Tag: musharraf
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pakistan in the crosshairs: bombs, blackops & bhutto
huge truck bomb strikes marriot hotel in islamabadfrom winter patriot: A huge truck bomb exploded at the entrance to the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on Saturday evening, killing at least 40 people and wounding more than 150, the police said. This according to Carlotta Gall, who reports from Pakistan and Afghanistan for the New York…
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geopolitiks: afghanisurge, false flags, pak & blackwater
12k more troops to afghanistanfrom danger room: “The Pentagon will be sending 12,000 to 15,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, possibly as soon as the end of this year,” U.S. News is reporting… For more than a year, everyone from Gen. McKeirnan to Sen. Barack Obama has been calling for extra troops in Afghanistan. But…
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bullets, bombs, benazir, fbi spy, quarantines, drugs & hitler
bullet shortage affects policefrom ap: A nationwide spike in demand for small-arms ammunition and the skyrocketing cost of raw materials to make the bullets have forced some law enforcement agencies in Washington state to plan their orders further in advance. On average, the cost of ammunition has increased by 67 percent between 2004 and this…
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musharraf on the ropes: pakistan preps for impeachment
from winter patriot: President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan – the former Army Chief of Staff who took power in a coup in 1999 – is suddenly facing impeachment! … The Daily Times lists the charges against Musharraf… So I’ll cut to the chase: Musharraf’s next logical moves would be declaration of martial law, dissolution of…
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crankin’ up the osama propaganda
deal lets US drones strike bin ladenfrom washington times: The United States has a standing agreement with Pakistan that CIA-operated Predator drones may strike Osama bin Laden’s hide-out without prior permission from Islamabad, according to people familiar with the arrangement. is osama bin laden dying… again?from time: Which is closer to dying: Osama bin Laden…
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Former Pakistan PM Benazir Bhutto Killed In Attack
Pakistani former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been assassinated in a suicide attack. Ms Bhutto – the first woman PM in an Islamic state – was leaving an election rally in Rawalpindi when a gunman shot her in the neck and set off a bomb.
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news on the march
for god’s saic!from op-ed news: Who in the hell is SAIC? Who in the hell is it’s former chairman, J. Robert Beyster? For that matter, who in the hell is its current chairman, Kenneth C. Dalhberg? Well, after some virtual footstepping and some practical considerations, my conclusions lead to the word, trouble. Big trouble! ……
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pentagon ok with martial law in pakistan
from the news: The Pentagon said Gen. Pervez Musharraf’s declaration of state of emergency in Pakistan does not affect U.S. military support, a spokesman said. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is monitoring the fast-developing situation, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said. “Pakistan is a very important ally in the war on terror and he is closely…
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bin laden tape to declare war on musharraf
from ap: Osama bin Laden will release a new message soon declaring war on Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, al-Qaida announced Thursday. The announcement of the upcoming message came as al-Qaida released a new video in which bin Laden’s deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, boasted that the United States was being defeated in Afghanistan, Iraq and other…
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US carried out madrasah bombing
from times online: The bombing of a Pakistani madrasah last month, in which 82 students were killed, was carried out by the United States, a Pakistani official has admitted, writes Christina Lamb. The madrasah in the tribal agency of Bajaur was bombed during a visit to Pakistan by the Prince of Wales amid allegations that…