there are many who will eloquently eulogize and expertly analyze in the wake of benazir bhuttos death and my suspicion is that you have already seen some of those who are far more capable than i weighing in on the event.its my job to venture farther afield....to offer a view that you might not get by reading elsewhere and thats where we are headed today into a conversation that offers practical al...
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well it looks like pakistans taliban insurgency has claimed another target in that countrys ongoing civil war. bhutto was shot by an attacker after a campaign rally the attacker then blew himself up killing at least 20 others. the attack was well timed her own party will find it difficult to replace her before the january 808 elections and of course nawaz sharifs muslim leaguen held up their end o...
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there has been no better source for the most recent and accurate news about the disturbing situation in pakistan than bill roggios the fourth rail. president musharrafs been a willing ally of the west in the war against al queda but he has his own problems. his army has demonstrated fecklessness against the welltrained talibanaq forces in the northern provinces in his country. theyve taken a sign...
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in baghdad theyre getting one or two hours of electricity a day now bombings are ongoing and bodies are still turning up in the streets. but if you look at things the right way its all going really well. i guess its just a matter of perspective eh......
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up until april 2007 id been listening to wbt 1110am during my commute into charlotte. that translates to approximately 5 yrs as a devoted listener of charlottes morning news the morning news show hosted by al gardner stacey simms.around april i got tired of the rather onesided portraits of the war in iraq by al stacey and the rest of the carolinas largest radio news team. in my 1hr commute the li...
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il generale petraeus comincia a muoversi sul teatro di guerra diecimila soldati sono coinvolti in una vasta operazione contro al qaida in corso a nord di baghdad. e iniziata loffensiva dellesercito usa nei dintorni di baghdad. e stata preparata negli ultimi mesi attraverso un lavoro di intelligence per scoprire le basi dei terroristi. ora passa alla fase di combattimento. il nostro amico bill rog...
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bill roggio reports that the party of prime minister miliki has changed its name and a key element of its platform from the qom school to the najaf school of shia islam on the political front the islamic revolution in iraq sciri the largest shia political party has changed its name and shifted its center of political and religious support from the qom school of thought led by the iranian ayatoll...
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courtesy of the fourth rail baitullah mehsuds taliban mass 25 taliban 1 security officer killed after school principal kidnapped the taliban continue to challenge the pakistani governments writ in the northwest frontier province. taliban forces estimated at more than 200 taliban soldiers by tank district police officer mumtaz zarin massed and attacked the city of tank on tuesday night. they at...
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baghdad high value targets nabbed three mass murderers have been arrested in baghdad over the past week another chlorine truck bomb found near ramadi the ninth attempted chlorine attack 7 have been successful the sunni civil war al qaeda s campaign against the sunni tribal and insurgent leaders who oppose al qaeda fallujah government center struck by chlorine suicide attack iraq polic...
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courtesy of the fourth rail strykers engage in heavy urban combat in baquba as the diyala front becomes very hot baquba the capital of the violence wracked province of diyala has emerged as the latest battlefield in iraq. earlier this week multinational forces iraq began to redeploy a battalion of strykers about 700 soldiers and 100 of their stryker combat vehicles from the 5th battalion 20th...
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chris muir author of the day by day cartoon strip at the right bottom of this blogs front page on his recent embed in iraq which will be featured in future comics...i went on patrols most every day with 19 cav and 27 cav respectively. the msm had geared me up to expect rpgs flitting about like ginormous mosquitos but i gotta tell ya i couldnt draw a single shot while i was there. the troops wanted...
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courtesy of pros and cons if you watch the news you will note that our domestic politics on iraq are both disingenuous and fortunately from my point of view ineffectual. i still think going into iraq was the right thing to do note the history and i hope we stay for a few years more but in discussions here at home none of the real questions are getting debated as the parties seek temporary tactic...
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courtesy of the fourth rail iraqi police army and tribal fighters rout a major alqaeda in iraq attack thursdays battle in the village of amiriya just south of fallujah highlights the ongoing battle between the sunni tribes and alqaeda in anbar province. at least 50 alqaeda were killed and 80 captured in the largest battles between alqaeda and iraqi police army and the anbar salvation council i...
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courtesy of the fourth rail alqaeda in iraq targeted sattar and an imam who opposed the islamic state of iraq alqaeda in iraq has stepped up its campaign to eliminate the indigenous sunni opposition in anbar province. according to an american intelligence official and a military officer alqaeda in iraq is attempting to destroy all effective sunni opposition in the province. over the past week ...
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courtesy of the fourth rail a peace deal in imminent in bajaur despite the worsening situation in the tribal agencies the pakistani government is preparing to cede the federally administered tribal agency of bajaur to the taliban. jan aurakzai the governor of the northwest frontier province has informed the media that a peace deal fashioned after the waziristan accord is imminent dawn reports....
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courtesy of lgf check out bill roggios report on a very disturbing situation in pakistan where the government is cutting peace deals with the talibandeals the musharraf government has no intention of enforcingand ceding territory to the control of al qaeda pakistan a bajaur peace deal is coming. pakistan has lost control of its western territories and is attempting to put the best face on this...
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courtesy of the fourth rail attack on a u.s. combat outpost is an old alqaeda tactic mondays suicide and subsequent conventional attack on a u.s. army combat outpost or cop in the city of tarmyia claimed the lives of two u.s. soldiers and wounded another 17. the attack took place in broad daylight and involved two to three suicide car bombers followed up by a conventional assault on the compou...
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courtesy of the fourth rail the american intelligence community finally recognizes alqaeda command has regrouped in pakistan throughout th course of 2006 and through 2007 i documented the rise of the taliban and alqaeda in pakistans federally administered tribal areas fata the northwest frontier province and in baluchistan. in the fall if waziristan i compiled each article pertaining to the ri...
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the us says hes in iran. some of his supporters say that hes still in iraq. just where is the butchering sadist first the us view while members of the u.s. house of representatives take turns weighing in on president bushs planned troop surge in iraq the focus in iraq is not on the arrival of more u.s. troops but the departure of one of the countrys most powerful men moqtada al sadr an...
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so will afghanistan itself unless the united states demonstrates a will to win the war its supporters might call it operational realism. its critics a deal with the devil. british troops slugging it out in afghanistans helmand province signed a peace treaty with the taliban at musa qala mosess fort when translated into english in october 2006. finding themselves fighting an increasingly stronger ...
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we have noted over the last several days that the u.s. government has assembled a dossier on iranian involvement in iraq. release of the dossier has been delayed as officials reviewed it repeatedly for accuracy and to ensure that sources and methods were not disclosed. the associated press says here that a briefing was to be delivered in baghdad today in which the evidence regarding iran was t...
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i caught up with daniel henningers wall street journal wonder land column late this week and want to make sure you dont miss it. among other things henningers column the snake eater bears on the tribute to the american military by john burns that paul quoted yesterday theres an old saying that countries get the kind of governments they deserve. well i would say that may be true also of the mil...
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courtesy of the fourth rail pakistans daily times reports pakistani security services plan on offensive in north and south waziristan. baitullah mehsud is a target. since the secret signing of the south waziristan agreement that ceded control of the agency to the taliban in the spring of 2006 and the subsequent signing of the waziristan accord which also turned over control of north wazirstan ...
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