from India, but does not want to become a part of Pakistan…
www.uruknet.de/?p=47273

Pakistani forces clash with NATO troops
The tribesmen along with the security forces responded to the NATO attack and their fire power prevented the foreign forces from entering Pakistan territory to hunt for the wanted militants. Earlier on Monday, some US drones violated the Pakistani airspace but after facing Pak fighter jets` fire, fled the area
www.mathaba.net/rss/?x=606150

RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: Live Burial of Women – Activists Demand Action
By sudhan
Samar Minallah, who has long been fighting against cruel tribal practices in Pakistan, said there are many Zehris and Jamalis in parliament who shared ‘’the same mindset that has more to do with perpetuating the status quo of powerful …
sudhan.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/rights-pakistan
-live-burial-of-women-activists-demand-action/