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Pakistan :: Radical Islam
Pakistan Launches Air, Ground Attacks Against Taliban
05-10-2009 8:04 am - Andrea Kannapell - NY Times
The Pakistani military pressed its multi-pronged assault on three Taliban-held districts northwest of the capital, Islamabad, on Saturday, claiming significant gains but also blaming militants for endangering noncombatants by firing indiscriminately
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Pakistan :: Radical Islam
Pakistan Drops Diplomacy, Declares War On Taliban
05-08-2009 9:28 am - Saeed Shah - McClatchy Newspapers
In a defining moment for the country and one that will have far-reaching consequences for global security, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on national television that Pakistan had "reached a
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Pakistan :: Radical Islam
Pakistan Could Collapse Within Months
04-13-2009 8:28 am - Paul McGeough - Sydney Morning Herald
Pakistan could collapse within months, says one of the more influential counter-insurgency voices in Washington, D.C. The warning comes as the U.S. scrambles to redeploy its military forces and diplomats in
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Pakistan :: World News
Anger In Pakistan At U.S. Plan To Increase Drone Attacks
03-19-2009 8:16 am - Saeed Shah and Ewen MacAskill - The Guardian
Pakistan reacted with anger Wednesday to an American proposal to expand its drone missile strikes inside the country against Taliban and al-Qaeda targets. Pakistani politicians and officials described the idea of
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Pakistan :: Politics
Pakistan Police Battle Protesters as Crisis Grows
03-15-2009 8:02 am - Babar Dogar
LAHORE, Pakistan – Police fought running battles with stone-throwing anti-government protesters Sunday after authorities tried to detain opposition leader Nawaz Sharif, fanning a crisis that has alarmed the United States. Sharif
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Pakistan :: Radical Islam
Pakistan Poses Global Security Worry
03-05-2009 8:59 am - Julian Borger - The Guardian
The top U.S. diplomat in Kabul warned ­Tuesday that Pakistan poses a bigger security challenge to America and the world than Afghanistan, as Islamabad grappled with the latest terrorist attack on
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