9 April, 2009

Obama’s Pakistan enigma
Online Journal – Silver Springs,FL,USA
A continent away in Afghanistan, Pakistan and, in recent days, in Iraq, violence takes increasing numbers of lives every day. As Pakistan becomes the latest …
onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_4568.shtml

Talking Peace in Prague, Dropping Bombs in Pakistan “ Pak Alert Press
By pakalert
But there is another hard rain of death — death without metaphor, the thing itself — falling on the villages of Pakistan from the literally faceless, literally soulless remote-control drones of the American military. …
pakalert.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/talking-
peace-in-prague-dropping-bombs-in-pakistan/

The Online News Page “ In the War Against Militants, U.S. and …
By Editor
In the War Against Militants, U.S. and Pakistan Remain at Odds. Even as it ratchets up its efforts to fight ever more violent militants, Islamabad struggles against other anxieties, including India – RSS news feeds and Widgets on …
www.rocketnews.com/2009/04/08/in-the-war-against
-militants-us-and-pakistan-remain-at-odds/

1 police officer killed during Pakistan riots
USA Today – USA
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Police say one officer has been shot dead in southwestern Pakistan during rioting triggered by the discovery of the bodies of three …
www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-04-09-pakistan-riots_N.htm

Riots in Pakistan After Dissidents Found Dead
FOXNews – USA
QUETTA, Pakistan — Rioting has broken out in southwestern Pakistan after police said they found the dead bodies of three missing political dissidents. …
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,513497,00.html

US drone strike kills three in Pakistan
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www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/
pakistan/2009/pakistan-090408-irna01.htm

Pakistan, President Obama
By Saaret
The Obama administration’s new policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan plans to hurl a lifeline to the government of Pakistan. It outlines increased counterterrorism and counterinsurgency assistance to Pakistan’s security forces to …
www.theroot.com/views/obamas-lifeline-pakistan

Global Voices Online “ Pakistan: Teaching Urdu To Expatriate Kids
By Rezwan
Post-Thumbnail. No Thumbnail. Aisha PZ at All Things Pakistan urges the expatriate Pakistani parents to teach the Pakistani state language Urdu to their children. Cancel this reply …
globalvoicesonline.org/2009/04/08/pak
istan-teaching-urdu-to-expatriate-kids/

Pakistanis Abroad: Teaching Urdu to Our Kids : ALL THINGS PAKISTAN
By Adil Najam
Having grown up outside of Pakistan my entire life, save numerous long summers during early schooling years and then later, almost bi-annual winters during college and thereafter, I am able to converse and understand spoken Urdu. …
pakistaniat.com/2009/04/08/teaching-urdu-usa/

Jihad Watch: Pakistan insists on receiving “unconditional support …
By Raymond
Obama has urged Pakistan’s government to take the terrorist fight seriously, but has said his pledges for billions in increased aid to the country will come with unspecified conditions and measures to judge the performance of the Muslim …
www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025586.php

In India, US Envoy Cites ‘Common Threat’
New York Times – United States
By SOMINI SENGUPTA NEW DELHI — A senior American envoy sought to forge common cause among India, Pakistan and the United States — three countries with a …
www.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/world/
asia/09holbrooke.html?ref=world

MichaelMoore.com : U.S. drone kills 3 militants in Pakistan-residents
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, April 8 (Reuters) – A pilotless U.S. drone aircraft fired a missile in Pakistan’s South Waziristan region on the Afghan border on Wednesday, killing three militants, a Pakistani intelligence official and residents …
www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=13700

8 April, 2009

Suspected US missile kills 3 in northwest Pakistan | Home Other …
ISLAMABAD (AP) – A suspected US missile struck a car in a lawless northwest Pakistani tribal region yesterday, intelligence officials said, killing two insurgents and a civilian a day after the country again told visiting US officials …
www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId
=456630&publicationSubCategoryId=200

MichaelMoore.com : Pakistan: Suspected US missile strike kills 3
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan – A suspected U.S. missile strike on a car killed two alleged militants and a civilian in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, intelligence officials said, a day after the U.S.-allied country reiterated its …
www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=13699

Pakistan seeks additional $30 bn US aid | Sindh Today
By Sindh Today
Washington, April 8 (IANS) Pakistan has asked for a $30 billion dollar Marshall Plan-like package for Pakistan and Afghanistan over the next five years to fight the Al Qaeda, blunt anti-American sentiment and secure Pakistan from …
www.sindhtoday.net/south-asia/84651.htm

Talking Peace in Prague, Dropping Bombs in Pakistan
By admin
While the usual gaggle of sycophants and media hive-minders — along with some ordinarily perspicacious analysts — tell us that Barack Obama literally changed the course of human history by disgorging a great load of thrice-chewed cud …
www.prisonplanet.com/talking-peace-in-
prague-dropping-bombs-in-pakistan-2.html

Pakistan Reports 4 Dead in Suspected US Strike
Voice of America – USA
By VOA News Pakistani intelligence officials say at least four militants were killed in a suspected US missile strike in northwest Pakistan. …
www.voanews.com/english/2009-04-08-voa49.cfm

US bounty scheme struggles in Pakistan
BBC News – UK
But both there and in Pakistan’s tribal territories, where some of the most wanted jihadists are thought to be hiding, the US is up against a centuries-old …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7990538.stm

Hot Air “ Blog Archive “ Pakistan: Give us the drones and get out
By Ed Morrissey
If Obama retreats on that front, it will leave the western frontier of Pakistan a free zone for terrorists and their leaders. We certainly don’t want to give Pakistan our drone technology, as that would create real problems with India, …
hotair.com/archives/2009/04/08/
pakistan-give-us-the-drones-and-get-out/

Pakistan arrests 5 militants “planning attacks” – Democratic …
A surge in militant violence across Pakistan is reviving Western fears about prospects for the nuclear-armed U.S. ally, which is crucial to U.S. efforts to bring stability to neighboring Afghanistan. The militants, belonging to the …
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/
duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3821574

Matthew Yglesias “ Body Language and Trade in Pakistan
By myglesias
In Pakistan, it’s a very different situation. It’s not as if the bulk of Pakistanis are “against us” in the sense of looking to hijack airliners and crash them into American office buildings, but the United States is generally viewed …
yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/04/
body_language_and_trade_in_pakistan.php

Nasir Khan blog: The Pakistan Problem
By Dr Nasir Khan
Here is the problem with Pakistan, and it is just as well to face the fact as that unfortunate country is poised to come apart, having already lost its erstwhile eastern wing, now Bangladesh. A stark example that states based on …
nasir-khan.blogspot.com/2009/04/pakistan-problem.html

India not pushed on ties with Pakistan, consulted on Af-Pak …
By Sindh Today
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) With India a vital leader in the region, the US Wednesday maintained it was not pressuring New Delhi on its ties with Islamabad and would like to see a greater role for this country in Afghanistan, …
www.sindhtoday.net/south-asia/84682.htm

Obama to give Pakistan unmanned drones? “ Creeping Sharia
By creeping
Considering Hussein Obama lumped the Muslim country into the war in Afghanistan thereby giving Pakistan billions of unworthy U.S. dollars to fight jihadists they are more likely to give comfort to than eradicate, and his BOB (bend over …
creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/
obama-to-give-pakistan-unmanned-drones/

The Washington Independent “ The First U.S.-Pakistan Hiccup
By Spencer Ackerman
Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen visited Pakistan this week for the their first trip to Islamabad since the release of the Obama administration’s Af-Pak strategy. It could have gone better. …
washingtonindependent.com/37805/the-first-us-pakistan-hiccup

Officials say U.S. strike kills 2 in Pakistan – Marine Corps News …
Read original, in-depth, late breaking Marine Corps News – Marine Corps Times.
www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2009/
04/ap_pakistan_strike_040809/

Pakistan: Suspected US missile strike kills 3 (AP)
By FlyingShoes
AP – A suspected US missile strike on a car killed two alleged militants and a civilian in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, intelligence officials said, a day after the US-allied country reiterated its opposition to such attacks to …
cobatra.com/2009/04/pakistan-suspected-us-missile-strike-kills-3-ap/

Pakistan: 5 dead as Taliban move beyond stronghold | Euro News 24
02:35 PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Police and tribesmen battled Taliban militants trying to expand their stronghold in Pakistan’s Swat valley, leaving at least five people dead, police said Wednesday. The clash will further strain government …
www.euronews24.org/world/pakistan-5-dead-as-taliban-move-beyond-stronghold/

Pakistan seeks additional $30 billion US aid
Hindu – Chennai,India
Washington (IANS): Pakistan has asked for a $30 billion Marshall Plan-like package for Pakistan and Afghanistan over the next five years to fight the…
www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200904081911.htm

Pakistan drone attacks to intensify, Obama officials say
Christian Science Monitor – Boston,MA,USA
As Pakistan sharply rebukes United States Predator drone attacks inside Pakistani territory, the Obama administration plans to turn up the number of those …
www.csmonitor.com/2009/0408/p99s01-duts.html

Pakistan arrests 5 militants “planning attacks”
Reuters – USA
A surge in militant violence across Pakistan is reviving Western fears about prospects for the nuclear-armed US ally, which is crucial to US efforts to …
www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5372LW20090408

US, Pakistan, India Face Common Threat, Envoy Says
Bloomberg – USA
By James Rupert and Bibhudatta Pradhan April 8 (Bloomberg) — The US, India and Pakistan face a common challenge in tackling militancy in the region,…
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=2
0601091&sid=avzGn2Rv0TZQ&refer=india

Pakistan asks US for 30 billion dollar ‘Marshall Plan’ to …
Washington Times – Washington,DC,USA
Pakistani Ambassador Husain Haqqani called Tuesday for a $30 billion“Marshall Plan” for Pakistan and Afghanistan over the next five years to fight al Qaeda …
washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/08/pakist
an-asks-us-for-30-billion-dollar-39marshall-/

The Politics of Pakistan
By Ridhi Kabra
One of the most controversial democracies of the world, the state of politics in Pakistan makes for.
theviewspaper.net/the-politics-of-pakistan/

Pakistan Doesn’t Like Drones But US Does
By Fred Stopsky
The ongoing clash between the American military and Pakistan armed forces continues its fierce encounter. Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi insists.
theimpudentobserver.com/world-news/
pakistan-doesnt-like-drones-but-us-does/

Pakistan: Twenty percent of homicides are honor killings …
By Kal El
If that is the case, why do we see honor killings perpetrated in muslim
countries from Jordan, to Pakistan, and even in Canada and the US? The one
thing that links them all? You guessed it, islam. …
infidelsarecool.com/2009/04/08/pakistan-
twenty-percent-of-homicides-are-honor-killings/

Man held over Pakistan killings
BBC News – UK
Attacks on aid workers are not uncommon in Pakistan. In February last year, British aid agency Plan International suspended its operations in Pakistan after …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7989202.stm