“The image systematically created of Pakistan by these sources has an operative function of furthering US and Nato intervention in this region. The logic is simple but all the premises are false and based on a distortion of facts, history and most conceptions of justice – Christian, Islamic, liberal and Marxist.” Read further..
Anjum Naz recalls an interview with Seymour Hersh in the context of his recent NYT article about Pakistan’s nuclear facilities: ‘If Musharraf was to go… there’ll be a traffic jam! There’ll be the CIA, Mossad and RAW jumping in to grab [Pakistani] nuclear facilities:’ said Seymour Hersh.
Matthew Hoh, high ranking diplomat in Afghanistan, quits his job and sums up what more and more politicians and people around the world think: Afghanistan is not to win for anybody (not even the Afghans). read the letter … (in english) read the letter … (in german)
Pretty close to the truth, I must say. http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/onn_embed/embedded_player.swf?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theonion.com%2Fcontent%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2FPREEMPTIVE_CLINTON_ARTICLE_9_14_09.jpg&videoid=97956&title=U.S.%20Condemned%20For%20Pre-Emptive%20Use%20Of%20Hillary%20Clinton%20Against%20Pakistan U.S. Condemned For Pre-Emptive Use Of Hillary Clinton Against Pakistan
Christian Bleuer on Ghosts of Alexander has provided some excellent material on AfPak – a lecture at ANU by Nazif Shahrani, which can be accessed here as an mp3. He is talking about alternatives to the current war that were never considered, a Bonn agreement that was leading into the wrong direction looking for the … Continue reading
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