http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/pakistan/ en-us Fri, 5 Sep 2008 21:23:17 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075583/posts ISLAMABAD - Police resorted to light baton charge to disperse a rally of leaders of bar associations and civil society activists converging here from across the country to demand restoration of deposed judges including chief justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry. President of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan, who led the rally outside the Parliament House, rejected government’s move to invite judges to take fresh oath after reappointment though with previous seniority. He said the government action is illegal and can be challenged by new judges who claim to be senior to the reappointed judges under the constitution. He... Khaleej Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075583/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 21:23:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075308/posts Suspects haven’t been charged; politicians shielding them from prosecution. ISTANBUL, September 4 (Compass Direct News) – Four Pakistani Muslims killed an elderly woman with an axe over a dispute with her husband, who has been unable to prosecute them due to his low social status as a Christian. Case workers said the alleged culprits targeted the couple for theft and later murder because they believed Pakistan’s legal system would not prosecute them for murdering Christians. The suspects’ connections to mafia and national politicians further emboldened them, they said. “The Muslims assume the Christians are sheep and don’t have any weight,”... Compass Direct News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075308/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:43:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075215/posts China to provide Pakistan four AWACS aircrafts Updated at: 1510 PST, Friday, September 05, 2008 ISLAMABAD: Air Chief Marshall Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed on Friday said China would provide four AWACS aircrafts to Pakistan for the purpose of aerial surveillance, adding an agreement in this regard has been signed by the two countires. Talking to Geo News, he said talks were also underway to purchase FC-20 aircrafts from China and added 30 to 40 planes would be provided to Pakistan under the agreement signed by China and Pakistan. Air chief Marshall further said four such aircrafts were being also acquired from... The News,Pakistan http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075215/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 12:16:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075210/posts China tested nukes for Pakistan, gave design 5 Sep 2008, 1046 hrs IST, CHIDANAND RAJGHATTA,TNN WASHINGTON: While an assortment of non-proliferation hardliners and hi-tech suppliers treat India with immense suspicion in the matter of nuclear trade predicated on tests, it turns out that the United States and the west were fully aware of Chinese nuclear weapons proliferation to Pakistan, including conducting a proxy test for it, as far back as 1990. In some of the most startling revelations to emerge on the subject, a high-ranking former US official who was also a nuclear weapons designer has disclosed that ''in 1982... The Times Of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075210/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 12:07:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075171/posts MIRAMSHAH: At least six more people have been killed and four injured as another missile strike was lodged by spy plane in Muhammad Khale area of Miramshah on Thursday. According to sources, in Muhammad Khale area, 25 km away from Miramshah, a guided missile fired by spy plane hit Farman Dawar home killing six innocent people including him (Farman) and leaving four seriously injured. Alike missile strike was recorded in the same area in North Waziristan however no loss of life was recorded. geo.tv (Pakistan) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075171/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 09:45:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074194/posts How The West Was Won The rapid and unexpected decline of the Sunni insurgency in Iraq was officially recognized this week, when Maj. Gen. John Kelly, commanding the Marine Expeditionary Force, turned operational control of Anbar Province over to the Iraqi army and police. Anbar, a vast expanse of desert the size of North Carolina, had been the stronghold of the Sunni insurgency. For years, foreign fighters loyal to al-Qaida had sneaked across Iraq's northwestern border with Syria, into Anbar and down a "rat line" of safe houses in Haditha, Ramadi and Hit. From Fallujah, the arch terrorist Zarqawi... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074194/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 01:13:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075103/posts The Bank of China is the bank of Hamas? Gordon Chang from Pajamas Media breaks it down for Covert Radio Fans. Then, Spec Ops Forces hunting Al Qaeda in Pakistan to disrupt the next 911? Bill Roggio from Long War Journal has the latest! All in today's Covert Radio Show. The Covert Radio Show.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075103/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 05:00:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075077/posts MIRAMSHAH, Sept 4: Five foreigners were killed in a missile attack by a suspected unmanned US plane in the Momadkhel village of North Waziristan on Thursday. Sources said that the drone fired three missiles at a house owned by tribesman Ferman Dawar near the Afghan border at about 4pm. Local people said the plane flew at low altitude over the area. There was an explosion and the house caught fire, the sources said, adding that villagers retrieved five bodies and rescued three injured people from the debris of the house. Their names could not be ascertained, but official sources said... Dawn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075077/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 03:59:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074972/posts The government is likely to launch another military action against militants and criminals in the adjacent tribal area of Bara and Darra Adamkhel from where at least 26 newly-recruited police personnel were abducted by some unknown militants a couple of days back, official sources said. Meanwhile, missiles fired from a suspected US drone killed five militants in North Waziristan. The Nation (Pk) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074972/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 00:06:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2074847/posts Islamic Bomb Islamic Bomb Observing the Islamic Nuclear Threat. Iran... http://www.islamicbomb.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2074847/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 21:26:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074696/posts ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A suspected U.S. drone aircraft fired missiles at house in Pakistan's Waziristani tribal region on Thursday, killing four Islamist militants a day after U.S. commandoes killed 20 people in a cross-border assault. Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074696/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 18:28:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074387/posts KARACHI -Two unidentified robbers were caught, badly thrashed and then torched to death by angry residents late on Tuesday night in the low income area of Buffer Zone. According to eyewitnesses, two armed men on a motorbike mugged one Mohammed Riaz and were fleeing when they were caught by dozens of residents of the locality. First the enraged people beat up the two robbers severely and later set them on fire. A police party was rushed to the scene who shifted the two men to a nearby hospital where they were pronounced dead due to multiple injuries and burns to... Khaleej Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074387/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 11:29:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074422/posts A senior U.S. military official has acknowledged that American forces conducted a raid inside Pakistan, in the first known foreign ground assault in the country against a suspected Taliban haven. The Pakistan government condemned an incursion that it said killed at least 15 people. The American official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of cross border operations, told The Associated Press that the raid occurred on Pakistani soil about one mile from the Afghan border. The official didn't provide any other details. FNC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074422/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:24:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074476/posts Pakistan has angrily condemned a raid on a tribal region village that officials say killed at least 15 people, including women and children. Islamabad claims that U.S.-led troops used helicopters to fly in from Afghanistan and carry out the attack. If Islamabad's allegations are true, the attack on September 3 would be the first known foreign ground assault against a suspected militant haven in Pakistan's tribal regions. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told the National Assembly the raid was a shameful violation of rules of engagement agreed with U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan. "We will not compromise on any violation of... RFE/RL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074476/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:45:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074210/posts Pakistan's prime minister escapes assassination attempt: official Wed Sep 3, 7:00 AM ET Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani escaped an apparent assassination attempt on Wednesday when his car was struck by two bullets fired by unknown assailants, officials said. Security officials later said the prime minister was not in the car at the time of the attack, contradicting Gilani's spokesman. "There was firing near the motorcade of the prime minister. Two bullets hit the window glass of the bullet-proof car in which the prime minister was travelling," Gilani's spokesman Zahid Bashir told AFP. "By the grace of Allah the... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074210/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 01:32:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074159/posts The US military, with the possible cooperation of the Afghan military, may have conducted a special operations air assault across the border into Taliban-controlled South Waziristan on Wednesday, according to unconfirmed reports from Pakistan. The initial report from a Geo TV correspondent indicated the casualties were taken after US helicopters launched missiles at three homes in the Barmal area of Angorada late at night. The report later changed when the correspondent claimed the helicopters landed and troops dismounted, who then began searching homes. One witness told The Associated Press that "American and Afghan soldiers starting firing" on one family outside... Long War Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074159/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 00:05:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073995/posts ISLAMABAD, Sept. 3 -- At least 20 people were killed in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday after U.S. and Afghan troops crossed from Afghanistan to pursue Taliban insurgents in an early morning attack that marked the first known instance in which U.S. forces conducted an operation on Pakistani soil. The arrival of three U.S. helicopters in the village of Musa Nika, clearly inside the Pakistani border, drew a sharp response from Pakistani officials. "We strongly object to the incursion of ISAF troops on Pakistani territory," said Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas, chief spokesman for the Pakistani military. According to Pakistani military and... Washington Post Foreign Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073995/posts#comment Wed, 3 Sep 2008 20:18:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073975/posts Pakistan's security forces have missed the opportunity to capture al-Qaeda's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, a senior government official has said. Rehman Malik, the adviser to Pakistan's prime minister on security affairs, said on Monday they also received a report al-Zawahiri's wife had been in the tribal region of Mohmand. Pakistani forces stormed the location but did not find the couple, he said, without indicating when the raid took place. He said al-Zawahri moved between Mohmand and the Afghan provinces of Kunar and Paktika."We certainly had traced him at one place, but we missed the chance. So he's moving in Mohmand and,... islamonline.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073975/posts#comment Wed, 3 Sep 2008 19:48:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073924/posts Today we break down the nuclear scam that Iran is perpetrating on the European Union. They have openly declared their intent to bring an additional 3000 centrifuges online by end of 2008. Iran is using the world's distraction with US political conventions, hurricanes and Russia Georgia to capitalize on their nuke program. Banafsheh Zand Bonazzi breaks it down, and explains the Mullah's Apocalyptic Worldview. Make no mistake, Iran is playing a very high stakes game of chess with the United States and many of their pawns are being used. This is a fascinating episode as Brett breaks down the con... The Covert Radio Show.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073924/posts#comment Wed, 3 Sep 2008 18:44:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073685/posts The US military was accused today of having sent a force of commandos across the border from Afghanistan into Pakistan on a raid in which 20 people were reportedly killed, including women and children. Both Nato and the separate US-led coalition in Afghanistan denied any knowledge of the pre-dawn attack, which local residents said involved both American and Afghan troops backed by helicopter gunships. But it was immediately seen as both undermining sovereignty and presenting a challenge to the coalition govermnet led by Yousuf Raza Gillani, the object of an unsuccessful assassination in Rawalpindi this morning. "It is outrageous," Owais... timesonline UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073685/posts#comment Wed, 3 Sep 2008 13:38:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073654/posts 15 reportedly killed in US-led Pakistan attack By ISHTIAQ MAHSUD The Associated Press Wednesday, September 3, 2008; 6:41 AM DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- Women and children were among 15 people killed in an attack Wednesday involving U.S.-led forces in a Pakistani village near the border with Afghanistan, officials and a resident said. 1st Lt. Nathan Perry, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan, said it had "no information to give" about the alleged operation, while a spokesman for NATO troops there denied any involvement. The United States and Pakistan, allies in the war on terror, have had tensions... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073654/posts#comment Wed, 3 Sep 2008 12:47:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073702/posts ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday summoned the United States Ambassador Anne W Patterson in the Foreign Office here to lodge a protest over Angoor Adda incident. geo.tv (Pakistan) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073702/posts#comment Wed, 3 Sep 2008 14:00:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073562/posts via translation- Pakistan: 15 people killed in a raid of international forces in Afghanistan PESHAWAR (Pakistan) - At least 15 people, including civilians, were killed Wednesday in the north-west Pakistan in an attack involving helicopters international forces based in Afghanistan, told AFP the heads of security services Pakistani. "Four helicopter gunships have crossed the border and launched the attack," assured AFP one of these sources, who requested anonymity. "Helicopters from Afghanistan were involved," confirmed to AFP Mowaz Khan, a senior official of the administration of the tribal district of South Waziristan where the raid took place in the border village... AFP via translation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073562/posts#comment Wed, 3 Sep 2008 06:44:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073425/posts If there's a case to be made against democracy, few countries make it better than Pakistan. On Saturday, Pakistani legislators will elect a new president to replace Pervez Musharraf, the general-turned-strongman who resigned the office last month. In one corner there is Mushahid Hussain Sayed, a former journalist and one-time political prisoner of Mr. Musharraf who is nonetheless running as the candidate of the general's old party. Mr. Mushahid, probably the best of the bunch, stands next to no chance of winning. In another corner there is Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui, candidate of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's party. Mr. Sharif --... The Wall Street Journal Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073425/posts#comment Wed, 3 Sep 2008 01:38:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073375/posts Today we talk about Russia and Georgia. The EU has bailed out on Russian sanctions under oil pressures from the new Russian empire. Also, a look at pledges by Russia to help Iran. Bill Roggio joins us to talk about the latest fight against Al Qaeda in Somalia and Pakistan, plus your emails! Running Time: 60 Minutes Covert Radio Show http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073375/posts#comment Wed, 3 Sep 2008 00:11:47 GMT