Tag Archives: Philip Giraldi
Pakistan: VALUE ADDED TAX
Posted on20. Jun, 2010 by Jeff.
SUCKING BLOOD FROM STONES By Brig Samson Simon Sharraf The progress of a country’s revenue generation directly depends on the growth of its economy and the fairness of its tax collectors to deliver. However, at the broadest and lowest level of this enforcement lie a mass of people with different ideas, idiosyncrasies, historical traditions and [...]
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Profiling Pakistan
Posted on20. Jun, 2010 by Jeff.
A Well Orchestrated Defaming Campaign By Dr. Raja Muhammad Khan “The allegations are baseless,” Pakistan and its security setup, perhaps thought this brief, succinct, and patent elucidation enough in response to the 22 pages, Matt Waldman’s research report on, “The Sun in the Sky: The relationship between Pakistan’s ISI and Afghan Insurgents,” published by Crisis [...]
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US-Pakistan: Old Allies Under Media Attack
Posted on17. Jun, 2010 by Jeff.
Venomous Propagandist Damaging Pak–U.S. Relations By Zaheerul Hassan The perception regarding widening gulf between Pakistan and US relationship is being projected out of proportions. There are some vested quarters who do not want to see cordial and warm relations between the US and Pakistan. The last such blow has come from Thomas Houlahan, an associate [...]
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INDO-PAKISTAN: Reality behind Strategic Dialogue
Posted on12. Jun, 2010 by Jeff.
By Sajjad Shaukat Pak-US strategic dialogue was held on March 24 this year in Washington. During the strategic dialogue in 2008, both sides had discussed regional and international issues of common interest. The second round of the strategic dialogue between the US and Pakistan will be held in July 21. Washington and Islamabad have also [...]
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Ascent into Anarchy
Posted on08. Jun, 2010 by Jeff.
By Humayun Gauhar See, I’m a positive person. I didn’t say ‘Descent into Chaos’. I’m saying ‘Ascent into Anarchy’. I see a silver lining in everything, no matter how dark or dire. Why? Four reasons. Anarchy leads to bloodletting, which is a cleansing process, ridding the country of the rapacious vermin that have been ruling [...]
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PAKISTAN’S ECONOMIC HITMEN: PART III
Posted on06. Jun, 2010 by Jeff.
By Brig Samson S Sharof The first two parts of my columns explained how Pakistan’s economy was set to meltdown. Come 2007 and as of today, the meltdown continues with complete contempt to National Security. Even the National Security Managers choose to look the other way. The principal dynamics that acted both as precursors and [...]
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Peace in South Asia: Talking to Pakistan, A Must
Posted on24. May, 2010 by Jeff.
PAKISTAN IS A REALITY; INDIA MUST ACCEPT THE FACT By Moin Ansari Bharati politicians have come to the simple conclusion that there is no other option than to talk to Pakistan. The hoopla over Mumbai could have been resolved in a few private meetings, but the events were overtaken by media hype and the proclivity [...]
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End this War Before The War Ends You
Posted on24. May, 2010 by Jeff.
AFGHANISTAN IS THE GRAVEYARD OF THE EMPIRES By Zaheerul Hassan On May 21, 2010 NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Commander General Stanley McChrystal visited Pakistan and provided an update on the alliance’s current operations in Afghanistan. He also called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani and discussed matters of mutual [...]
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The Strategic Vision of Indian Navy
Posted on23. May, 2010 by Jeff.
By Dr. Raja Muhammad Khan Indian Maritime Doctrine was formally announced in April-2004. However, the year-2006 ‘Navy Day’ is considered to be as the day, once Indian Navy actually started, “transforming itself from a ‘brown water’ coastal defense force to a formidable ‘blue water’ fleet.” Blue water navy has indeed two connotations: the technical and [...]
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Afghan Swamp; Trap For US-NATO
Posted on22. May, 2010 by Jeff.
HISTORY IS A WITNESS AMERICA NEVER LEARNS FROM HISTORY Brig Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan has gone through internal upheavals quite frequently but most were foreign inspired. India played a lead role in instigating fissiparous forces in erstwhile East Pakistan, Sindh, Balochistan and Frontier provinces by inflaming their grievances and injecting in them ideas to resort [...]
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