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Pakistan’s post-Bin Laden dilemmas

May 8th

Statements threatening retaliation only embarrass a fragile civilian government amid populist rhetoric.

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Republic of Shame

May 8th

by mbokhari
Dear General Kiyani.
Ever since Bin Laden’s sudden discovery in Abbottabad and his subsequent transfer as Al Qaeda’s permanent ambassador to the Arabian Sea, we have been hearing on the news about how America is thinking of severing its…

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The wicked witch is dead

May 8th

Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead … gone where the goblins go,Below – below – below. Yo-ho!

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Drone strikes: PTI vows second blockage of NATO supplies

May 8th

PTI announces second protest blockage of NATO supplies on May 21 and 22 in Karachi.

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Imran Khan on Osama Operation: In Session 7 May 2011

May 8th

Exclusive interview with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chief Imran Khan on Osama Operation conducted by US Navy Seals in Abbottabad. Imran says hypocrisy and duplicity by Pakistan’s elite (liberals, moderates, top military junta, etc) have led to Osama fias…

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Osama bin Laden’s death: The end?

May 8th

Theodore Karasik and Amir Rana weigh in on the consequences of Osama bin Laden’s death.

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Al Qaeda after Osama

May 7th

Has bin Laden’s death registered in the Islamic world? Barring Pakistan, not at all.

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General Pasha Under Fire

May 7th

Pakistan’s spy agency is facing unprecedented public condemnation for its failure to catch Osama bin Laden or anticipate the U.S. raid that killed him, putting its influential and powerful chief, Lt. Gen. Shuja Ahmad Pasha, under pressure to take responsibility for the lapses amid calls for his resignation. There was confusion within Pakistan about Gen. [...]