7 March, 2009

Counterterrorism Blog: ‘Jihadi penetration of Pakistan’s armed …
By Walid Phares
In my analysis, the penetration of Pakistan’s armed forces is at the centre of all concerns in any strategy. Many Pakistani officials at very high levels, particularly those who view the Jihadi forces as a threat, know that many sectors …
counterterrorismblog.org/2009/03/jihadi_penetration_of_pakistan.php

India says Pakistan risks becoming ‘failed state:’ report
AFP
NEW DELHI (AFP) — India has said neighbouring Pakistan could become a“failed state”, with doubts emerging about who is in control of the country, …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/
ALeqM5iuehLkex10VQNQxgh6bAJ47FI9Nw

Officer Leads Old Corps in New Role in Pakistan
New York Times – United States
More Photos By ERIC SCHMITT PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Maj. Gen. Tariq Khan, commander of Pakistan’s Frontier Corps paramilitary force, got some bad news the …
www.nytimes.com/2009/03/07/world/asia/07frontier.html?ref=world

FM: Canada considers appointing envoy to Afghanistan
Xinhua – China
US President Barack Obama recently appointed prominent diplomat Richard Holbrooke to Afghanistan and Pakistan, which was followed by similar appointments by …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/07/content_10959649.htm

Fear of death stalks Pakistan women in Swat
AFP
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — Terrified, locked up at home and courting death if they go out alone, women oppressed by Taliban extremists in Pakistan’s Swat …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article
/ALeqM5j0bV_8nXPPqdcn0Qg479Tvf7jA_Q

‘Safe havens’ in Pakistan fuel Afghan insurgency: Mackay
Globe and Mail – Canada
WASHINGTON — Defence Minister Peter Mackay blamed safe havens in Pakistan and the surging output of jihadists from radical Islamic schools for the growing …
www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.200
90306.wmackay0306/BNStory/Afghanistan/home

Officer Leads Old Corps in New Role in Pakistan
New York Times – United States
By ERIC SCHMITT PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Maj. Gen. Tariq Khan, commander of Pakistan’s Frontier Corps paramilitary force, got some bad news the other day: The …
www.nytimes.com/2009/03/07/world/asia/07frontier.html

FBI chief begins talks in Pakistan
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www.globalsecurity.org/security/lib
rary/news/2009/03/sec-090306-irna01.htm

Protest against Zardari in Pakistan
Sify – Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
Islamabad: Businesses remained closed and thousands held protest rallies against President Asif Ali Zardari in Pakistan’s largest province of Punjab on …
sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14866796&?vsv=TopHP7

6 March, 2009

Pakistan ‘can’t rule out foreign involvement’ in attacks
By admin
A top Pakistan official Friday refused to rule out foreign involvement in the Sri Lankan cricket attacks despite international warnings that the nation faced serious internal dangers.
www.prisonplanet.com/pakistan-cant-rule
-out-foreign-involvement-in-attacks.html

AsiaMedia :: PAKISTAN: ‘Living in a state of denial is Pakistan’s …
www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=105655

Epoch Times – Pakistan’s Lashkar Denies Involvement in Lahore Attack
By Reuters
Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba denied involvement in the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore.
www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/13236/

Reforming the Intelligence Agencies in Pakistan’s Transitional …
Previous abuses of power by Pakistani regimes and intelligence agencies make reforms imperative. With patience, resolve, and assistance from the international community, Pakistan’s government can reassert civilian control over the …
www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/
index.cfm?fa=view&id=22817&prog=zgp&proj=zsa

Pakistan told to dismantle terror infrastructure
Hindu – Chennai,India
HYDERABAD: Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has said Pakistan will have
to dismantle its terrorist infrastructure completely and declare
zero-tolerance to …
www.hindu.com/2009/03/07/stories/2009030755971300.htm

26/11: Pakistan shares information with Interpol
Hindu – Chennai,India
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan shared the information it gave to India on the Mumbai attacks with visiting Interpol Secretary-General Ronald Noble on Friday.…
www.hindu.com/2009/03/07/stories/2009030756011400.htm

Pakistan facing serious internal threats: Hillary
Hindu – Chennai,India
Brussels/London: Calling the Lahore attack a “very eerie replica” of the Mumbai terror strike, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said Pakistan is …
www.hindu.com/2009/03/07/stories/2009030756071400.htm

Pakistan ‘lacks will’ to tackle militancy: India
AFP
“Pakistan failed in providing security to Sri Lankan cricketers, which is a matter of grave concern,” he told a conference attended by, among others,…
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article
/ALeqM5iis45uZE1z9WBE-VtTlPKL1RHd5A

Pakistan threatening to become failed state – India
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said Pakistan was threatening to become a failed state and it was not clear who was in control …
in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-38383620090306

Experts Explain the Threats Facing Afghanistan and Pakistan to …
Security Management – Alexandria,Virginia,USA
The United States along with the Afghan and Pakistani governments do not fight one Taliban enemy, especially in Pakistan. “In effect, there is not one …
www.securitymanagement.com/news/experts-explain-threats
-facing-afghanistan-and-pakistan-lawmakers-005305

Pakistan Identifies Cricket Culprits: Officials
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Pakistan Identifies Cricket Culprits: Officials – The Huffington Post.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/06/
pakistan-identifies-crick_n_172437.html

Pakistan Attack Complicates Cooperation / ISN
By Abubakar Siddique
An attack on a Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore is the latest event that has intensified already tense relations between Pakistan and India, Abubakar Siddique writes for RFE/RL.
www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detai l/?ot
s591=4888CAA0-B3DB-1461-98B9-E20E7B9C13D4&lng=en&id=97324

Booman Tribune ~ A Progressive Community
By Booman Tribune
Well, “western governments “ may be concerned about Pakistan, its nuclear arsenal and its connection to terrorist extremists, but you’d never know about it from what the US media tells us. Which begs the question: Why don’t they care? …
www.boomantribune.com/story/2009/3/6/8710/03827

NewsDaily: Pakistan says knows kidnappers of U.N. official
Pakistani authorities have identified the kidnappers of an American working for the UN refugee agency but want to avoid any hasty action that may endanger him, the country’s foreign minister said.
www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5251la-us-pakistan-kidnap-un/

Jihad Watch: Pakistan urges West, EU to shun Islamophobia
By director@jihadwatch.org
Pakistan urges West, EU to shun Islamophobia. Instead, it urges the West to focus on “the root causes of terrorism, poverty, injustice and deprivation.” Odd, however, that even though billions of peoples around this world suffer from …
www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025118.php

Lashkar-e-Taiba linked to cricket team attack in Pakistan
Christian Science Monitor – Boston,MA,USA
By Issam Ahmed | Correspondent 03.06.09 LAHORE – Media reports in Pakistan are suggesting the involvement of banned Islamic group Lashkar-e-Taiba in …
features.csmonitor.com/globalnews/2009/03/06/lashkar
-e-taiba-linked-to-cricket-team-attack-in-pakistan/

The final wake-up call for Pakistan
Rediff – Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
Secondly, they wanted to show they haven’t been subdued by the recent arrests in Pakistan for the Mumbai [Images] attacks and pursuit of legal cases against …
www.rediff.com/news/2009/mar/06guest
-final-wake-up-call-for-pakistan.htm

Pakistan Identifies Kidnappers of UN Official as Deadline Passes
Voice of America – USA
Both the United Nations and Pakistan have repeatedly appealed for Solecki’s freedom. The 49-year-old UN refugee official was abducted on February 2 by…
www.voanews.com/english/2009-03-06-voa21.cfm

Mullah Omar Calls for a Taliban Surge
New York Times – United States
In spirit, the attack on the Pashtun poet’s shrine in Pakistan seems to echo one of the Afghan Taliban’s most infamous acts of cultural cleansing: the …
thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/
mullah-omar-tries-to-rein-in-pakistans-taliban/?hp

Pakistan situation ‘very grave’: David Miliband | Sindh Today
By Sindh Today
London, March 6 (IANS) The security situation in parts of Pakistan has worsened because of policy flip-flops, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Friday.
www.sindhtoday.net/south-asia/71579.htm

Pakistan: Road bomb kills mayor “ Rational Review
By Thomas L. Knapp
“The mayor of a town in the troubled North Waziristan tribal district of Pakistan has been killed by a roadside bomb that exploded near his car. Khair Ullah, mayor of the town of Kaki, was travelling in the Mundan area when the blast …
www.rationalreview.com/content/59991

Pakistan sees local link to cricket team attack
The Associated Press
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police suspect local militants were likely responsible for this week’s bloody ambush of the Sri Lankan cricket team in the …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeq
M5jxdH7dw86hwJVEolcl71R-OzOdSgD96OHAPO3

India calls on Pakistan to declare zero tolerance towards terrorism
Xinhua – China
NEW DELHI, March 6 (Xinhua) — India Friday again called on Pakistan to dismantle the terror infrastructure on its soil and declare zero tolerance towards …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/06/content_10957047.htm

Pakistan facing “very serious” internal threats: Hillary
Hindu – Chennai,India
Mrs. Mrs. Clinton’s assessment of the security situation in Pakistan was also shared by Britain whose Foreign Secretary David Miliband said that country is …
www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200903061663.htm

Interpol chief in Pakistan, holds talks on Mumbai
AFP
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — The head of global police agency Interpol met Pakistan’s interior ministry chief on Friday as part of an investigation into the Mumbai …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article
/ALeqM5hkJ76_-IqESqIo9y0Mpoq_vTVQrw

General strike called in Pakistan
ABC Online – Australia
MARK COLVIN: In Pakistan, the Governor of Punjab province says his police have identified the people responsible for the attack on Sri Lanka’s cricket team …
www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2008/s2509765.htm

Pakistan facing ‘mortal threat’
BBC News – UK
Pakistan is facing a “mortal threat” from internal militancy, UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said. Mr Miliband told the BBC that politicians must …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7927859.stm

Expert warned of Pakistan failures
The Australian – Sydney,Australia
Taufel and Davis, the umpires in the Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka which was abandoned following Tuesday’s attack, arrived back in Australia yesterday …
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story
/0,25197,25144614-5001505,00.html

Pakistan: Now or Never? “ Blog Archive “ Lahore conspiracy …
By Simon Cameron Moore
Conspiracy theories have filled a void in Pakistan that opened up as soon as the dozen gunmen who attacked the visiting Sri Lankan cricket team made a leisurely getaway without any apparent casualties after a 25 minute gun battle. …
blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2009/03/06/
lahore-conspiracy-theories-go-beyond-the-boundary/

Rehman Baba’a Mausoleum in Peshawar Damaged : ALL THINGS PAKISTAN
By Owais Mughal
Enemies of Pakistan are at it again. After blowing up girls schools in North West Pakistan, forcing traffic to drive on right hand side instead of left in Malakand, digging up the grave of a minority sect leader and hanging the already …
pakistaniat.com/2009/03/05/rehman
-babaa-mausoleum-in-peshawar-damaged/

Pakistan Security System Has ‘Collapsed,’ Says Opposition Leader
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Pakistan Security System Has ‘Collapsed,’ Says Opposition Leader – The Huffington Post.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/05/
pakistan-security-system-_n_172071.html

AsiaMedia :: PAKISTAN: ‘Terror has home & succour here’
www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=105626

Truce in Pakistan May Mean Leeway for Taliban
New York Times – United States
BK Bangash/AP Some villagers returned home last week to the Swat District of Pakistan, where Taliban control is raising hackles. …
www.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/world/asia/06swat.html?hp

Obama faces major policy challenge in Afghanistan, Pakistan
SmartBrief – Washington,DC,USA
“Our primary goal has to be to shut down the al-Qaeda and Taliban safe havens on the Pakistan side of the border. If that can be accomplished, …
www.smartbrief.com/news/un_wire/storyDetails.jsp?issueid
=0D924ADD-A7FA-44B7-BEEA-0CB08E1FCFAB&copyid=A577
0185-236C-4D77-9103-E7A232091E06

Sri Lanka players recover in hospital after Pakistan attack
AFP
COLOMBO (AFP) — Two Sri Lankan cricketers injured during a gun and grenade attack in Pakistan were recovering Thursday after surgery, with the rest of those …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article
/ALeqM5g8kLIJNG7SIqP1681Yu_36rEsokQ

Pakistan attack prompts federal officials to caution Indiana officials
Fox 28 – South Bend,IN,USA
That note follows an attack this week on a cricket team in Pakistan that killed six police officers and a driver and wounded seven players, a coach and an …
www.fox28.com/Global/story.asp?S=9956888

Pakistan cops ‘know’ cricket terrorists | The Sun |News
PAKISTAN authorities yesterday said they KNOW who carried out the cricket terror attack — and have already made arrests.
www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/
article2299444.ece?OTC-RSS&ATTR=News

Global Voices Online “ Pakistan: Sufi Shrine Attacked
By Rezwan
Sandeep Bansal at Desicritics discusses how should India respond to the terrorist attacks on Pakistan and thinks that “it is in India’s own interest to take the lead and ensure stability in the region”. …
globalvoicesonline.org/2009/03/05/pakistan-sufi-shrine-attacked/

Pakistan denies India behind Lahore attack – The Long War Journal
By Bill Roggio
“The terrorists were provided highly sophisticated and deadly weapons in large quantity by RAW though its agents in Pakistan.” Three Nigerians, three Uzbeks and an Afghan were reportedly among those captured who had links to Indian …
www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/03/pakistan_denies_indi.php

Sri Lankan Cricket Team Attack in Pakistan Rouses Anger Against …
By Satyam Khanna
On Tuesday in Lahore, Pakistan, terrorists waged a brazen attack in broad daylight against members of the Sri Lankan cricket team. The attack has roused Pakistani anger against the militants. “Cricket is so popular here,” said Imran …
www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/130316/sri_lankan_cricket_team
_attack_in_pakistan_rouses_anger_against_militants/