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Come on, guys, he isn’t even President yet. (I wonder if anyone has told them what Tancredo said.) An AP photo . State Department Asks White House Candidates to Steer Clear of Sensitive Diplomatic Issues Bush reassures Musharraf over attack warnings

“The blood for the martyrs of Red Mosque and Jamia Hafsa will not go waste!” Tiny Minority of Extremists Update from Associated Press (thanks to all who sent this in): ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Chanting slogans in favour of jihad, about 2,000 women from Pakistan’s hardline Islamic parties rallied in the capital Tuesday in support of […]

“The attack drove home the lack of government control in the tribal region.” Again. “Militants seize shrine in Pakistan,” by Riaz Khan for the Associated Press: PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Pro-Taliban fighters seized an Islamic shrine in restive northwestern Pakistan and renamed it after the Red Mosque, where dozens of militants died this month in a […]

I recently picked up at a book sale a copy of “The Miscellany,” edited by P. Lal, and published in Calcutta. Issue #51 (June 1972), was one of three devoted to the then recently-deceased, at age 41, David McCutchion. An Englishman, David McCutchion was a lover of India, but not of the william-dalrympish sort, that […]

Maulana Fazlullah is a wanted jihadist whom the Pakistani government had pursued and located, but failed to arrest. He has also gained notoriety for warning followers to refuse the polio vaccine on the grounds that it caused infertility. He has now issued a fatwa declaring girls’ education “un-Islamic,” and the villages who support him are […]

Not that Al-Qaeda is already there, of course. Oh, no. Friend and Ally Update from Reuters : PAKISTAN said it could not accept “indiscriminate action” on its territory by US forces without first being informed that there was an al-Qaeda or terrorist target there. “We remain determined not to allow al-Qaeda or any other terrorist […]

“U.S. Attorney Michael J. Garcia said it is well documented in public reports that the sole customer of F-14 parts is the Iranian Air Force.” “Weapons export arrest made in New York,” by Larry Neumeister for the Associated Press: NEW YORK (AP) – A Pakistani national was arrested Thursday on allegations he illegally shipped weapons […]

Targeting a convoy of Chinese workers. By Zarar Khan for the Associated Press: KARACHI, Pakistan – Suicide bombers hit a convoy of Chinese workers in southern Pakistan and a police academy in the north, killing 36 people as violence swept further across the country. The convoy was passing though the main bazaar in Hub, a […]

More fallout from the Lal Masjid showdown. From AFP (thanks to DFS): ISLAMABAD : A suicide bomber blew himself up on Tuesday at a rally where hundreds had gathered to hear Pakistan’s suspended top judge speak, killing 15 people and plunging the country further into crisis. The attack in Islamabad ramped up the pressure on […]

“Militants in the Afghan border region disavowed a 10-month old truce with the government.” Sounds like the truce has served its purpose for the jihadists’ interests, and things are going rather well for them now in those territories. Hence, the truce is off, and for many, the Lal Masjid raid may have been the excuse […]