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The Deadly Blast in Islamabad – Why was the Marriott Targeted? By TARIQ ALI
The deadly blast in Islamabad was a revenge attack for what has been going on over the past few weeks in the badlands of the North-West Frontier. It highlighted the crisis confronting the new government in the wake of intensified US strikes in the tribal areas on the Afghan border.
Hellfire missiles, drones, special operation raids inside Pakistan and the resulting deaths of innocents have fuelled Pashtun nationalism. It is this spillage from the war in Afghanistan that is now destabilizing Pakistan. Continue reading
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The Godfather as President By TARIQ ALI
A small mystery remained. Why did the US suddenly withdraw support from General Musharraf? An answer was provided on August 26 by Helene Cooper and Mark Mazzetti in the New York Times. The State Department, according to this report, was not in favor of an undignified and hasty departure, but unknown to them a hardcore neo-con faction led by Zalmay Khalilzad, the US Ambassador to the Security Council, was busy advising Asif Zardari in secret and helping him plan the campaign to oust the General: Continue reading
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US invades Pakistan — but no complaints from the ‘international community’
At approximately 3 AM this morning, US helicopters landed in a tiny village in South Waziristan, not far from the Afghanistan border. Troops emerged and opened fire on the villagers, killing at least 20 civilians according to North-West Frontier Province Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani. Governor Ghani condemned the attack as “cowardly” and urged the Pakistani military “to defend the sovereignty of the country” with a response to the attack.
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How Long Before the Military is Back at the Helm? – Pakistan After Musharraf – Tariq Ali
Now Musharraf will go in disgrace, threatened with impeachment and abandoned by most of his cronies, who grew rich under his rule and are now sidling shamelessly in the direction of the new power-brokers. The country has moved seamlessly from a moth-eaten dictatorship to a moth-eaten democracy. Six months after the old, morally obtuse, political gangs returned to power, the climate has further deteriorated. The widower Bhutto and his men are extremely unpopular. The worm-eaten tongues of long discredited politicians and resurrected civil servants are on daily display. Removing Musharraf, who is even more unpopular, might win the politicians some time, but not for long. Continue reading
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Analysis: President Pervez Musharraf’s last gasp shows how West has failed
The move to impeach the Pakistani president is the culmination of a power struggle between the former military chief and the civilian government. Continue reading
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The Pakistan Airstrikes – America the detested By BRIAN CLOUGHLEY
It is hardly surprising that America is so unpopular. The Bush Crusade against Muslims, his unconditional support of Israel, his deliberate confrontation with Russia, and the barely concealed intention of Washington’s extremists to overthrow governments in South America that object to US economic domination, are hardly a recipe for world-wide approval.
And the word ‘unpopular’ is less than adequate. What about ‘detested, loathed, abhorred, scorned, feared and despised’? Because that’s what the policies and actions of President Bush have led to over the past dreadful years.
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Father of Pakistan’s bomb disowns confession – The Guardian – 30 May.08
* Father of Pakistan’s bomb rejects smuggling claim
* Khan defiant in first talk to western media since 2004
For four years Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb, has lived in the shadows, confined to his Islamabad home since a tearful televised confession in which he admitted selling nuclear technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya. But yesterday the 76-year-old scientist returned to the spotlight with a bold new twist: that he had not meant a word of his earlier admission. Continue reading
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Indian Kashmir separatists get boost from Kosovo independence
SRINAGAR, India (AFP) – Separatists in Indian Kashmir said Saturday that Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence has bolstered their resolve to achieve the same status for the disputed Himalayan territory.
Kosovo last Sunday declared independence from Serbia, which vowed never to recognise the move.
Kosovo’s independence declaration has “strengthened our resolve to achieve freedom for Kashmir,” leading Kashmiri separatist Shabir Shah told AFP.
Several countries including the United States and Britain have recognised Kosovo as a new state, but India said it was studying the legal ramifications. Continue reading
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