Pakistan troops kill 7 militants
KIONrightnow.com – Monterey,CA,USA
The US has said it wants Pakistan to fight the militants, not talk to them. The deal will figure in talks in Washington this week between Pakistani …
www.kionrightnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=10297506

Pakistan and Afghan aid figures could be clearer but focus is right
Times Online – UK
There is something unreal about the Government’s “five-year plans” for spending money in Afghanistan and Pakistan — countries that cannot see ahead even …
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/bronwen_maddox/

Pakistan braces for flood of displaced from Swat
Reuters – USA
By Zeeshan Haider MARDAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan is bracing for its biggest ever displacement of people, as many as 800000, as a military offensive …
uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE5452N420090506

POTUS Events: Focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan
Washington Post – United States
… and Biden commence bilateral meetings — at 2:00 pm they meet with President Karzai of Afghanistan and at 2:40 pm with President Zardari of Pakistan. …
voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/05/06/
potus_events_focus_on_afghanis.html?wprss=44

Outside View: To save Pakistan
United Press International – USA
First, make no mistake: Pakistan is critically vital to the security of the region and to the United States. Success in Afghanistan cannot be achieved…
www.upi.com/Emerging_Threats/2009/05/06/
Outside-View-To-save-Pakistan/UPI-77841241614800/

Mumbai suspect denies all charges
BBC News – UK
He confirmed his name and said he was a labourer from Faridkot in Pakistan’s Punjab province. The presiding judge, ML Tahiliyani, read out the charges at …
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8035809.stm

Obama to Meet Leaders of Pakistan, Afghanistan on Insurgency
Voice of America – USA
By VOA News US President Barack Obama will meet Wednesday with the presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan in what US officials call an effort to get them to …
www.voanews.com/english/2009-05-06-voa5.cfm

Pakistan, US Launch Nuclear Security Talks, Officials Say
Global Security Newswire – Washington,DC,USA
The United States could help Pakistan safeguard or destroy highly enriched uranium and other radioactive materials under arrangements being discussed by the …
www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20090505_5644.php

ANALYSTS’ VIEW-Post-Iraq, would-be militants eye Pakistan
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
May 6 (Reuters) – Pakistan has replaced Iraq as the place to go for militants bent on striking the West, but the threat of US drone attacks may mean al …
in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINL549854220090506

Twenty20 rehearsal for Pakistan, Australia
AFP
DUBAI (AFP) — Pakistan and Australia will get some practice for next month’s Twenty20 World Cup tournament when they play a one-off version of the game at …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article
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Obama: Afghanistan, Pakistan strategies: The Swamp
President Obama begins two days of talks today with the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan to hastily overhaul a painstakingly developed security strategy that was unveiled only five weeks ago but is already badly outdated. …
www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/
2009/05/obama_afghanistan_pakistan_str.html

Pakistan Taliban: Swat deal is dead – Democratic Underground
Pakistan Taliban: Swat deal is dead. … What would deal’s collapse mean for Pakistan? Some very interesting comments on all this from Pakistanis, here:
english.aljazeera.net/your_views/centrals.asia/2. …

Jihad Watch: Pakistan: Christians locking themselves in their …
By Robert
Christian families in Karachi, Pakistan are locking themselves in their own homes following escalating violence against them in recent weeks, Catholic Mission Pakistan director, Fr Mario Rodrigues has said. …
www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025992.php

The American Spectator : Pakistan’s Time of Troubles
By George H. Wittman
Conventional wisdom places the blame for the Pakistan Army’s battlefield hesitancy on its lack of training and equipment to fight an insurgency such as wrought by the Taliban. Perhaps the simplest and clearest explanation was given …
spectator.org/archives/2009/05/06/pakistans-time-of-troubles

Pakistan Continues To Spiral Into Chaos : Homeland Security News
By national
Of particular concern is the security of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons sites. We asked several experts to describe the consequences of the worsening situation there and how the United States should respond to it. …
www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2009/05/05/
pakistan-continues-to-spiral-into-chaos/

Thousands flee Pakistan valley as truce crumbles
Black-turbaned Taliban militants seized government buildings, laid mines and fought security forces Tuesday in the Swat Valley, as fear of a major operation …
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090505/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan