10 April, 2009

RealClearPolitics – Articles – A Short Fuse in Pakistan
By David Ignatius
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan seems like a Molotov cocktail waiting for a match. Its ruling elite bickers over politics, while out on the streets Taliban insurgents step up their suicide attacks. Its military plays the role of national …
www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/04/chaos_in_pakistan.html

PrairiePundit: 11 UK terror suspects from Pakistan on student visas
By Merv
Speaking in Carlisle, the Prime Minister linked the plot to Pakistan, saying: “We are dealing with a very big terrorist plot. We have been following it for some time. There were a number of people who are suspected of it, who have been …
prairiepundit.blogspot.com/2009/04/11-
uk-terror-suspects-from-pakistan-on.html

Afghanistan Conflict Monitor: Pakistan In The “Af-Pak” Strategy
By Human Security Report Project
Dr. Suba Chandran, ‘US And The Af-Pak Strategy: Pakistan’s Interests And Likely Responses’, Institute of Peace & Conflict Studies, 9 April 2009 EXCERPT: “In his recent speech, Obama highlighted what is likely to be his administration’s …
www.afghanconflictmonitor.org/2009/04/
pakistans-interests-and-us-strategy.html

Pakistan beefs up security in Islamabad: officials
AFP
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Pakistan strengthened security in the capital Islamabad on Friday amid fresh threats of attack following a recent upsurge in deadly…
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Obama seeks $83.4 billion more in 2009 war funds
Reuters – USA
“We face a security situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan that demands urgent attention,” he said in a letter to Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the House of …
uk.reuters.com/article/marketsNewsUS/idUKN0927887920090410

Pakistan student held in anti-terror raids speaks of ordeal
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
The police officer said your country [Pakistan] is not secure but I still prefer to live there. I love my country.” Police believe an al-Qaeda cell was days …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/5133860/
Pakistan-student-held-in-anti-terror-raids-speaks-of-ordeal.html

Pakistan March Trade Deficit $1.04B Vs $2.05B Year Earlier
Wall Street Journal – USA
KARACHI (Dow Jones)—Pakistan’s trade deficit in March narrowed to $1.04 billion compared with $2.05 billion of the same month in the previous year,…
online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090410-701647.html

Milwaukee Live: Pakistan Looking for Bailout from Washington
By M. Roberts
After watching the U.S. government dole out hundreds of billions of dollars to mismanaged corporations and risk-taking Wall Streeters, Pakistan’s envoy to the U.S. said Washington should re-think its priorities — and send some of that …
milwaukeelive.blogspot.com/2009/04/
pakistan-looking-for-bailout-from.html

Jihad Watch: Pakistan: Jihadists uniting to take over Islamabad
By Robert
ISLAMABAD: Taliban fighters from Pakistan’s restive Swat valley have begun extending their influence to other areas even as a top militant commander said that the rebels would also take over the federal capital. …
www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025601.php

Pakistan Inflation Eases, Raising Chance of Rate Cut
Bloomberg – USA
By Farhan Sharif April 10 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan’s inflation eased in March to the slowest pace in a year, increasing the likelihood of an interest rate …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=2060
1091&sid=ac4e34uhhy3Y&refer=india

The Washington Independent Afghanistan, Pakistan Ambassadors …
By Spencer Ackerman
Haqqani, in an occasionally passionate talk, expressed frustration that the United States appeared to be dictating terms to Pakistan rather than treating it as a partner. Discussing recent reports that elements within the powerful …
washingtonindependent.com/38130/afghanistan-
pakistan-ambassadors-criticize-obama-strategy

PM challenges Pakistan on terrorism | Euro News 24
06:50 The Prime Minister said: We have been following this matter for some time. There are a number of people who have been arrested. That police operation was successful.We know there are links between terrorists in Britain and …
www.euronews24.org/united-kingdom/
pm-challenges-pakistan-on-terrorism/

Earth Snapshot * Mouths of the Indus River, Pakistan
By EOsnap
Here, its mouths are visible along the coast of Pakistan, below the city of Karachi. It rises in southwestern Tibet and flows northwest through valleys of the Himalayas. After crossing into the Kashmir region, it continues northwestward …
www.eosnap.com/?p=5613

Pakistan peace effort rattled by cleric’s exit
The Associated Press
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The hard-line Muslim cleric who has mediated peace talks between Pakistan and the Taliban in the Swat Valley packed up and left the…
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War in Afghanistan
Kansas City Star – MO,USA
Increased civilian deaths cause outrage, which leads to support of the insurgency, and will drive Taliban and al-Qaida fighters back to Pakistan.…
blogs.kansascity.com/unfettered_letters
/2009/04/war-in-afghanistan.html

Envoy Suggests Pakistan Deserves US ‘Bailout’ More Than American …
FOXNews – USA
After watching the US government dole out hundreds of billions of dollars to mismanaged corporations and risk-taking Wall Streeters, Pakistan’s envoy to the …
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,513918,00.html

Pakistan: Deadly Riots After 3 Bodies Are Discovered
New York Times – United States
By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Riots in southwestern Pakistan left one policeman dead and three others wounded Thursday, as public anger boiled over after the …
www.nytimes.com/2009/04/10/world
/asia/10briefs-Pakistan.html?ref=world

BBC NEWS | UK | PM challenges Pakistan on terror
Apr 9, 2009 … Gordon Brown says Pakistan needs to do more to root out terrorism after police thwart a suspected al-Qaeda bomb plot.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7992527.stm

Holbrooke: We Won’t Press India for Peace with Pakistan
Huffington Post – New York,NY,USA
In other words, you ought to try to promote India-Pakistan peace, and that includes supporting efforts to resolve the problem of Kashmir. …
www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/
holbrooke-we-wont-press-i_b_185405.html

Terror arrests included Pakistan-born nationals on student visas
guardian.co.uk – UK
With certain inevitability, the Pakistan connection to the latest terror arrests has emerged: 11 of the 12 people arrested in Wednesday’s dramatic raids on …
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/
10/student-visas-pakistan-terrorism

9 April, 2009

Sufi Muhammad Scraps Peace Camp in Swat | Pro Pakistan
By M Junaid Khan
The timings of the video of flogging of girl in Swat and its repercussion are leading in a dangerous direction. The peace camp set up by Mulana Sufi Muhammad.
www.pro-pakistan.com/2009/04/09/sufi
-muhammad-scraps-peace-camp-in-swat/

The Herald | HeraldOnline.com – Pakistan peace effort rattled by …
The hard-line Muslim cleric who has mediated peace talks between Pakistan and the Taliban in the Swat Valley packed up and left the northwestern district Thursday, angrily denouncing the president for failing to sign off on imposing …
www.heraldonline.com/wire/world/story/1257885.html

Pakistan, Taliban Truce Appears to Be on Shaky Ground
Wall Street Journal – USA
A heavily criticized peace deal between Pakistan’s government and the Taliban in the Swat Valley appeared increasingly shaky on Thursday, after a militant …
online.wsj.com/article/SB123929350855
705481.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

democracyarsenal.org: Does Terrorism Matter in Afghanistan and …
By Patrick Barry
Disagreeing with Steve Walt is generally not advisable, because A) he’s generally right in the first place, and B) he can turn your best arguments into confetti, but I am going to go ahead and take issue with his post…
www.democracyarsenal.org/2009/04/terro
rism-matters-in-afghanistan-and-pakistan.html

Cleric’s exit imperils Pakistan peace deal (with Taliban …
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A hard-line cleric who negotiated a peace accord that halted fighting between the Taliban and security forces in part of northwest Pakistan said Thursday he is leaving the region to protest the government’s failure to …
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/
duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3823433

Pakistan: history in women’s voices | open Democracy News Analysis
Many of the conflicts and crises that today affect Pakistan seem to have the experience of women at their heart. The images of the punitive flogging of a young woman in the newly Talibanised region of Swat are but one especially vivid …
www.opendemocracy.net/article/pakistan-history-in-women-s-voices

Matthew Yglesias “ Prioritizing Pakistan’s Stability
By myglesias
Steven Walt questions the proposition that the threat from al-Qaeda justifies “a costly, long-term engagement in Afghanistan and Pakistan.” The point I strongly agree with here is that it’s not a good idea to overrate the importance of …
yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/04/
prioritizing_pakistans_stability.php

The Online News Page “ No U.S. drones over Pakistan’s Baluchistan …
By Editor
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The United States will not extend attacks on militants by pilotless drone aircraft to Pakistan’s southwestern province of Baluchistan, President Asif Ali Zardari said in an interview broadcast on Thursday. …
www.rocketnews.com/2009/04/09/no-us-drones-
over-pakistans-baluchistan-zardari-source-reuters/

Pakistan: One policeman killed as riots break out in Baluchistan …
By webinfo@adnkronos.com
(AKI/DAWN) – One policeman was killed in Pakistan’s Khuzdar district in the country’s Baluchistan province as riots broke out following the killing of three Baluch nationalist leaders…
www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3196700463

Ethnic leaders’ killing sparks protests in Pakistan | Sindh Today
By Sindh Today
Islamabad, April 9 (DPA) Street protests erupted in south-western Pakistan Thursday after police found the bodies of three missing Baloch leaders, officials said. Groups of angry protesters blocked roads and stoned buildings and …
www.sindhtoday.net/pakistan/84879.htm

San Francisco Sentinel “ Blog Archives “ ISLAMIST GROUPS FORM …
By The San Francisco Sentinel
The United States is paying increasing attention to Pakistan in its bid to bring stability to Afghanistan, amid fears that the nuclear state could collapse. Rival Islamic militant groups are joining forces to make their country into a …
www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=22351

Pakistan’s Swat Peace Deal Shaky Following Cleric Protest, Beating …
Voice of America – USA
By Barry Newhouse The main brokers of the controversial peace deal in Pakistan’s Swat valley say they are leaving the region in protest because the federal …
www.voanews.com/english/2009-04-09-voa30.cfm

Pakistan has differences with US on drone attacks: spokesman
Xinhua – China
ISLAMABAD, April 9 (Xinhua) — Pakistan has differences with the United States on certain issues including the issue of drone attacks, the foreign office …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/09/content_11159583.htm

PM: Pakistan must root out terror
BBC News – UK
Gordon Brown has said Pakistan’s government “has to do more” to root out terrorist elements in its country. The Prime Minister was speaking after police …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7992527.stm

Cleric’s exit imperils Pakistan peace deal
The Associated Press
Under former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan struck a series of peace deals with militants along the Afghan border that US officials say let the …
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Pakistan to America: Give Us the Killer Drones | Danger Room from …
By Noah Shachtman
When last we left America’s drone war over Pakistan, the local government seemed resigned to idea of the United Sstates launching its unmanned air force from Pakistani soil, on targets.
blog.wired.com/defense/2009/04/pakistan-to-ame.html

Pakistan To America: Back Off “ Pak Alert Press
By pakalert
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—For the first time in a long time, the Pakistani government managed to turn heads in Washington by saying all things America doesn’t want to hear: Islamabad will not allow the United States to expand its war inside …
pakalert.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/pakistan-to-america-back-off/

Jihad Watch: Pakistan: After getting Sharia in Swat, Islamic …
By Robert
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan | Pakistan’s decision to turn the Swat Valley’s courts over to Baitullah Mehsud’s Taliban insurgency has emboldened mainstream religious parties to push for Islamic law throughout the North West Frontier Province …
www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025596.php

Ethnic leaders’ killing sparks protests in Pakistan | The Money Times
By rcrchauhan
Balochistan is Pakistan’s largest but most sparsely populated province where ethnic tribesmen are waging a sustained low-level insurgency to seek political autonomy and greater share in profits from natural resources exploited in the …
www.themoneytimes.com/20090409/ethnic-leaders-
killing-sparks-protests-pakistan-id-1063004.html

No US drones over Pakistan’s Baluchistan: Zardari
Reuters – USA
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The United States will not extend attacks on militants by pilotless drone aircraft to Pakistan’s southwestern province of Baluchistan, …
uk.reuters.com/article/usPoliticsNews/idUKTRE5382ZQ20090409

India News Digest: Pakistan Okays Iran Gas Pipeline Without India
Wall Street Journal – USA
With India not indicating whether it would join the multi-billion dollar IPI gas pipeline venture, Pakistan has decided to go ahead with the project with …
online.wsj.com/article/SB1239271096
57604671.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Pakistani president to pay working visit to Japan soon
Xinhua – China
Zardari will chair the Friends of Democratic Pakistan Group Ministerial Meeting on April 17, in Tokyo. He will also attend the Pakistan Donors Conference …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/09/content_11157753.htm

Cleric action imperils Pakistan peace deal
The Associated Press
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A hard-line cleric who negotiated a peace accord that halted fighting between the Taliban and security forces in northwest Pakistan said …
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Holbrooke’s trip exposes standoff between US, Pakistan
Xinhua – China
By Hadi Mayar, Rao Bo ISLAMABAD, April 9 (Xinhua) — The visit by Richard Holbrooke, US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Admiral Mike Mullen, …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/09/content_11157780.htm

Cleric pullout imperils Pakistan peace deal
The Associated Press
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A cleric who negotiated a peace accord that ending fighting between the Taliban and security forces in Pakistan’s Swat valley says he is …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hki
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