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Pakistan Reopens Torkham Border Crossing to NATO Supplies

Posted on September 7, 2008 by Thanos

Pakistan shut down the border crossing at Torkham to NATO fuel supplies after a series of raids by the US in Pakistan aimed at taking out the leadership of the Taliban and Al Qaeda. They reoppened the crossing today, and … Continue reading →

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Musharraf and the Bear’s Bad Bargain

Posted on August 18, 2008 by Thanos

While many are portraying the resignation of Musharraf as either a bad thing or a good thing, in effect it happened two months or more ago. His old friends and associates have been ignoring him, the stalwarts in PML-Q and … Continue reading →

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Zawahiri Rumor Update: Mehsud Letter Likely Forged

Posted on August 3, 2008 by Thanos

This is an update to the previous story from CBS with rumors of Zawahiri’s injury or death from the July 29th strike in Pakistan. WIth help from Pakistan the document has been examined by experts – the letterhead appears too … Continue reading →

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Al Zawahiri Injured or Dead? UPDATE: False Report From CBS Based on Flimsy Doc.

Posted on August 1, 2008 by Thanos

FINAL UPDATE:  Pakistan Taliban Deny Zawahiri’s death. Maulvi Omar is the spokesworm for Baitullah Mehsud, and while he might be lying, it’s not likely. The Taliban are quick to promote the death of leaders on the internet when there are … Continue reading →

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Taliban Ally Harkat ul Mujahideen Controls Mohmand

Posted on July 24, 2008 by Thanos

In Saturday’s report from Pakistan I noted that there was fighting between militant units of Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan. Post fighting it appears the TTP / Harkat ul Mujahideen force beat the Lashkar e Taiber (Tayyaba) force and is now in control … Continue reading →

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Pakistan Taliban Schism Confirmed – 50 Dead

Posted on July 19, 2008 by Thanos

The schism that has stewed for a couple of months within Baitullah Mehsud’s loose alliance of Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan broke out into open large scale fighting in the Mohmand agency Friday. Initial reports had ten dead up until the point when the Afghan … Continue reading →

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Baitullah Mehsud Calls on Pakistan to Use Nuclear Arsenal “to Defend Against the Enemies”.

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Thanos

In this brief interview you will see Baitullah Mehsud, leader of TTP, or Pakistan’s Taliban, deny the assasination of Benazir Bhutto (methinks he doth protest too oft and too much…) as well as praise Bin Laden. He states that Bin Laden is not “in … Continue reading →

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Making and Breaking the Peace in Pakistan

Posted on April 25, 2008 by Thanos

While the new government is on record pace to make deals with the Taliban, the Taliban is breaking the deals before the ink dries. Bill Roggio has details on the NWFP deal here, as well as the ongoing negotiations with … Continue reading →

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