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Emerging Political Situation - Mir Jamil ur Rahman

July 21, 2007 – 8:57 am

Mir Jamil ur Rahman provides an interesting perspective into the political environment in Pakistan with the fast emerging Talibanisation movement.
The flurry of suicide bombings following the Jamia Hafsa operation strongly indicates that Taliban has declared war on Pakistan. The organized pattern of the bombings points to the fact that al-Qaeda is providing Taliban with logistic [...]

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A Reminder

July 14, 2007 – 1:38 pm

CAIR, a very controversial Muslim organization in the United States, has started a great ad series that emphasizes that all Muslims are not bad people and EVERY religion struggles with extremists in different forms.

It’s not just the American Muslims that condemn all acts of terrorism, but Muslims around the world. Don’t judge our religion [...]

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Dealing with Siege and Hostage Situations - Farhatullah Babar

July 14, 2007 – 9:30 am

This Op-Ed piece was printed in today’s The News, written by former Pakistan People’s Party Senator Farhatullah Babar, it provides an interesting look into dealing with sieges and hostage situations and what the government needs to do.
According to some newspaper accounts the number of hard-core militants holed up in Lal Masjid were no more than [...]

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Craig Cohen Online at the Washington Post

July 12, 2007 – 1:28 am

The Washington Post had Craig Cohen, Deputy Chief of Staff at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, online to discuss and answer questions about the Pakistan Army’s raid on Lal Masjid and the impact it will have on President Musharraf’s Presidency and the future of Pakistan.
I followed it online until about midnight Pakistan time, [...]

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Pictures from the Seige

July 6, 2007 – 3:14 pm

A collection of pictures of the continued siege at Lal Masjid in Islamabad from domestic and international media outlets, including CNN, BBC, Dawn, and The News.

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Attack on the President?

July 6, 2007 – 2:42 pm

The domestic news channels are breaking this story out of Rawalpindi that in the area around Chaklala Air Base, there was Light Machine Gun fire at the President’s plane. Dawn News (the newest private news channel) is reporting that a home that was rented by a couple on Thursday was found to have anti-aircraft guns [...]

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And The Truth Shall Set You Free

July 5, 2007 – 6:21 pm

After the events of the past week in Islamabad, I was shocked with the reports in the newspaper this morning that the military should not have taken action against the extremists inside Lal Masjid. Granted, the people that have come out against the action are the reason that the problem exists in Pakistan today. [...]

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Terrorist Arrested Dressed As A Woman

July 4, 2007 – 9:02 pm

Domestic news channels are breaking the story right now that Maulana Abdul Aziz has been arrested while attempting to escape. How was he trying to escape? He dressed up like a woman and tried to sneak away.
This is the same cleric that threatened suicide attacks around Pakistan if an operation was carried out on [...]

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Lal Masjid In Pictures

July 4, 2007 – 10:29 am

I got some great images from the internet for those that don’t know what these terrorists at Lal Masjid did yesterday. (here, here and here)

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Lal Masjid - Firing Begins In Islamabad

July 3, 2007 – 9:12 pm

With the start of the conflict between Lal Masjid and the Government of Pakistan, I found some really interesting blog entries and news stories that give a good picture of what is going on there.
Exchange of Fire at Lal Masjid
Chronology of the Lal Masjid Situation from Geo News
Radical’s Sortie part deux! Coming Soon!
Three more [...]

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