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Waziristan: The Downing of an Army Helicopter?

February 6th, 2008 · 7 Comments

A military helicopter went down in South Waziristan today. All eight on board were killed including Major General Javed Sultan, the recently promoted commanding officer of Kohat garrison as well as two brigadiers. The official explanation from Islamabad is that the crash was due to “technical reasons.”
However, sources report that the helicopter was […]

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Tags: Afghanistan · Baitullah Mehsud · FATA · Frontier Corps · Homeland Insecurity · Javed Sultan · Pakistan Army · Relations with Afghanistan · Relations with India · Relations with United States · Swat · Taliban · War on Terror · Waziristan

Islamabad Intrigues: The Army Edition

January 25th, 2008 · 5 Comments

THE ARMY ADVANCES …
Hot off its relative success in sweeping Swat of militants led by Maulana Fazlullah, sources report that the Pakistan Army has set its sights on Baitullah Mehsud, the purported mastermind behind the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
In addition to military action, sources also report that a major facet of the newfound campaign involves […]

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Tags: Afghanistan · Ashfaq Kayani · Ashfaq Kiyani · Asif Zardari · Attack on Benazir Bhutto · Baitullah Mehsud · Benazir Bhutto · Benazir Bhutto Assassination · Chief of Army Staff · Elections - February 2008 · FATA · Maulana Fazlullah · Mehsud · Military Intelligence · Nawaz Sharif · Pakistan Army · Pakistan People's Party · Pervez Musharraf · Shahbaz Sharif · Swat · Taliban · War on Terror

Homeland Insecurity: The Lahore Bombing and Impending Violence

January 10th, 2008 · 10 Comments

Around Christmas, sources had reported that Pakistani intelligence had indications that the violence afflicting the rest of the country — Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Rawalpindi — was making its way to Lahore.
Today, it did. A suicide bomber detonated himself amidst a 70-member police contingent, minutes before a weekly lawyer’s protest in front of the Lahore […]

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Tags: Attack on Benazir Bhutto · Baitullah Mehsud · Benazir Bhutto · Benazir Bhutto Assassination · Elections - January 2008 · Homeland Insecurity · ISI · Inter-services Intelligence · Lahore · Taliban · War on Terror

Picture: Bhutto’s Last Moments

December 27th, 2007 · 3 Comments

This picture was taken seconds before Benazir Bhutto was fatally wounded in a hail of assassin’s bullets.

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Tags: Attack on Benazir Bhutto · Baitullah Mehsud · Benazir Bhutto · Benazir Bhutto Assassination

Investigatory Findings into the Bhutto Bombings

October 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment

The blasts in Karachi have left the people of Pakistan shocked and horrified while the country’s law enforcement and intelligence agencies scramble to find those responsible. As investigations continue, major questions remain unanswered.
WHAT WE DO KNOW
The tactics and means involved in the attack make us believe with near certainty that they were carried out by […]

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Tags: Attack on Benazir Bhutto · Baitullah Mehsud · Benazir Bhutto · Benazir Bhutto's Return · Chaudhry Parvez Elahi · Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain · Ejaz Shah · Ijaz-ul-Haq · National Accountability Bureau · War on Terror · Waziristan