Tag Archives: USA
NATO Supplies Fuel For Terrorism?
Posted on16. Jul, 2012 by Asif H Raja.
Opening of supply lines will intensify terrorism in Pakistan By Brig Asif Haroon Raja Once the might of US military-NATO got bogged down in the swamp of Afghanistan, rather than making corrections at its end, Pentagon and CIA made Pakistan a scapegoat and blamed it for all their faults. Finding no explanation to offer [...]
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Nuclear Security: Challenges and Way Forward
Posted on18. Mar, 2012 by Khalid Iqbal.
Nevertheless, there are apprehensions by several nations including Pakistan, Iran and North Korea that the Summit may be used to protect the interests of selected nations while censuring the developing nations. Some leaders may attempt to deal with a broader spectrum of non-proliferation issues. By Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal Nuclear security has always been [...]
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Netanyahu v Obama-What next?
Posted on16. Mar, 2012 by Alan Hart.
By Alan Hart The headline over an article in Ha-aretz by Bradley Burston on Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s poker game with President Obama was If Obama wins in November, is Netanyahu in trouble? That’s a question I’ve had in my own mind for quite some time and it begs another. What, really, worries Netanyahu most [...]
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Armageddon
Posted on12. Mar, 2012 by Humayun Gauhar.
Opinion Maker: By Humayun Gauhar Anyone who imagines that Israel can attack Iran and not unleash another world war must be mad. Pray pause and think. I know that if the world weren’t half-full of madcaps we wouldn’t have had the first two world wars in the first place. Both were touted as ‘wars that [...]
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The reprehensible drone attacks
Posted on25. Jan, 2012 by S M Hali.
By S. M. Hali The reprehensible drone attacks in Pakistan commenced in 2004, nearly three years after the US-led invasion of Afghanistan. They have been conducted by the Special Activities Division of CIA. The question of the drone attacks targeting terrorists in Pakistan’s Wild West, the tribal areas is rather complex. To date 285 drone [...]
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Endgame Afghanistan & Pakistan’s Rope
Posted on20. Jan, 2012 by Raja Mujtaba.
Defence and Diplomacy- By Raja G Mujtaba Before we discuss endgame in Afghanistan, we must know what the American objectives were, have those objectives been achieved and if not would America really walk out of Afghanistan. If we do not discuss American objectives, we really cannot understand the endgame. The US created conditions through 9/11 [...]
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King Cobras in Afghanistan
Posted on06. Dec, 2011 by Asif H Raja.
By Brig Asif Haroon Raja Unresolved Kashmir dispute, inflexibility of jingoistic and scheming Indian leaders to reconcile with Pakistan’s existence as an independent state and their burning desire to gain unchallenged hegemony over all South Asian nations has kept India and Pakistan on the warpath. Lack of trust built up as a consequence to three [...]
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Wake up Pakistan
Posted on24. Sep, 2011 by Raja Mujtaba.
By Raja G Mujtaba:
Pakistan needs to extricate itself very carefully and manage to stand on her own feet. However what Robert J. Herbold has concluded, is more applicable to Pakistan therefore I endorse the same for the people of Pakistan, ‘Wake up Pakistan!’
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What Bibi Didn’t Say in Congress Speech
Posted on03. Jun, 2011 by Dr Ashraf Ezzat.
Netanyahu speech to the American congress “I intend to speak the unvarnished truth because now more than ever what we need is peace” Netanyahu said before he twisted the truth in his speech to the American Congress. “Demographic changes … this is may be the most concrete point Netanyahu has come to mention in [...]
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Two-Directional Hurricane
Posted on17. Apr, 2011 by Asif H Raja.
By Brig Asif Haroon Raja:
Taking into account the well-known practice of CIA, it first establishes its network in the target country and then instigates lawlessness, or insurgency to effect a regime change. The network also assists the main assault group by way of providing intelligence and guidance towards selected objectives.