22 April, 2009

FACTBOX-Security developments in Pakistan, April 22
Reuters – USA
ORAKZAI – Aircraft bombed suspected militant hideouts in the Orakzai tribal region and it is believed there were some casualties, said government official …
www.reuters.com/article/asiaCrisis/idUSISL95948

Pakistan Faces Threat From Terrorism, Not India, Petraeus Says
Bloomberg – USA
By Brian K. Sullivan April 22 (Bloomberg) — The greatest threat facing Pakistan comes from terrorism, not India, US Army General David Petraeus said, …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601
087&sid=aIiUxXbnM2wM&refer=home

US Urges India To Help Pakistan Fight Terror
RTT News – Williamsville,NY,USA
“I think it will be important for India to make clear that as Pakistan takes steps to deal with extremists on its own territory, India will be supportive,” …
www.rttnews.com/Content/PoliticalNews.aspx?Node=B1&Id=919268

Britain Prepares to Deport 9 Terrorism Suspects
New York Times – United States
That was a far more guarded formulation than Mr. Brown used in the immediate aftermath of the arrests, in a statement in which he demanded that Pakistan do …
www.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/world/europe/22deport.html?ref=world

Monroe Price: The Permissibility of Jamming: Pakistan and the Pentagon
By Monroe Price
Both the affirmative and blocking projects are part of a studied Petraeus-inspired policy of thinking of the centrality of information and persuasion as part of an overall military plan.
www.huffingtonpost.com/monroe-price/
the-permissibillity-of-ja_b_189175.html

Video: Talibanistan in Pakistan
By robert dreyfuss
“We are running out of time to help Pakistan change its present course toward increasing economic and political instability, and even ultimate failure,” said a recent report by a task force of the Atlantic Council that was led by former …
bravenewfilms.org/blog/?p=70400

Pro Pakistani: Etisalat to Deepen Links in Pakistan
By Mehwish Khan
Etisalat is considering steps to deepen its involvement in Pakistan, including eventually raising its stake in PTCL, reported “The Nationa”, a UAE daily, citing Etisalats chief and Pakistan’s investment minister.
www.pakblogging.com/2009/04/pro-pakistani-
etisalat-to-deepen-links-in-pakistan/

Tensions Rise Between United States, Pakistan : NPR – NewsTrust.net
Reviews on ‘’Tensions Rise Between United States, Pakistan : NPR’’ from National Public Radio. NewsTrust, your guide to good journalism.
newstrust.net/stories/41262

Italian special envoy for Pak, Afghanistan due tomorrow – GEO.tv
ISLAMABAD: Italian special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Ambassador Attilio Massimo Lannucci will visit Pakistan on April 22 for high-level meetings with federal and provincial authorities.
www.geo.tv/4-21-2009/40388.htm

Kabul Fever: Turning to Afghanistan, the Press Learns Its Own …
Not long ago, Richard Engel, the chief foreign correspondent for NBC News, was working on a story in eastern Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan. One day, he hiked for 45 minutes up a mountain. On the top of the hill, …
www.observer.com/2009/media/kabul-fever-turning
-afghanistan-press-learns-its-own-lessons-baghdad

The Weekly Standard
Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan, on the other hand, will ultimately be won or lost among the Afghan people themselves, at the local level, not across the border in Pakistan. Although terrorist sanctuaries in Pakistan unquestionably …
www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/
2009/04/growing_the_afghan_army.asp

Britain deporting terror suspects
United Press International – USA
LONDON, April 21 (UPI) — Nine men questioned in a terrorist plot investigation in Britain will not be charged and instead deported to Pakistan, police say. …
www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/04/21/Britain-
deporting-terror-suspects/UPI-28961240363003/

Pakistan Calls on Pro-Taliban Cleric to Honor Swat Peace Accord
Bloomberg – USA
By Khalid Qayum and Ed Johnson April 22 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan called on a pro-Taliban cleric to honor a peace accord in the Swat Valley where Islamic law …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206
01087&sid=ahJ48VR5z8qU&refer=home

Kerry: Administration lacks ‘real strategy’ for handling Pakistan
USA Today – USA
By H. Darr Beiser, USA TODAY By Ken Dilanian, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — Just back from a visit to Pakistan, Sen. John Kerry says the Obama administration’s …
www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-04-21-kerry_N.htm

US-Pakistan tensions rising: NPR
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
LAHORE: While, publicly, the US and Pakistan are allies with a parallel interest in eradicating extremism – behind the scenes, it is a complicated …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%
5C04%5C22%5Cstory_22-4-2009_pg7_22

US wants broader Pakistan military ties – official
Reuters – USA
By David Morgan WASHINGTON, April 21 (Reuters) – The Obama administration wants to pursue broader military ties with Pakistan to help Islamabad combat a …
www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN21501534

21 April, 2009

Obama official: US gives sensitive info to Afghans
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is increasing cooperation with the Afghan military, including sharing sensitive information about suspected extremists, …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM
5iqyaFh_efr-brDq0rMLF1hkop0tgD97N4CN00

Nine men arrested over suspected terror plot released
guardian.co.uk – UK
Moves to deport the nine men could lead to friction between Britain and Pakistan. Earlier this month the head of Pakistan’s interior ministry, Rehman Malik, …
www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/21/
nine-released-suspected-terror-arrests

After Iraq and Afghanistan, Is it Pakistan? Pak Alert Press
By pakalert
President Obama’s Afghan-Pakistan strategy to fight the so called war on terrorism that includes more troops, new legislation, improved troop training and added civilian expertise, seems to be same as that of the doomed policy of his …
pakalert.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/after
-iraq-and-afghanistan-is-it-pakistan/

Foreign Affairs May 2009 : Pakistan’s Fatal Shore – …
By currencywar
Foreign Affairs May 2009 : Pakistan’s Fatal Shore –
currencywar.blog.hexun.com/31883460_d.html

Associated Press Of Pakistan ( Pakistan’s Premier NEWS Agency …
Associated Press of Pakistan Corporation, Pakistan’s premier NEWS agency.
www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com
_content&task=view&id=74092&Itemid=2

Live-blog: Sen. John Kerry talks to USA TODAY
USA Today – USA
4:20 pm ET: “This is now a fight for the survival of Pakistan,” Kerry says. Later, talking about his travels to the area and its troubles: “I’m deeply…
content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/04/65822037/1

Nine terror raid men handed over
BBC News – UK
Nine men questioned in connection with a suspected bomb plot have been handed over to the UK Borders Agency. Two more men are still being questioned by the …
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8011341.stm

Pakistan: Obama’s Achilles’ Heel
Huffington Post – New York,NY,USA
Obama’s recently unveiled policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan, or what the State Department calls the Afpak policy, is nothing but old vinegar in a new …
www.huffingtonpost.com/sunil-adam/
pakistan-obamas-achilles_b_188806.html

Pakistan must stop appeasing jihadism
Financial Times – London,England,UK
It is hard to overstate the political and social disaster wrapped up in the deal Pakistan’s government has struck with jihadi extremists, …
www.ft.com/cms/s/e75efc5e-2ea0-11de-b7d3-00144feabdc0.html

Karachi, Pakistan – Photo of the Day – World Hum
By The World Hum Editors (sdtex2006@gmail.com)
A boy leads a camel while offering rides along Clifton beach in Karachi.
www.worldhum.com/photos/photo/karachi-pakistan-20090421/

Pakistan India Border – Video
By gemkwl
Very funny… hehe… Pakistani scared the shit out of that poor Indian guy… Watch Video about Funny, by Metacafe.com.
www.metacafe.com/watch/2725504/pakistan_india_border/

Taliban: Bin Laden Welcome In Pakistan’s Swat
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Taliban in Pakistan’s Swat says the group will welcome militants from Saudi-Arabia and other Arab countries who intend to settle in the valley.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/21/
taliban-bin-laden-welcome_n_189608.html

US asks India to help Pakistan fight terror | Sindh Today
By Sindh Today
Washington, April 21 (IANS) The US government has urged India to support Pakistan in its war against Al Qaeda and Taliban insurgents along the Afghan border, a media report said Tuesday. I think it will be important for India to make …
www.sindhtoday.net/south-asia/89591.htm

PoliGazette “ Taliban leader in Pakistan Swat Valley: Hey Osama …
By Michael van der Galien
Taliban leader in Pakistan Swat Valley: Hey Osama, you’re welcome here.
www.poligazette.com/2009/04/21/taliban-leader-in
-pakistan-swat-valley-hey-osama-youre-welcome-here/

Nawaz awaits his turn to come to power: JI – GEO.tv
OKARO: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Amir Syed Munawar Hassan has said that Pakistan Muslim League-N Mian Nawaz Sharif is waiting for his turn to come into the power. Talking to Geo TV on Tuesday, he s.
www.geo.tv/4-21-2009/40379.htm

Stanley’s blog “ Blog Archive “ Ongoing Afghan dilemma
By Stanley Crossick
“We are in Afghanistan to confront a common enemy that threatens the US, our friends and our allies, and the people of Afghanistan and Pakistan who have suffered the most at the hands of violent extremists,” said Mr Obama. …
crossick.blogactiv.eu/2009/04/21/ongoing-afghan-dilemma/

NBC’s globetrotting Curry heads for wars
Denver Post – Denver,CO,USA
She may also try to do some reporting in Pakistan. Since the beginning of 2008, Curry has been to Darfur four times, has tried to climb Kilimanjaro and has …
www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_12187658

Taliban spokesman says Pakistan entire legal system ‘un-Islamic …
By harberra
“Let the judges and the lawyers go to Islamic university,” said Muslim Khan, a Taliban spokesman in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. “[after] they learn Islamic rules, Islamic regulation, they can continue to work.” …
cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/04/21/taliban-spokesman
-says-pakistan-entire-legal-system-un-islamic/

Pakistan boosts police pay as violence grows – Democratic Underground
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Authorities in Pakistan’s violence-plagued North West Frontier Province boosted police salaries by about 30 percent on Tuesday in recognition of the danger they face from an intensifying Taliban insurgency …
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/
duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3841676

Infidel Bloggers Alliance: Pakistan’s Taliban Invite Bin Laden to …
By midnight rider
MINGORA, Pakistan – Pakistan was trying to end bloodshed when it let the idyllic Swat Valley fall under Islamic law last week. Instead, it has emboldened the Taliban to extend a hand to militants, including Osama bin Laden. …
ibloga.blogspot.com/2009/04/pakistans-taliban-invite-bin-laden-to.html

Assembly deputy speaker killed in Pakistan (Lead) | Sindh Today
By Sindh Today
Islamabad, April 21 (IANS) Deputy Speaker of Northern Areas Legislative Assembly (NALA) Syed Asad Zaidi was killed by gunmen in Gilgit region in north Pakistan, Geo TV reported Tuesday. Zaidi was killed when unidentified gunmen ambushed …
www.sindhtoday.net/pakistan/89353.htm

News | Record Gulf remittances no comfort for Pakistan
Pakistani expatriate workers wired home a record $739 million last month, but experts warn job losses from the global credit crunch could soon slash remittances and rock the economy. Pakistanis working overseas sent $5.7 billion home …
www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/04/21/71109.html
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I am a Secular Man – L K Advani
By Pro Pakistan
I am a Secular Man – L K Advani · Death Threats to Adnan Sami Khan in India · 2483 · Transformers : Revenge Of The Fallen (Latest Trailer& Pictures) · Pakistan National Blogger Conference 2009- Live Coverage· Djuice Arrange a Car Show …
www.pro-pakistan.com/2009/04/21/i-am-a-secular-man-l-k-advani/

PConservativeHome’s Parliament Page: Chris Grayling: “Home Office …
By ConservativeHome
Is the Home Secretary not aware that high-quality fake documents that will help applicants get visas are on sale for £100 in Pakistan? Is she aware that there are companies doing what one described to a national newspaper as a “roaring …
conservativehome.blogs.com/parliament/2009/04/chris-grayling
-home-office-made-wildly-exaggerated-claims-about-leaks.html

Abu Dhabi set to become clearing house for UK visas – Politics …
By joanna.hartley@itp.com ( Joanna Hartley )
UK examining feasibility of using Abu Dhabi as base for interviewing Pakistan visa applicants.
www.arabianbusiness.com/553291-uk-may-use-
abu-dhabi-as-clearing-house-for-pakistan-visas-

Under the Growing Washington-Tel Aviv-New Delhi Axis …
By SuZ
After Iraq and Afghanistan, Is it Pakistan? Latheef Farook Sir Allama Muhammed Iqbal, one of the greatest poets and thinkers of the last century, once.
www.dictatorshipwatch.com/2009/04/21/under-the-
growing-washington-tel-aviv-new-delhi-axis.html

The Greenroom “ Forum Archive “ Which City Would You Sacrifice?
By Legal Insurrection
If a leader of al-Qaeda — or a member of the Pakistani military— believed to know the location of the nuclear weapons and the plans of attack were captured by the CIA in Pakistan, would waterboarding be off limits? …
hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2009/04/
21/which-city-would-you-sacrifice/

Indian Spy satellite Pakistan to counter move
TMCnet – USA
Apr 20, 2009 (Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX) — The launch of first Indian spy satellite into the orbit to monitor borders with Pakistan has raised many …
www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-indian-spy-satellite-
pakistan-counter-move-/2009/04/21/4143279.htm

Pakistan Says Militants Won’t Govern Areas Under Islamic Law
Bloomberg – USA
By Khalid Qayum April 21 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan’s authorities won’t allow militants to govern the seven districts of the North West Frontier Province where …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206
01091&sid=a1DFO6Y02HDU&refer=india