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Did Private Spy Shop Get US Intel From Bin Laden Raid?

Posted on February 28, 2012 3:59 am by David

Did Private Spy Shop Get US Intel From Bin Laden Raid? Emails released by WikiLeaks suggest Stratfor may have gained access to highly sensitive material gathered from Osama bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound. By David Corn Mon Feb. 27, 2012 11:49 … Continue reading →

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PSC = Private Security Counterterrorist

Posted on February 22, 2012 11:56 pm by David

David Isenberg Author, ‘Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq’ PSC = Private Security Counterterrorist Posted: 02/22/2012 5:22 pm Has the role of private military and security companies been overlooked since the al-Qaeda attacks of September 11, 2001? With everything … Continue reading →

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The State Department Tells Us How They Really Felt: Part 2

Posted on February 21, 2012 9:58 pm by David

Huffington Post Posted: 02/21/2012 8:43 am By David Isenberg The State Department Tells Us How They Really Felt: Part 2 This is the second installment of documentation released to me by the State Department, pursuant to a past FOIA request. … Continue reading →

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ANALYSIS: Raymond Davis affair: one year later

Posted on January 31, 2012 8:26 pm by David

ANALYSIS: Raymond Davis affair: one year later —Dr Moeed Pirzada The Pakistani military establishment ought to realise that now even those Pakistanis who have been traditionally sympathetic to the military’s position are losing patience with its perceptions of ‘divine wisdom’ … Continue reading →

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Threats Of Nuclear Sabotage Against Pakistan – Analysis

Posted on January 31, 2012 3:38 am by David

Threats Of Nuclear Sabotage Against Pakistan – Analysis Written by: Muhammad Jawad Hashmi January 30, 2012 As a nuclear weapons’ state, Pakistan faces a number of challenges, which if  unaddressed could cause a severe damage to Pakistan’s international image as … Continue reading →

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Al Qaida Still Holding Elderly American Hostage In Pakistan

Posted on January 26, 2012 9:12 pm by David

McClatchy Newspapers (mcclatchydc.com) January 25, 2012 Al Qaida Still Holding Elderly American Hostage In Pakistan By Tom Hussain, McClatchy Newspapers ISLAMABAD — A kidnapped 70-year-old American aid contractor is alive and in good health, being held by a Pakistani al … Continue reading →

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Kidnapped US aid contractor reportedly held by militants in Pakistan

Posted on January 26, 2012 8:59 pm by David

The Christian Science Monitor – CSMonitor.com Kidnapped US aid contractor reportedly held by militants in Pakistan Some five months after Warren Weinstein was kidnapped, the US aid contractor is reported to be in the custody of a Pakistani Al Qaeda … Continue reading →

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Pakistan adopts strict security clearance policy for foreign investors

Posted on January 24, 2012 5:31 pm by David

BBC Monitoring South Asia – Political Supplied by BBC Worldwide Monitoring January 23, 2012 Monday Pakistan adopts strict security clearance policy for foreign investors Text of report by Parvaiz Ishfaq Rana headlined “New guidelines affect foreign investment” published by Pakistani … Continue reading →

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From Pakistan To Afghanistan, U.S. Finds Convoy Of Chaos

Posted on December 16, 2011 6:46 pm by David

Bloomberg Businessweek December 19, 2011 From Pakistan To Afghanistan, U.S. Finds Convoy Of Chaos The route from Karachi to Kabul was the best way to get supplies to U.S. troops in Afghanistan, and the main artery for a Pashtun trucking … Continue reading →

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Mercenaries (Blackwater / XE) May Run Air Missions on Afghan-Pakistan Border

Posted on December 12, 2011 3:41 pm by David

Dec 9 Mercenaries (Blackwater / XE) May Run Air Missions on Afghan-Pakistan Border Barely two weeks after a NATO helicopter disaster killed 24 Pakistani troops, the skies above the Afghanistan-Pakistan border may get even more dangerous. The State Department’s Islamabad … Continue reading →

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