Reforming Pakistan’s ‘Dens of Terror’
Jan 23, 2007 Pakistan's "madrassas" have been described as "jihad universities" because of their ties to the Taliban and Islamic extremists, but a small-scale indigenous effort to reform the religious schools could be making more progress than the combined forces of the American, British and Pakistani governments.The Man Who Helped Bin Laden Escape
Jan 12, 2007 Former Afghan Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar said in a recent interview with Pakistani television that his forces led Osama Bin Laden from the mountains of Tora Bora to a "safe place" in late 2001, after U.S. troops had surrounded the area.
Judge Throws Out Terror Case
Dec 14, 2006 A judge in Pakistan has dropped the terrorism charges against one of the alleged leaders of the London airline bomb plot. Britain, undeterred by the ruling in favor of Rashid Rauf, says it will move ahead with its case against co-conspiracy suspects in its custody.Pakistan Called ?Hub? of Airline Terror Plot
Aug 13, 2006 U.S. and European officials have traced major support for the recently foiled aircraft terror plot to Pakistan, though they praised the Pakistani government for its ?vital? role in unraveling the scheme. Investigators said the operation drew financial and logistical support from Karachi and Lahore, and at least 17 of those in British custody are said to have ties to Pakistan.Robert Scheer: Labor Pains of a Stillborn Foreign Policy
Jul 26, 2006 By saying that the Israel-Lebanon crisis simply represents the "birth pangs of a new Middle East," Condoleezza Rice underscored the Bush administration's blindness to the disastrous effects its foreign policy has wrought.
Robert Scheer: Bush’s Nutty Nuclear Braggadocio
Apr 19, 2006 "A once swaggering president, who so convincingly wielded a bullhorn and modeled a flight suit, now has assumed the pretzel pose of a supplicant attempting to cajole our old enemy in Tehran into dropping its nuclear ambitions while simultaneously initiating talks with Iran aimed at bailing us out in Iraq."
Afghan Could Get Death for Becoming a Christian
Mar 21, 2006 He converted to Christianity 16 years ago as an aid worker in Pakistan, an offense punishable by death under Sharia law. (Above: A judge holds the accused's Bible.) If you're shaking your head over this resurgence of religious fundamentalism, check out this earlier story on the Taliban's return to Afghanistan.Bush the Internationalist
Mar 14, 2006 "It's hard to keep up with George W Bush's shuttles between internationalism and isolationism You may recall he couldn't even be bothered to learn the names of the Grecians and Kosovians".Burning Bridges in Asia
Mar 7, 2006 The N.Y. Times says that Bush, on his Asia trip, not only squandered a fine opportunity to shore up alliances and generate goodwill, but probably made things much worse by embarrassing Pakistan's leader.Thousands Riot in Pakistan Over Cartoons
Feb 15, 2006 At least two people died in the rampage. Also, the Iraqi city of Basra demands the withdrawal of Denmark's military contingent from southern Iraq until an apology for the cartoons is proffered. Will this madness ever end?
