Al Qaeda In Pakistan: A Rising Threat
Today's New York Times leads with a report that Al Qaeda is strengthening their organization in Pakistan. With US resources heavily invested in Iraq, ...
Today's New York Times leads with a report that Al Qaeda is strengthening their organization in Pakistan. With US resources heavily invested in Iraq, ...
New York Times | CARLOTTA GALL and ISMAIL KHAN | Posted 02.11.2008 | Politics
The announcement of a cease-fire just a few weeks into a determined military operation against one of Pakistan's most wanted men, the militant leader ...
Mohammad Omar Sharifi | Posted 12.29.2007 | Politics
Bhutto's stand against the religious extremists made her the only hope for more than one third of the electorate who strongly opposes Musharraf's policies, army rule and religious extremism.
Amy Spies | Posted 12.29.2007 | Politics
When I first knew Benazir Bhutto, it was not as the larger than life 'Antigone' tragic figure she became but rather as a fellow undergraduate at Harvard College.
Ellaha Shaheen | Posted 12.29.2007 | Politics
Pakistan's internal instability is not only unfavorable to the country, but also critical to the neighboring country Afghanistan. One of the direct effects of Pakistan's internal instability will be sensed in Afghanistan.
Harry Shearer | Posted 12.28.2007 | Media
You don't need to be a CSI viewer to know that the accounts of her death don't mesh very well. How to untangle all this? An autopsy. Uh-oh.
Joe Lauria | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics
With her murder Musharraf has had his chief rival removed and he can resume his authoritarian rule with the Americans off his back. Musharraf has played America brilliantly.
Nathan Gardels | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics
The day after 9/11, Bhutto told me already then she had received intelligence that she was the "next target" of Al Qaeda after they had assassinated the Afghan resistance leader of the Northern Alliance.
Amy Wilentz | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics
As her father's daughter, Bhutto couldn't obey the ineluctable logic of the new Pakistan: wouldn't stay inside, wouldn't shun the people, wouldn't go back into exile after the first attack.
Sherman Yellen | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics
We don't want to hear a word from the Clinton camp about her alleged experience of which she has very little, or from Obama about fresh ideas until he has some.
Craig Crawford | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics
Bhutto's horrible demise sets up an audition of sorts for commander in chief as contenders compete for the most presidential on-camera reaction.
Byron Williams | Posted 12.27.2007 | Politics
Bhutto's assassination ought to be a call to consider a leader who has clear view of the world and its unpredictability.
Gareth Porter | Posted 12.27.2007 | Politics
The assassination of Benazir Bhutto ought to be the death knell for the Bush-Cheney policy of smothering the military regime in Pakistan with rewards in the hope that they will do something nice.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 12.27.2007 | Politics
It's almost always painfully true that far too many government higher-ups will go to any lengths to discredit their political opponents or the radical critics of their policies when they are seen to pose a direct threat.
Arianna Huffington | Posted 12.27.2007 | Politics
There is no shortage of analysis about the national security implications of Bhutto's death, but I want to write about the young woman I met in England before she became a player on the world stage.
James Mulvaney | Posted 12.27.2007 | Politics
Musharraf and the other generals will tell Washington that there are two options: military rule or Islamic fundamentalists taking hold of the Pakistani nuclear arsenal.
Lionel Beehner | Posted 12.27.2007 | Politics
The first serious American politician to propose a radical realignment of U.S. policy toward Pakistan was Obama. He was pounced on by the punditry, his statements taken as further evidence he is a foreign policy lightweight.
Brent Budowsky | Posted 12.27.2007 | Politics
Let's give credit where it is due. Biden has been light years ahead of all candidates in both parties, has warned about Pakistan for years and was the only candidate to seriously raise the issue in the debates.
Joe Cirincione | Posted 12.27.2007 | Politics
With an unstable military ruler, enough material for 50 to 100 nuclear bombs, and armed, Islamic fundamentalist groups, Pakistan is the most dangerous country on earth.
Shuja Nawaz | Posted 12.27.2007 | Politics
Just before she returned to Pakistan, I met Bhutto in Washington and raised with her the issue of her personal safety. I suggested that she acquire Dragon Skin, a new type of body armor. She promised to look into it.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 12.27.2007 | Politics
For the U.S., the highest priority is whether Pakistan's nuclear weapons will remain under tight lock and key should the country descend into further chaos.
Harry Shearer | Posted 12.27.2007 | Politics
Arianna Huffington invited me to a dinner with Ms. Bhutto in 1998, early in the latter's period of exile. I can't remember who else was there, because all I do remember was Benazir Bhutto.
Ali Eteraz | Posted 12.27.2007 | Politics
Her killing is a huge blow to the anti-extremist movement in Pakistan. Frankly, as it stands now, there are no other anti-extremist democratic leaders in Pakistan.
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Huffington Post | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics