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Posts Tagged ‘October Surprise’

The Shattering Dreams

By A Khokar • Sep 22nd, 2008 • Category: Politics

Few of us would have heard of Pan-Arab nationalists, such as Satia Al-Husri, Sami Shawkat, Michel Aflaq or Khairallah Tulfah. Their version of Arab nationalism is as anti-Western as it is anti-Persian. The philosophies of these men have done much to inspire generations of Arab leaders such as Gamal Abdel Nasser, who passionately advocated the [...]



I shall need you My Son

By Dr RazaHaider • Sep 19th, 2008 • Category: Politics

What more can be done to an individual who is willfully and willingly acted to come to the battle field with the only option of survival.



Why Not FATA Attacks Year Ago?

By Salman Mugsi • Sep 17th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar has assured that the United States had assured Pakistan that it would not violate the country’s territory in future, though it’s another thing that United States doesn’t really care which territory belongs to Pakistan and which not, and in that “utter confusion”, Special Operations’ raid from Afghanistan into Pakistan are [...]



Meetings of Minds at National Level

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Sep 15th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The ongoing aerial and ground attacks of United States in the tribal regions of Pakistan are natural course of actions on the part and perspective of the United States and as the elections in United States come close, the intensity of such attacks would only increase to fuel up the bogey of Osama Bin Laden [...]



How to Retaliate to America

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Sep 14th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The third country is about to be engulfed by the US monster hawks in the name of war against terror, and the recent strings of attacks on the tribal region of Pakistan are just the start of it. The Americans violated the independence and sovereignty of Pakistan by landing their troops at Angoor Ada [...]



Bush Replaces Musharraf with Zardari

By Salman Mugsi • Sep 13th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The brand new president of Pakistan, Janab Asif Ali Zardari has given the first gift to the Dubya of US by mounting the front line puppet of America by him during his maiden news conference in the presidential palace. Hamid Karzai, the no. 1 venom spewer against Pakistan even surpassing Indian counterparts was the man [...]



Show Indignation To Americans

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Sep 11th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The recent attacks in the North Waziristan, which have killed more than 30 people including children and the ladies (you could see the pictures of dead children laying on the flour of mosques and their homes splashed all over Urdu dailies in Pakistan) have been acknowledged by the US forces, and they say that it [...]



President Bush Warns Pakistan

By A Khokar • Sep 11th, 2008 • Category: Politics

 While Addressing the National Defense University’s distinguished lecture programme; President George W Bush Addressed the NDU students on September 9, 2008;
For Full transcript of address Link:                                                                                              For 25 Minutes video link: please look for ‘Video window’ on the above link.
In his address President Bush discussed the Global War on Terror. The salients of his address [...]



Continuing NATO Aggression on FATA

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Sep 10th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Starting from Angor Adda, Waziristan, the ISAF forces have made it a routine to strike twice a day in the FATA area of Pakistan, and the reports are that their troops are making test landings at various places in the tribal region, and planning for a hot pursuit in the North Waziristan.
Despite of severe protests [...]



Now No More

By Ch. Naeem Sidhu • Sep 7th, 2008 • Category: Politics (Urdu)