Tag: Pakistan

Dithering

Filed in International by on May 3, 2011 122 Comments

Bin Laden may have lived in his Pakistan mansion for 6 years.

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Monday Evening’s Read

Filed in International, National by on March 15, 2010 0 Comments

As I mentioned yesterday, the Obama Administration was sending over its blueprint for the Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. (pdf) The New Yorker’s Hendrik Hertzberg on the future of nuclear energy in the United States, Some Nukes. Newsweek’s Fareed Zakaria on President Obama’s successful strategy in Pakistan, A Victory for Obama.

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Neoconservatives rail against Eritrean dictator Isaias Afewerki

Filed in International by on November 19, 2009 4 Comments

Hah, just kidding. Neocons don’t even know where Eritrea is. Afewerki announced in May 2008 that elections would be postponed for “three or four decades” or longer because they “polarize society.” All forms of media are controlled by the government. At least 10 local journalists remain in prison since their arrests in 2001. (Link: Parade) […]

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Quote of the Day

Filed in International by on April 8, 2009 0 Comments

We [representatives of Pakistan and the United States] did talk about drones, and let me be very frank: there is a gap between us. The bottom line is the question of trust. – Shah Mehmood Qureshi Foreign Minister of Pakistan

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