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By Tom Engelhardt In late December 2001,not long after Washington’s second Afghan War began,there was that wedding celebration in eastern Afghanistan in which 110 of 112 villagers were reportedly killed by American B-52 and B-1B bombers using precision guided weapons. Then there were the more than 40 Iraqi wedding celebrants (27 from one extended family, . . . →Read More:In the War-Zone  Leave a comment  Oppression  9/11,Afghan Wa,Al Qaeda,al qaeda militants,American B-52,American Refugees in Mexico,American soldiers gang-raped,American soldiers gang-raped and murdered,anti-Taliban,B-1B bombers,In the War-Zone,Staff Sergeant Robert Bales,Syrian border,U.S military,U.S. airstrike,U.S. planes,U.S. troops,Washington second Afghan war,weapons,Wikileaks Urban violence has become a permanent affliction in Karachi. Anyone explaining the roots of this violence to you would say ‘it’s complicated’ – and that is indeed an accurate summary of the bloodshed that erupts across the city in random spurts. The plague of violence in Pakistan’s biggest city and commercial hub is multifaceted. From . . . →Read More:Karachi calling Leave a comment Law &Order Afghan Taliban,Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar,Al Qaeda,Bilal Baloch,blackmail,cycle of black marketing,extremism,fishermen,gang wars,Karachi,Karachi calling,Karachi violence,kidnapping,Mafias,MQM,Mullah Baradar,murders,NATO,Russian occupation of Afghanistan,Taliban,terrorism,Terrorism in Karachi,terrorist organizations,U.S.-led war in Afghanistan,UN’s human development index,urban violence,violence,Violence in Karachi,violence in Pakistan’s biggest city,War on terror Twin road side blasts in upper Kurram tribal region on Wednesday wounded five civilians,officials told Dawn.com. Tribesmen travelling on foot were hit by the improvised explosive devices (IED) planted on the roadside in Kurram tribal agency,said an official,adding that three of the people were injured in Spina Shaga area while two were . . . →Read More:IED bombs injure 5 in Kurram Agency Leave a comment Pakistan Under Attack Al Qaeda,Area 14/8,close to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border,FATA,IED bombs injure 5 in Kurram Agency,Improvised Explosive Devices,Taliban,three of the people were injured in Spina Shaga area,Twin road side blasts in upper Kurram tribal region,wounded five civilians By Prof. Lawrence Davidson Back on 1 August 2012 I posted a piece entitled History on a Billboard. It reported on the placement,in the northern suburbs of New York City,of informational billboards with maps of Palestine showing the steady growth of Israeli confiscated territory and the corresponding shrinkage of territory available to the indigenous . . . →Read More:Rethinking the Savage vs. Civilized Leave a comment Vent it Out! 9/11,Al Qaeda,billboard wars,Gaza,growth of Israeli confiscated territory,In any war between the civilized man and the savage,infamous American Islamophobe Pamela Geller,Islamaphobe,Israel,Israel is not fighting Jihadists,jihad,jihadist,Jihadists,Muslim world,Palestinians,peace,Rethinking the Savage vs. Civilized,The Savage vs. the Civilized?,worldwide clash between the civilized and the savage,Zionists PESHAWAR: Two people died while three people including two foreigners sustained injuries,when a powerful bomb ripped through the Abdara area on University Road in Peshawar,Express News reported Monday. The blast occurred near the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). . . . →Read More:2 killed,3 injured from blast near UNHCR office in Peshawar It was a singular,defining act of barbarism,beamed out live for the world to see. In March 2001, Taliban fighters and grandees clustered around the famed giant statues of the Buddha in Afghanistan’s Bamiyan province,laid explosives at their feet and blew them up. The extremists’ shadowy leader,Mullah Mohammed Omar,lauded the destruction of the two . . . →Read More:Islamist fundamentalists wrecking shrines in the city of Timbuktu On June 19,Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) information minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain shocked us all when,at the end of his keynote speech at a CRSS-Radio launch ceremony in Peshawar,he asked all those present to raise their hands and pray for the safety of all in the province. Never before did Hussain,who lost his son to . . . →Read More:The Good the Bad and the Ugly Taliban Leave a comment Law &Order Afghanistan,Al Qaeda,CRSS-Radio launch ceremony in Peshawar,current security crisis,distinction between ‘good’ Taliban and ‘bad’ Taliban,Gulbuddin Hekmatyar,Hafiz Gul Bahadur,Haqqani network,K-P Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain,Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa,Lashkar-e-Jhangvi,Lashkar-e-Taiba,Maulvi Faqeer Mohammad,Maulvi Nazir,Maulvi Sadiq Noor,Mulla Omar,Pakistan,Taliban,Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan,The Good the Bad and the Ugly Taliban,TTP,wave of terrorism ISLAMABAD:Pakistani authorities will try to persuade militants in a northwest tribal area to lift a ban on anti-polio vaccination teams imposed in protest at US drone strikes,officials said Wednesday. Local warlord Hafiz Gul Bahadur Saturday banned the anti-polio campaign in North Waziristan,a Taliban and al Qaeda-infested region bordering Afghanistan. . . . →Read More:Pakistani authorities to urge militants to lift ban against polio vaccination Leave a comment Health Afghan Taliban fighting US-led troops across the border,Al Qaeda,ban on anti-polio vaccination,banned the anti-polio campaign in North Waziristan,Local warlord Hafiz Gul Bahadur,militants in a northwest tribal area,Pakistani authorities,Pakistani authorities to urge militants to lift ban against polio vaccination,Pakistani officials to talk with militants on anti-polio ban,Taliban,US drone strikes,US stops drone attacks A Pakistani surgeon recruited by the CIA to help find Osama bin Laden has been sentenced to 33 years in prison for treason,sparking a warning from US senators over American aid. Shakeel Afridi,who was sacked as a government doctor two months ago,was found guilty on Wednesday under the tribal justice system of . . . →Read More:Pakistan asked to pardon Shakeel Afridi Leave a comment Law &Order Afghan war,Al Qaeda,American aid,NATO troops in Afghanistan,Osama bin Laden,Pakistan asked to pardon Shakeel Afridi,Pakistani surgeon recruited by CIA,Peshawar central jail,raid that killed Osama bin laden,Shakeel Afridi,Taliban,tribal justice system,US demands Pakistan pardon doctor,War on terror Gilani must have resigned on moral grounds,true. But why should an American journalist make him ‘look her in the eye’and state there is ‘enough’evidence to suggest that the al-Qaeda leader is in Pakistan? . . . →Read More:Dear U.S,this Government is our Problem. Not yours | |||
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