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Pakistan ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence In recent days and more than likely in the weeks, months, and possibly years to come Pakistan’s intelligence service will be under the microscope for their role in not only the war in Afghanistan, but also being labeled as a terrorist group itself. The evidence has been there for the past...
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Kyrgyz Riots: Blood In The Streets You have probably come across a story or two in the news lately regarding bloody violence involving ethnic Kyrgyz. Most will not know where or what Kyrgyz is let alone what is causing the violence. This article hopes to provide an understanding of the situation that is taking place in this...
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Terrorist Group: Lashkar-e-Taiba Lashkar-e-Taiba also known as Lashkar-e-Toiba, Army of the Good, translated as Army of the Righteous, or Army of the Pure. Operates out of the region of Lahore, Pakistan and run numerous training camps in the disputed region of Kashmir. The main goal of Lashkar is not only to gain control over Kashmir, which...
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Where is Osama bin Laden? So, Where is Osama bin Laden.  Based on the majority of articles, reports, and investigations it appears that Osama bin Laden is in either Afghanistan or Pakistan near the border tribal areas where there is no Pakistan or Afghanistan forces.  Where U.S. troops cannot infiltrate because of the resistance from...
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TIBET: A Journey into Tibet: the people, the Dalai Lama and China Tibet is nestled in the largest mountain range on the planet. It has a mystique about it that has captivated Westerners since their first view from the “Rooftop of the World”. Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, is located in the foothills of mount...
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Aafia Siddiqui: Doctor, Mother of 3, and Female al Qaeda   CAPTURED Birth date:  March 2, 1972 Nationality: Pakistan Association: al Qaeda Status: U.S. Custody July 2008 The US Government alleges that Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani mother of three with a biology degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a doctorate in behavioral neuroscience from Brandeis University, near Boston is the...
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Obama’s Quagmire: Pakistan and Afghanistan, A warning of Haste and History. Understanding The Past and the People in the Pakistan and Afghanistan Quagmire and How America got There President Obama did not start this war. George Bush did not start this war either. Radical Islam created this quagmire that President Obama must navigate through and somehow...
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Pashtunwali, The way of the Pashtuns Inside the remote areas of the Hindu Kush mountain range that borders Afghanistan and Pakistan an entire group of people have carved out a way of life that is as unique as their customs. The border serves as an imaginary line designed to separate the Pashtun peoples. In their...
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PAKISTAN: THE FRONT LINE ON TERRORISM Why Is Pakistan So Important To The War On Terrorism. 9/01/2008 Update: ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s top security official Monday admitted that al Qaida’s leadership moved freely in and out of the country and vowed that “no mercy” would be shown to extremists based in its tribal territory that borders...
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The roots of Pakistan’s reputation as a haven for jihadists run deep. It was, after all, in the city of Peshawar that Al-Qaeda was born after ISI, Pakistan’s military intelligence, started to recruit Arabs to fight in the Afghan jihad Climate: mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north. Terrain: flat Indus plain in...
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