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By Iftekhar A Khan

If you refused to learn from history and marched into the Afghanistan trap, ignoring what Alexander the Great had cautioned against, we're hardly to blame for it.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29298.htm



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By Sergei Balmasov

Pakistan today is the only Muslim country with nuclear weapons. And under the pretext of fighting terrorists, this arsenal could be destroyed. The Pentagon has already developed several options for such a development.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29277.htm



Hillary Clinton warns Pakistan

In a stern warning to Pakistan, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a statement saying, 'You can t keep a wild animal in your backyard and expect it to go only after your neighbour.'

http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/oct/021011-Hillary-Clinton-warns-Pakistan.htm


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Blaming Everyone Else for Its Bloody Fiasco
http://lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis261.html



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Support is growing in the U.S. Congress for expanding American military action in Pakistan beyond drone strikes already used to target militants in Pakistani territory, a senior Republican U.S. senator says.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/29/us-pakistan-usa-graham-idUSTRE78S0CZ20110929



US 'threat' of military action unites Pakistan

U.S. accusations that Pakistan is supporting Afghan insurgents have triggered a nationalist backlash and whipped up media fears of an American invasion, drowning out any discussion over the army s long use of jihadi groups as deadly proxies in the region.

http://tinyurl.com/6edsbbk



Pakistan warns against U.S. attack on militants

U.S. military action against insurgents in Pakistan would be unacceptable and the country s army would be capable of responding, intelligence chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha told a meeting of political leaders in Islamabad, according to media reports.

http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/wire-news/pakistan-warns-against-us-attackmilitants_592251.html



'Stop the blame game', Pakistan PM warns US

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Washington is close to deciding whether the Haqqani network should be designated as a foreign terrorist group. The organisation is believed to have strong ties in Pakistan.

http://www.euronews.net/2011/09/29/stop-the-blame-game-pakistan-pm-warns-us/



Adm. Mullen s words on Pakistan come under scrutiny

Adm. Mike Mullen s assertion last week that an anti-American insurgent group in Afghanistan is a 'veritable arm' of Pakistan s spy service was overstated and contributed to overheated reactions in Pakistan and misperceptions in Washington, according to American officials involved in U.S. policy in the region.

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US kills four people in Pakistan

The assault took place in Baghar village of South Waziristan tribal district on Friday when the drone fired two missiles at a vehicle.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/201961.html



US will only kill Pakistani people from the sky: U.S. will not send troops into Pakistan (again): U.S. official

'There will be no boots on the ground,' the official said. 'That has been communicated to them (the Pakistanis).'

http://www.courant.com/news/politics/sns-rt-us-usa-pakistan-militantstre78t3ox-20110930,0,1761250.story


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U.S. kills 4 people in Pakistan

Renewed U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan on Tuesday have killed at least four suspected militants, local media reported on Wednesday.

http://wireupdate.com/news/u-s-drone-strikes-in-south-waziristan-kill-4.html



US raid in Pakistan will be against sovereignty: PM

Asked how Islamabad would respond if there was a unilateral military operation by the United States inside Pakistan to go after the Haqqanis, Gilani responded: 'We are a sovereign country. How can they come and raid in our country?'

http://www.geo.tv/9-27-2011/86796.htm



Pakistan is able to retaliate if need be: Senate defense committee

The committee condemned all the allegations made by the US against Pakistan and was also seriously considering all the threats given by them.

http://bit.ly/nN83Qa



Tribesmen threaten the US with holy war

Waving party flags and wearing ribbons inscribed with verses from the Holy Quran, dozens of tribesmen joined the throng armed with Kalashnikovs. 'The whole nation will wage a jihad against America and will fight against them shoulder to shoulder with Pakistani armed forces,' Haq added.

http://bit.ly/nfB1V3



In Pakistani Media, the U.S. Is a Target for Acrimony

The United States might still be weighing its options about how to deal with Pakistan, but many politicians, retired army generals and popular television talk show hosts here have already made up their minds that America is on the warpath with their country.

http://nyti.ms/p4g1WB


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By TAHIR NIAZ

Corps commanders exploring options if US attempts attacks inside Pakistan; Ask civil, military leadership to present united front.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29218.htm



U.S. Pressed To Seek Military Action Against Pakistan

A Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee said Sunday that the U.S. should consider military action against Pakistan if it continues to support terrorist attacks against American troops in Afghanistan.

http://www.kztv10.com/news/u-s-pressed-to-seek-military-action-against-pakistan/



The mother of all follies

Some analysts conclude that the US-Pakistan embroilment is escalating exponentially - from a veritably Low Intensity Conflict (LIC) to a Low Intensity War (LIW) and now potentially to a full-fledged one.

http://bit.ly/qJzCrS



Pak will stand against US if it attacks Waziristan: Imran Khan

Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan has warned the US that the entire nation will stand united against American forces if the latter attacks Waziristan.

http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-75441.html



US attack on Pakistan will be a catastrophic mistake, says PEW

US took action against Cambodia when it failed to win Vietnam War and now they are planning to repeat the mistake without realising that their troops in Afghanistan are not away from Pakistan.

http://bit.ly/nbf5Ql



CIA, not Pakistan, created Haqqani network: Malik

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) created the Haqqani network and trained its members, not Pakistan, Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Sunday.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011\09\26\story_26-9-2011_pg7_9



Gen. Kayani lauded for stance against America

'The US government should not take Pakistan as Iraq and Libya,' they said adding that the US government should keep in view the fate of former Soviet Union.

http://ftpapp.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=155659&Itemid=38



The Latest Orchestrated Threat and The End of History

By Paul Craig Roberts

Have you ever before heard of the Haqqanis? I didn t think so. Like Al Qaeda, about which no one had ever heard prior to 9/11, the 'Haqqani Network' has popped up in time of need to justify America s next war - Pakistan.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29228.htm


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Sen. Graham: Broad Bipartisan Support for US Attack on Pakistan

Antiwar.com

09/25/11

US politicians continued with the condemnation of Pakistan today, with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) saying that that was broad bipartisan support in Congress for a military attack on Pakistan and that 'all options are on the table' against the nation...

http://bit.ly/puLSIc



Another official enemy for the empire

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

09/26/11

For statists who have been depressed over the killing of Osama bin Laden and the near-destruction of al-Qaeda, fear not: the U.S. Empire has come up with another new official enemy as part of its never-ending war on terrorism. This time the official enemy is an Afghan group called the Haqqanis, who the New York Times described in a front-page article on Sunday as a 'brutal and growing crime clan bedeviling the U.S. in Afghanistan'...

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2011-09-26.asp



More war: Iraq and Afghanistan not enough

Authority!
by Timothy J Taylor

09/27/11

'All options are on the table' against Pakistan, Graham and his itchy fingered cohorts are insisting. Apparently they just aren t satisfied with the colossal waste of lives and cash already spent to support the decade long conflicts in both Iraq and Afghanistan, not to mention Libya; they want more war. It never ends...

http://bit.ly/qdxcuB


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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By Salman Masood

'You cannot afford to alienate Pakistan,' Hina Rabbani Khar, the Pakistani foreign minister, said in New York. - 'If they are choosing to do so, it will be at their own cost,' Ms Khar said, adding that 'anything which is said about an ally, about a partner, publicly to recriminate it, to humiliate it, is not acceptable'.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29204.htm



U.S. senator says 'all options on table' on Pakistan

The United States will have to consider all options 'including defending our troops' in confronting Pakistani support for militant networks fighting U.S. soldiers in the region, a U.S. senator said on Sunday.

http://reut.rs/p87rSS



US in 'disarray' in Afghanistan: Pakistani PM

Pakistan s prime minister has turned on the US over its allegations of links to the Haqqani terror network, saying the 'blame game is self-defeating' and US policy in Afghanistan is in 'disarray'.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/us-disarray-afghanistan-pakistani-pm-050246522.html



Pak steps up the ante against America

PM Gilani recalls Foreign Minister Khar: Pakistan s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today asked Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar to cut short a visit to the US and return to Pakistan even as the army s top commanders held a special meeting against the backdrop of mounting tensions with the US over ISI s links with terror groups.

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US Kills 8 People in Pakistan: Eight killed in US drone attack in Pakistan

At least eight suspected militants were killed when two missiles were fired by US drones in Pakistan s northwest tribal area of North Waziristan Friday night, a media report said.

http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-73842.html


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Are we at war with Pakistan?

Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

09/26/11

In the days before the Empire, generals - particularly Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs - kept their mouths shut. The Founders' justified fears of military intrusion into the political realm were still present in the American consciousness, and the idea that an American general might try to influence policy directly, by making public statements on controversial political topics, was considered outside the norm. Today, however, no one is shocked by Admiral Mullen s testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee that we are, for all intents and purposes, already at war with Pakistan...

http://bit.ly/peOtNx


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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The Latest Orchestrated Threat
http://lewrockwell.com/roberts/roberts326.html

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As the Drone Flies...
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/26-15



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The United States and Pakistan have reportedly agreed to limit the number of American troops in that country, amid frayed relations between the two nations and a struggle to repair them.

http://tgr.ph/mQpisY



US kills three people in Pakistan

A US drone strike has left at least three people dead in northwestern Pakistan, reports by the country s security officials say.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/200808.html



Pakistan Blasts Mullen s Comments

Pakistan s foreign minister warned the U.S. that it risked losing an ally after the U.S. s top military commander claimed Pakistan s military spy agency was aiding a militant group believed to be responsible for an attack last week on the U.S. Embassy in Kabul.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903703604576588222939453458.html



Pakistan warns US 'no boots on our ground'

Pakistan would not tolerate any incursion on its territory by US forces targeting militant groups, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Thursday, calling for Washington to provide the intelligence Islamabad needs to take them out itself.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/257977/pakistan-warns-us-no-boots-on-our-ground/


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Anticipating unilateral military action by the United States against the Haqqani network, the Pakistani military establishment has said that any such move would have disastrous consequences for bilateral relations.

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Imran Khan: 'America is destroying Pakistan'

We're using our army to kill our own people with their money'.
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ATTACK from across the border in Chitral on Saturday once again highlighted the fact that some sinister campaign is in the offing to further pressurize and destabilize Pakistan.

http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=111606



US kills 4 people in Pakistan

Local security officials say the missiles fired from a US drone targeted a compound and a vehicle in the Hisokhel village of North Waziristan tribal region. The death toll is expected to rise as some of the injured are said to be in critical condition.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/198594.html



US Kills Another 5 People In Pakistan

Five persons were killed and some others sustained injuries in a US drone attack on a house and a vehicle at Hasukhel village in Mir Ali subdivision in North Waziristan on Sunday, tribal sources said.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail..aspx?ID=8733&Cat=13



A killing machine called CIA

The CIA s drone attacks in Pakistan have killed a lot more innocent people than it does in more mundane day-to-day butchery, but the plain fact is that it has always been in the business of killing, and always will be.

http://www.dawn.com/2011/09/12/a-killing-machine-called-cia.html


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According to The Conflict Monitoring Center s (CMC) monthly report, the CIA carried out six drone attacks inside Pakistani territory during the month of July 2011 killing 73 people.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=5460



US kills 7 people in NW Pakistan

A non-UN-sanctioned US drone attack has killed at least seven people and wounded several others in Pakistan s northwestern tribal region.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/197428.html


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