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• Nur Misuari successfully pools hundreds of MNLF commanders – still the man, I guess?

  
  Mindanaoan | Living in Mindanao | Blog Sa Usa Ka Taga Mindanao — Authority: 126
  Don’t strike Nur Misuari out just yet!Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Chairman Nur Misuari successfully assembled hundreds of MNLF commanders, leaders and members during the 5th National Bangsamoro Consultative Assembly held at Zamboanga Sibugay, Mindanao.Hundreds of MNLF members came (a lot even came down ...
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• The Final Showdown: Obama Declares War On Pakistan

  
  Pak Alert Press — Authority: 582
  By Webster G. TarpleyWASHINGTON, DC — Obama’s West Point speech of December 1 represents far more than the obvious brutal escalation in Afghanistan — it is nothing less than a declaration of all-out war by the United States against Pakistan . This is a brand-new war, a much wider war now targeting Pakistan , a ...
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• Contemplation of Drone Strikes in Quetta Belies Obamas Claim of Just War

  
  Newshoggers.com — Authority: 622
  By Derrick Crowe Once again, the United States is rattling a saber about killing people in Quetta , despite all the inevitable civilian death and mass outrage. Such a move would show the shallowness of the "just war" talk in President Obamas disgraceful Nobel paean to Mars . Quetta is a city of 850,000 people, ...
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• Contemplation of Drone Strikes in Quetta Belies Obama’s Claim of Just War

  
  Brave New Films blog — Authority: 123
  Derrick Crowe is the Afghanistan blog fellow for Brave New Foundation / The Seminal . The views expressed are his own. Sign our CREDO petition to reject escalation in Afghanistan & join Brave New Foundation’s #NoWar candlelight vigil on Facebook and Twitter . But make these your first steps as an activist ...
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• Afghan War Decision Toughest Of Presidency: Obama

  
  TrendPK.com — Authority: 166
  TrendPK.com Afghan War Decision Toughest Of Presidency: Obama:WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama said Sunday that his decision to pour 30,000 more US troops into the war in Afghanistan was the most difficult of his presidency so far. Acknowledging his move to escalate the conflict flew in the face of a war-weary ...
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• CIA Drone Strikes May Be Expanded To Quetta: Report

  
  TrendPK.com — Authority: 166
  TrendPK.com CIA Drone Strikes May Be Expanded To Quetta: Report:Senior US officials are pushing to expand CIA drone strikes beyond Pakistan’s tribal region and into a major city in an attempt to pressure the Pakistani government to pursue Taliban leaders based in the city of Quetta, The Los Angeles Times reported ...
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• Pak finally admits US using Shamsi airbase in Balochistan

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Islamabad, Dec. 13 (ANI) : Pakistan, for the first time, has admitted that the Shamsi airbase in Balochistan is being used by the US forces for logistical purposes.Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar said the US is using the Shamsi airbase, but the government is not satisfied with payments for its use, The Dawn reports.It ...
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• Pak finally admits presence of ‘Quetta Shura’, but says it is ’significantly’ hit

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Lahore, Dec.12 (ANI): While admitting for the first time publicly that the Taliban’s Quetta Shura (Quetta based union council of the Taliban) certainly existed in the country, Pakistan Defence Minister, Ahmed Mukhtar has said that there is no threat from the ’shura’, as it has been “significantly damaged” by ...
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• Drone strike on Balochistan: Where is the right target?

  
  Malik Siraj Akbar writes — Authority: 125
  Baloch Hal Editorial: By Malik Siraj Akbar US President Barrack Obama has committed an additional 30,000 troops under his new Af-Pak policy announced at United States Military Academy in West Pont, New York. Under this plan, Washington is contemplating withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan in the next 18 months. ...
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• Karachi : New Nest of Taliban?

  
  The Pakistani Spectator — Authority: 444
  Instead of refuting angrily the claims made by the US newspapers that the Afghan Shura of Taliban, which shifted from Kandhar to Quetta in 2001 as the US invaded Afghanistan, has now moved to the Karachi. A port city which is the economic lifeline of Pakistan and which is calm and at rest for the some years. Every ...
  2 weeks ago

• Harun Yahya – Secrets of the Hypocrites

  
  Muslim Media Network — Authority: 136
  4. Not to Insist on Warning Them if They Refuse to Heed Advice Enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil is the responsibility of every believer. Yet there is a limit to this. Allah states that if the person being given advice rejects it obdurately, then nothing further should be said to him: Remind, ...
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• Pakistan has not done enough on Mumbai attacks: Manmohan Singh

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  By Arun KumarWashington, Nov 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed India’sconcern over Pakistan’s continued inaction in bringing the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks to justice contrary to its assurances.“No they haven’t done enough,” he told CNN television in an interview telecast as ...
  3 weeks ago

• ISI helped Mullah Omar to escape to Karachi: US intelligence officials

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Washington, Nov.20 (ANI): Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Omar has shifted his base from Quetta to Karachi with the help of Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), the Washington Times reports.According to the newspaper, two senior US intelligence officials and a former top CIA officer have confirmed that the ...
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• India is Poised to Take over Af-Pak War Theatre

  
  The Pakistani Spectator — Authority: 444
  Once again the US divisive rhetoric of ‘Quetta shura’ is in spin which indicates that US is now all out to push her Afghanistan war inside Pakistan. Pak government has expressed its ‘surprise’ at the latest volatile interview of US Ambassador Anne W Patterson and said that there was clearly a “huge ...
  4 weeks ago

• Insurgents Strike At French & Tribal Meeting In Afghanistan

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 594
  A meeting between the commander of the French forces in Afghanistan and the local tribal leaders was attacked today by insurgents with rockets that claimed the lives of 12 civilians and injured 38 others. The meeting between the French Brigadier General Marcel Druart and the local tribal leaders was centered on a ...
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• Flat Earth Society’s latest conviction: “The Quetta Shura”

  
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  As the US and NATO leadership struggle to find a way out of the Afghan quicksand, amid a growing concern caused by the mounting casualties and enhancing strength of Afghan resistance, the US rhetoric seems to be getting focused on the city of Quetta. According to US assessment, the city houses the top echelon of the ...
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