My gawd, if this is true, we’re in deep shit: A WHISTLEBLOWER has made a series of extraordinary claims about how corrupt government officials allowed Pakistan and other states to steal nuclear weapons secrets. Sibel Edmonds, a 37-year-old former Turkish language translator for the FBI, listened into hundreds of sensitive intercepted conversations while based at …
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A U.S. missile strike that killed a top Al Qaeda commander in Pakistan marked a significant victory for the U.S. in its battle against the terror network after a series of pessimistic assessments of the American-led campaign against the Taliban in neighboring Afghanistan. The death of Abu Laith al-Libi was reported Thursday …
Well, duh: In a dramatic U-turn, Pakistan government has “apologised” for claiming that former premier Benazir Bhutto died of a skull fracture after hitting the sunroof of her car during a suicide attack. Caretaker Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz Khan has asked the media and people to “forgive and ignore” comments made by his ministry’s spokesman …
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Big surprise. WASHINGTON — American and Pakistani military leaders are seeking to account for what may be renegade commando units from the Pakistani military’s special forces in the wake of the assassination of Pakistan’s opposition leader and former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto. The attack yesterday at Rawalpindi bore the hallmarks of a sophisticated military operation. …
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A transcript released by the Pakistani government Friday of a purported conversation between militant leader Baitullah Mehsud, who is referred to as Emir Sahib, and another man identified as a Maulvi Sahib, or Mr. Cleric. The government alleges the intercepted conversation proves Al Qaeda was behind the assassination of Benazir Bhutto:……Maulvi Sahib: …
For her efforts to bring democracy to Pakistan, she was rewarded with murder. Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto Killed in Homicide Attack at Rally in Pakistan Thursday, December 27, 2007 Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in a homicide attack that also killed at least 20 others at a campaign rally, a party …
