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Pakistan’s Army Heads into the Belly of the Beast

Here’s a link to my latest blog post at ForeignPolicy.com’s Af-Pak Channel. It’s on the Pakistan Army’s upcoming ground operations in South Waziristan.

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Category: Admin, Hafiz Gul Bahadur, Maulvi Nazir, South Waziristan, Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan, The Haqqani Network, U.S.-Pakistan Relations

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  1. AHR says:

    http://ahraza.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/a-state-of-denial/

    The GHQ attack has drawn accusations from several quarters in Pakistan that it was inspired by foreign powers; some have named India and the US among the usual suspects. Such ‘experts’ rarely bother to give any concrete evidence to substantiate their charges, which are based mainly on conjecture. They can only argue as to which country would want to hurt Pakistan the most: surely it must be India. Since many now see the US as the enemy, it too, in their view, could be the hidden hand behind the attack. In this particular case the leader of the terrorists has been captured alive. An army spokesman has identified him as Aqeel, alias Dr Usman, affiliated with terrorist outfits based in southern Punjab. The terrorists involved in the attack were apparently trained in South Waziristan.

  2. pf says:

    Empty rhetoric —Najmuddin A Shaikh

    The only conclusion that the world could draw was that no one studies things in Pakistan or, having studied them, deliberately keeps quiet until a false crisis can be created:

    http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/print.asp?page=2009\10\23\story_23-10-2009_pg3_2

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