Archive for 'War On Terror'
Drone Wars from Britain
Posted on29. Oct, 2012 by Editor.
How Many More? By Deepak Tripathi Now we know that not only did the United Kingdom already have drones, but more are coming to join the Royal Air Force for surveillance and combat operations in foreign lands. And, for the first time, they will be controlled from Britain. According to a report in the Guardian, the [...]
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CIA Chiefs on the Rock
Posted on23. Oct, 2012 by Raja Mujtaba.
CIA chiefs face arrest over horrific evidence of bloody 'video-game' sorties by drone pilots By DAVID ROSE The Mail on Sunday today reveals shocking new evidence of the full horrific impact of US drone attacks in Pakistan. A damning dossier assembled from exhaustive research into the strikes’ targets sets out in heartbreaking detail the deaths of [...]
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WoT: Whose War?
Posted on05. Sep, 2012 by S M Hali.
By S. M. Hali General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani’s categorical declaration on the Azadi(Independence Day) Parade at the Army’s premier cradle of leadership PMA that the war on terror (WoT) is Pakistan’s war too should have laid to rest the whispering campaign questioning the propriety of the WoT. Unfortunately, some columnists and a few TV anchors continue [...]
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North Waziristan require thorough preparations
Posted on02. Sep, 2012 by Asif H Raja.
By Brig Asif Haroon Raja After two years and seven months of sustained pressure, the US seems to have finally succeeded in cornering Pakistan and making it agree to launch an operation in North Waziristan (NW). Pak Army has been reluctant to do so because of its genuine constraints. Notwithstanding the numerous disadvantages of [...]
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Drone attacks boosting terrorism
Posted on29. Aug, 2012 by S M Hali.
By S. M. Hali The controversial drone strikes by the US spy agency, CIA may have eliminated a number of militants but simultaneously, they are contributing to swelling the ranks of terrorists. The US and its allies have been at war in Afghanistan since 2001 but the first drone strike was not executed till 2004. [...]
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North Waziristan On Hold
Posted on26. Aug, 2012 by Asif H Raja.
No decision as yet on North Waziristan By Asif Haroon Raja George W Bush administration restored friendly relations with Pakistan after 9/11 with gusto and gave an impression that the US would make every effort to remove the grievances of Pakistan and would not let it down again. His and his successor’s promises proved [...]
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Missouri: Joplin mosque burning
Posted on09. Aug, 2012 by Editor.
Imam says ‘tragedy’ will not ‘stop us’ By Alex Kane Imam Lahmuddin in the aftermath of an arson attack on the mosque he leads. (Photo: T. Rob Brown/AP) A fire completely destroyed Joplin, Missouri's Islamic center on Monday, one month after an arson attack on July 4. The Council on American-Islamic Relations is now offering a $10,000 [...]
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Terrorism never defined
Posted on31. Jul, 2012 by Asif H Raja.
By Brig Asif Haroon Raja When George W Bush decided to invade Afghanistan, outwardly he pretended that the purpose was to avenge 9/11 attacks allegedly perpetrated by Osama bin Laden led al-Qaeda based in Afghanistan and to free the world from the menace of terrorism and to prevent 9/11 like attacks to recur. The [...]
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US Military: Suicides in 2012
Posted on11. Jun, 2012 by Editor.
155 Days, 154 Dead By Mark Thompson New Pentagon data show U.S. troops are killing themselves at the rate of nearly one a day so far in 2012, 18% above 2011′s corresponding toll. ”The continual rise in the suicide rate has frustrated all in the military,” says Elspeth “Cam” Ritchie, a retired Army colonel and chief psychiatric adviser [...]
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The Case of the Missing Terrorists
Posted on17. May, 2012 by Paul Craig Roberts.
By Paul Robert Craig If there were any real terrorists, Jose Rodriguez would be dead. Who is Jose Rodriguez? He is the criminal who ran the CIA torture program. Most of his victims were not terrorists or even insurgents. Most were hapless individuals kidnapped by warlords and sold to the Americans as “terrorists” [...]
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