Tag Archives: Pakistan

The Debate

Posted on October 7, 2008 by Thanos

This one’s hard to read, I can tell you where John should have zinged Barack a bit harder, but anyone can see those. As a political junkie I have to say that I don’t know how this will fly with … Continue reading →

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President Zardari of Pakistan Under Lal Masjid Fatwa for Comments to Palin

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Thanos

In a bizzarre turn of events President Zardari is under a Fatwa from Lal Masjid, (yes, that Lal Masjid,) and it was issued by a relative of Abdul Rashid Ghazi, instrumental in the deaths of many students from the Mosque. … Continue reading →

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The Debate: Thanos’ read

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Thanos

First McCain did come off the best in this debate. Both candidates scored important points and talked to their base, however throughout the debate McCain talked to the middle as well and managed to score with all of America again … Continue reading →

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New Missile Strikes in Pakistan

Posted on September 8, 2008 by Thanos

A new missile strike in Pakistan has killed 16 Taliban at a madrassah complex belonging to a friend of Osama Bin  Laden’s, Jalaluddin Haqqani. Haqqqani and his son, Sirajuddin, are the leaders of the Taliban in Afghanistan post-Daddullah, and they have … Continue reading →

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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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Catching up

Posted on August 30, 2008 by Thanos

Although it appears that I’ve been slacking lately it’s really a case of over-immersion in work. Apologies to long time readers for all the quick posts of videos, which is really sort of cheating. Blogs are driven mostly by orignal … 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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Missile Strike Against Hekmatyar Camp in Pakistan; 9 Dead

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Thanos

>”This camp was run by Hizb-e-Islami and there were about 15 people including foreigners there at the time of the attack,”
Militants sealed off the area and were not letting anyone approach, they aren’t even letting residents who live nearby go there but our information is that they have recovered nine bodies.” Continue reading →

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Yazid Al Masri Update: Army Spokesman Partially Confirms Death of AQ #3

Posted on August 12, 2008 by Thanos

From the Pakistan Daily Times we have a named source saying that they think Abu Yazid “Saeed” Al Masri is dead. He refuses to confirm until secondary verification from ground sources however.
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Mustafa Abu Al-Yazid aka “Sa’id” Al Qaeda Leader Dead

Posted on August 12, 2008 by Thanos

Originally billed as Al Qaida’s leader in Afghanistan way back in May 2007 in an As Sahab video, he later seemed to have been replaced in subseqent announcements by other AQ leaders in Afghanistan as AQ tried Emir after Emir. He was the quick fill-in after we killed Mullah Dadullah.

He was the one who declared Jihad against Turkey, and later he pops up in the news claiming credit for the Benazir Bhutto assassination for Al Qaeda.
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