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A ticklish situation. From Associated Press, with thanks to DFS: BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan – Asserting a right to self-defense, American forces in eastern Afghanistan have launched artillery rounds into Pakistan to strike Taliban fighters who attack remote U.S. outposts, the commander of U.S. forces in the region said Sunday. The skirmishes are politically sensitive […]

Abdication of Responsibility Update. From DPA: ISLAMABAD – EU and Pakistani counter-terrorism experts concluded three days of talks in Islamabad on Friday with a pledge to deepen cooperation and tackle the radicalization that breeds terrorism. The growing phenomenon of radicalization needed to be countered anywhere it takes place, EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Gijs de Vries told […]

Eurabia Alert. “Catalunya es la base europea de una filial paquistaní de Al Qaeda,” by Antonio Baquero and Jordi Curachan for El Periódico (my translation): Spain, and especially Catalonia, has been converted into the principal base of Jaish-e-Mohammed (the Army of Mohammed) in continental Europe, a Pakistani terrorist group tied to the central command of […]

It is good news that authorities are taking action on this case, but one must wonder how many more will go unprosecuted as rural Pakistanis follow the example set by Aisha’s betrothal to Muhammad at the age of 6, and marriage at the age of 9. “4-yr-old Pakistani girl marries 45-yr-old,” from AFP: DERA ISMAIL […]

Amir Muqam sounds as if he has gone to the Dinesh D’Souza Academy of Advanced Terrorism Studies, which holds that Islamic terrorism has only been around for 25 years, and we are evidently supposed to believe that no violence was committed in the name of Islam before that. Yes indeed, Islam had a “soft image” […]

“Pakistan to fence part of Afghan border,” from AFP, : RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AFP) – Pakistan is to fence 35 kilometres (22 miles) of its northwestern border with Afghanistan to restrict the movement of Taliban militants, President Pervez Musharraf has said. Musharraf said he had ordered the action after western allies had failed to offer solutions […]

Another story on this incident, from a vastly different perspective. Now this is a DPA story (thanks to Sr. Soph), but I am picking it up here from the Khaleej Times, which is where I think the “PBUH” came from. ISLAMABAD – Police arrested a Christian woman in Pakistan’s central Punjab province for allegedly making […]

And they’re staging a sit-in in a public library to make their point. “Enforce Sharia or we won’t leave library: girl students,” from the Daily Times, with thanks to Charles: ISLAMABAD: The girl students of Jamia Hafsa have refused to vacate a children’s public library until the government enforces Sharia law in Pakistan. “We want […]

And they are likely not punishing them because Islamic law, as this story notes, requires four male witnesses to establish rape. Without them, there is no crime. The Pakistani government has recently adopted Western laws on rape, but Islamic clerics are fiercely resisting this change on the grounds that it is un-Islamic. And obviously many […]

“The Americans Love Pepsi-Cola, We Love Death” Alert: the procession was going down the street while cutting their heads until the blood streamed down their faces, and then the bomber tried to stop them by…blowing himself up. “Suicide attack targeting Shia procession kills 2 in Pak,” from the Times of India: ISLAMABAD: A suicide bomber […]