“Pakistan’s Own War” Update. “Taliban opens new front in Pakistan,” by Isambard Wilkinson for the Telegraph, September 18: Militants have used fear and intimidation to clear a swathe of territory in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) to establish training camps and for taking sanctuary, and have set up their headquarters in Maidan, in the […]
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Afghanistan releases al-Qaeda suspect’s son to Pakistan
Where he will be as free as a bird, living with his family. As for 10 and 13 year old Christian girls abducted, raped, and forced into conversion, the Pakistani government is having a real hard time deciding on whether to return them to their family. “Afghanistan frees al-Qaeda suspect’s young son,” from AP, September […]
Pakistan: “In my experience they have not given us the custody of minor girls even as young as 9 years old that have been declared Muslim”
Something of a compromise? The 10 year old child is to be returned to her parents; the 13 year old, on the other hand — since she is a whole four years above and beyond the legal marrying age for females (9) — is to stay with her abductor, since (after being tortured, threatened and […]
Pakistani army spokesman: Troops have orders to “open fire” to stop U.S. cross-border ops
More on this story. “Pakistan orders troops to stop US raids,” from the Associated Press, September 16: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan’s army spokesman says its forces have orders to open fire on U.S. troops if they launch another raid across the Afghan border. Pakistani officials issued sharp protests to Washington after helicopters ferried U.S. commandos […]
Pakistani officials: We fired on U.S. helicopters
Although both sides deny it. More on this story: “Pakistan says troop fire turns U.S. helicopters back,” by Zeeshan Haider for Reuters, September 15: ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani security officials said on Monday that troops had fired on U.S. military helicopters and forced them to turn back to Afghanistan, but both the Pakistani and American […]
British Secretary for Justice Jack Straw says Pakistan’s security vital for UK; condemns US unilateral operations in Pakistan
Consistent behavior: in 2005, Jack Straw asserted that if Europe did not allow Turkey into the EU, the Turks could get rowdy; here he is three years later insisting that both the UK and US should appease the ever duplicitous Pakistan, lest it get rowdy? “UK does not support US attacks in Pakistan,” from the […]
Pakistani Army blocks US raid in border area
Friend and Ally Update — another report on this incident: “Pakistan: US helicopter raid blocked in border area,” from AKI, September 15 (thanks to Report On Arrakis): Wana, 15 Sept. (AKI) – The Pakistani army and local tribes on Monday were reported to have blocked an attempt by US troops to stage a fresh attack […]
Pakistani TV denounces Ahmadis as infidels, not Muslims
Also in Indonesia: Anti-Ahmadi “Demonstrations” And the real Muslims go on rampage targeting the Ahmadi community. More on this story. “Violence Against Ahmadi Muslims Spikes After Pakistani TV Broadcast,” by Priya Abraham for the Cutting Edge, September 15: Members of the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan who routinely experience persecution and now being subjected to a […]
Pakistan: Father kills daughter over Christian boyfriend
“The accused father presented himself before the police for arrest saying that he had killed his daughter over her bad character.” “Father shoots daughter for honour,” from The News, September 14: LAHORE – A man shot his 17-year-old daughter for honor on the Lower Mall. The police said that Nazia, the daughter of Hanif, a […]
Pakistan: Jihadists briefly seize government building in Peshawar
An update on “Pakistan’s own war” (per Asif Ali Zardari), which they are fighting less than half-heartedly, while insisting no one else can fight it, either. “Islamic militants briefly seize govt building in NW Pakistan,” from Agence France-Presse, September 13: Dozens of gun-toting Islamic militants briefly seized a government building in the northwestern Pakistani city […]