Pakistan to avoid ground battles
Philadelphia Inquirer – Philadelphia,PA,USA
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan’s forthcoming military operation in South Waziristan – a border region that harbors Taliban and al-Qaeda leaders– will rely …
www.philly.com/inquirer/world_us/20090711_In_the_World.html

Pakistan reconstruction could cost billions: UN
AFP
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Pakistan’s reconstruction effort after fighting forced nearly two million people from their homes could cost billions of dollars,…
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Pakistan: Missiles Hit Taliban Site
New York Times – United States
By AP A missile strike hit a communication center of the Pakistani Taliban leader on Friday, killing at least three people, intelligence officials said. …
www.nytimes.com/2009/07/11/world/asia/11briefs-Pstan.html

Britain: Inquiry on Torture Claims
New York Times – United States
Mr. Mohamed, an Ethiopian who moved to Britain as a teenager, was arrested as a terrorist suspect in 2002 in Karachi, Pakistan. He says he was tortured in …
www.nytimes.com/2009/07/11/world/
europe/11briefs-Guantanamo.html

Tough choices made to save Pakistan: PM
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
The prime minister said the Pakistan People’s Party-led government believed in provincial autonomy, adding that he and President Asif Ali Zardari were…
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009
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Shifting Sands in Pakistan
Heritage.org – Washington,DC,USA
Last Friday Chief of Army Staff General Kayani told a group of Pakistani naval officers that “While the external threat to Pakistan continues to exist, …
blog.heritage.org/2009/07/10/shifting-sands-in-pakistan/

Pakistani refugees begin returning home
The Associated Press
SULTANWAS, Pakistan (AP) — Crammed into rickety vans with electric fans and sacks of flour roped to the roof, the first of Pakistan’s 2 million refugees …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM
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Eyewitness: Pakistan
New York Times – United States
In Pakistan, President Obama has retained the Bush administration’s targeted drone missile attacks against suspected militants and may quietly be expanding …
www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/books/review/Kurlantzick-t.html

US House approves $1.5 billion assistance for Pakistan
Times of India – India
Given the past bitter experience the United States has had with Pakistan, the bill rules that the funds appropriated under foreign military financing…
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US-approves
-15b-assistance-for-Pak/articleshow/4763730.cms

Pakistan says Taliban leader will talk to US
CNN International – USA
By Michael Ware (CNN) — Pakistan’s military has declared that not only is it in contact with Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar but that it can …
edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/10/pakistan.taliban.omar/

Pakistan scaling back its plans for Waziristan offensive | McClatchy
Instead of a massive ground offensive, Pakistan’s forthcoming military operation in the region that is the heart of the Taliban and likely the haven for Osama bin Laden and other al Qaida commanders will rely largely on air power — a …
www.mcclatchydc.com/world/story/71669.html

PM wants credible action from Pakistan | Sindh Today – Online News
By SindhToday
On Board Air India One, July 11 (IANS) Credible action is required from Pakistan to deal with terrorists working against India from its territory, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday ahead of his meeting with his Pakistani …
www.sindhtoday.net/news/1/29392.htm

As refugees return, Pakistan must help, or risk failure | World …
Crammed into rickety vans with electric fans and sacks of flour roped to the roof, the first of Pakistan’s 2 million refugees have begun returning to their homes after the army said it expelled Taliban militants from some northern …
www.winnipegsun.com/news/world/2009/07/10/10095181-ap.html

Pakistan says Taliban leader will talk to U.S. – Democratic …
(CNN) — Pakistan’s military has declared that not only is it in contact with Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar but that it can bring him and other commanders to the negotiating table with the United States. …
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/
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The Pakistan exclusive “ ware~abouts
By cyn
Hopefully by now you’ve seen Michael’s incredible exclusive from Pakistan, where he got a spokesman from the Pakistani army to say they do have open lines to the Afghan Taliban and that they would facilitate bringing us and the Taliban …
wareabouts.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/the-pakistan-exclusive/