After all, the truce with the Taliban in North Waziristan in October of 2006 was such a smashing success — for the Taliban. The risks are clear: Pakistan would have an excuse not to take action against the Taliban as long as “talks” are pending, or may enter into another disastrous agreement. The Taliban would […]
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Pakistan: Christian woman in jail since February released after blasphemy charges are finally dropped
While the release of Agnes Bibi (not Asia Bibi, who is still in prison) is very welcome news, her case must not be upheld by any government authority as an example of the Pakistani system “working,” when the very law under which she was imprisoned should not exist. It can never be “correctly” applied, because […]
Muslim with U.S. passport blows himself up in Pakistan
Why not? No screening — absolutely none — is done of Muslims who immigrate to the U.S. to try to determine whether or not they hold jihadist sentiments. As imperfect as such screening would inevitably be, the fact that there is none is an indication of how willfully blind official Washington is. They assume that […]
Report: Pakistani ambassador sought help from U.S. to rein in Pakistani military
“The memo sent to Adm. Mike Mullen, the top U.S. military officer at the time, reportedly offered to curb support to Islamist militants from Pakistan’s military intelligence service, the ISI.” “Pakistani ambassador to US caught in controversy,” by Chris Brummitt for the Associated Press, November 17: ISLAMABAD (AP) “” The Pakistani government said Thursday that […]
Pakistan: “Hip-hop diplomacy” hits a snag as military briefly detains American dance troupe
They had bin Laden living nearby for all that time in Rawalpindi, but dancers with cameras clearly face a zero-tolerance policy. An update on this story. “US hip-hop diplomacy hits speed bump in Pakistan,” by Sebastian Abbot for the Associated Press, November 16: ISLAMABAD (AP) “” A U.S. attempt to smooth relations with Pakistan using […]
Afghanistan: Report suggests “U.S. officers believed Pakistani troops were providing cover for the insurgents” in late October firefight
Funny how this keeps happening. “On Afghan-Pakistan border, suspicions reign,” by Joshua Partlow for the Washington Post, November 14: FORWARD OPERATING BASE SHARANA, AFGHANISTAN “” One Tuesday evening last month, while patrolling along Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan, American soldiers came under a flurry of gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades from the vicinity of a Pakistani military […]
This will work: U.S. reaches out to Pakistan with hip-hop troupe
I should be waging jihad, but I just wanna dance Confront the belief-system of jihad violence and Islamic supremacism? Naah. Hold the Pakistanis to their agreements with the U.S. and challenge them on their aiding of jihad groups? Pah. Send in the hip-hop troupe. Pakistan will immediately moonwalk away from its double game. “US tries […]
Pakistan: Asia Bibi marks one year in jail under death sentence for “blasphemy”
Does Barack Obama know the name of Asia Bibi? He should, and aid to Pakistan should be made contingent upon her release and fundamental improvements to the treatment of religious minorities. Her trial was a sham in the first place, and the court, still rendered impotent by fear of Islamic supremacist violence, just can’t seem […]
Pakistan: Jihadists kill four members of peace committee, beheading one
Peace might be a bit farther off than the learned analysts expect. Qur’an 47:4: “Therefore, when ye meet the Unbelievers (in fight), smite at their necks…” Even if they’re members of a peace committee, apparently, and are not precisely unbelievers except insofar as their attempts to end the jihad rendered them apostates in their attackers’ […]
Pakistan: Islamophobes arrested with 25,000 kg of explosives — no, wait…
Oddly enough, the “anti-Shiite militants” were Sunni jihadists. The ever-dreaded Islamophobic “backlash” remains elusive. “Six Anti-Shia Militants Arrested With 25000 kg of Explosives in Pakistan,” from the Ahlul Bayt News Agency, November 10 (thanks to Twostellas): (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – Pakistan Police has arrested six anti-Shiite militants, and seized 25000 kilogramme explosives from a […]