Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with pakistan www.salem-news.com 2010 When mad men and women run the world, to be sane is dangerous. An American psychologist Dr. Harvey Cleckley, professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Medical College of Georgia, wrote ‘The Mask of Sanity’ published in 1941. In this book Dr. Cleckley talks of psychopathic personalities, humans that are without conscience. http://salem-news.com/articles/february022012/india-nukes-as.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february022012/india-nukes-as.php Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:43:00 PST After a gap of nearly two months, American CIA drones have resumed operations in Pakistan and during the past 72 hours, two such attacks in North Waziristan have claimed nine lives. The Thursday raid in Dogga area of NWA claimed five lives, while earlier on Tuesday, a similar attack had killed four innocent civilians. http://salem-news.com/articles/january152012/drone-attack.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january152012/drone-attack.php Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:03:00 PST The Manas Air Base, situated near the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek, Afghanistan, has played a key role in the increasingly important Central Asian region since its inception. First opened in December 2001 to support the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, the Manas Air Base plays host to the US Ninth Air Force and serves primarily as a transit point for US goods and personnel coming and going from Afghanistan. http://salem-news.com/articles/january012012/mannas-closure-jc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january012012/mannas-closure-jc.php Sun, 01 Jan 2012 14:23:00 PST I came to know recently Imran Khan, a Pakistani opposition political figure courtesy of Hard Talk, BBC. Again according to BBC, Khan has managed to attract tremendous support from ordinary Pakistanis by reading the current mood revolving round a sentiment described as “anti-Americanism.” http://salem-news.com/articles/december262011/devil-speculation-kh.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december262011/devil-speculation-kh.php Mon, 26 Dec 2011 12:26:00 PST American troops in Afghanistan are running out of fuel and food as Christmas approaches. The war rages on as it has for a decade and America is losing, nothing new there. American supplies are being blockaded in Pakistan because US drones killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. http://salem-news.com/articles/december232011/stranglehold-afghanistan.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december232011/stranglehold-afghanistan.php Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:49:00 PST The sudden realization that the United States might have to utilize supply routes through Iran to continue its war in Afghanistan, is a buzz kill for the rooting sections of pro-war Americans who back Israel's religious apartheid government in cries for war and blood. There are few concessions for sloppy combat work and the recent U.S. attack on two Pakistan military outposts could really refocus the priorities of a country that is pounding away and becoming increasingly unpopular with the Afghan people grows exponentially. http://salem-news.com/articles/december022011/pakistan-route-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december022011/pakistan-route-tk.php Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:51:00 PST 24 Pakistani troops were killed and 13 others injured in deadly airstrikes by U.S. and NATO forces on two of the country's military checkpoints. http://salem-news.com/articles/november282011/pakistan-us.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november282011/pakistan-us.php Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:22:00 PST Don't blame the POTUS if one of our nukes is launched. The record is bleak. In 1960, President Eisenhower ORDERED that no U2 spy plane be launched on or around May 1, 1960 (May Day in the Soviet Union) so as not to anger Premier Nikita Khrushchev and sabotage the upcoming Peace Talks to be held in Paris, France. http://salem-news.com/articles/october302011/potus-control-jm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october302011/potus-control-jm.php Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:23:00 PDT Publishing two stories Thursday about my friends at Veterans Today falling under attack by Abraham Foxman of the Anti-Defamation League, I am partly amused and partly horrified that at the same time this attack was launched, I was exposed to one of the ADL's biggest lies. That is the story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. having written a letter titled: "Anti-Zionism = Anti-Semitism". http://salem-news.com/articles/september092011/adl-foxman-king-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september092011/adl-foxman-king-tk.php Fri, 09 Sep 2011 03:11:00 PDT Never in my wildest dreams could I have guessed that my greatest questions about the 9/11 tragedy- would come from a Lion. Indeed, the real story behind the death of Afghan civil war Mujaheddin leader Ahmad Massoud, the "Lion of Panjshir", at his base in northern Afghanistan, two days before the attacks on the United States of America on 9 Septemper 2001, tosses a complicated twist into the story. http://salem-news.com/articles/september082011/lion-911-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september082011/lion-911-tk.php Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:30:00 PDT Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after returning from a Congressional Delegation trip to Afghanistan. “You can’t meet with our troops overseas and not be blown away by their skill, dedication, and sacrifice. They undertake and accomplish amazing things under incredibly difficult conditions every day, and it was an honor to spend time with them. http://salem-news.com/articles/august252011/merkeley-afghanistan.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august252011/merkeley-afghanistan.php Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:30:00 PDT Abolghasem Bayyenat is an independent political analyst writing mainly on Iran’s foreign policy developments. Over the past decade, his political commentaries and articles have appeared in numerous popular media and online journals. http://salem-news.com/articles/july162011/abolghasem-bayyenat-kz.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july162011/abolghasem-bayyenat-kz.php Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:50:00 PDT The corporate-financier funded NGOs that fomented the “Arab Spring” are now cultivating a united Baluchi front ahead of a proposed US-funded Baluchistan insurrection. As early as 2006, Baluchistan province has been viewed as a potential point of leverage against Islamabad and an opportunity to assert foreign intervention. http://salem-news.com/articles/may142011/baluchistan-insurrection-tc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may142011/baluchistan-insurrection-tc.php Sat, 14 May 2011 16:36:00 PDT Anthony DiMaggio is a university professor, writer, political commentator and media expert. He is the author of numerous books, including Mass Media, Mass Propaganda (2008), When Media Goes to War (2010), and Crashing the Tea Party (2011). http://salem-news.com/articles/may102011/brutal-dictators-kz.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may102011/brutal-dictators-kz.php Tue, 10 May 2011 15:18:00 PDT Conspiracy theorists assure us that Osama bin Laden was killed in December 2001 and his body put on ice in—of course—an undisclosed location. If the recent killing of bin Laden was a lie, who were the liars? All 79 members of SEAL Team 6, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the U.S. State Department, the White House and 16 U.S. intelligence agencies. All conspired to have us believe that he was killed in Pakistan. http://salem-news.com/articles/may102011/plausible-evil-jg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may102011/plausible-evil-jg.php Tue, 10 May 2011 13:00:00 PDT The standoff between the United States and Pakistan over the arrest of contractor Raymond Davis is not going to be solved unless both nations take a step into that “no man’s land” of trust and honesty. There is no question about diplomatic status, this was a clumsy mistake made by State Department officials in Washington who had little or no understanding of the legal and political issues at stake. http://salem-news.com/articles/february262011/pakistan-usa-gd.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february262011/pakistan-usa-gd.php Sat, 26 Feb 2011 23:47:00 PST Dear Brothers & Sisters: We all need to pray for one another, and to love one another. We should always pray for the safety, peace, love and brotherhood for people all over the world. Too bad we can't have an independence day for the entire world. A day of freedom from ignorance, hatred, war, illusions, power and control. A day where we can all love each other as human beings and toss away the weapons of war, and cast out our fears and hatreds from our hearts into the graves. http://salem-news.com/articles/february252011/pakistan-peace-sar.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february252011/pakistan-peace-sar.php Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:59:00 PST The US desperately wants to extradite both Julian Assange and Raymond A. Davis but for different reasons. Julian Assange has not broken any laws. He has assisted democratic debate by transmitting material showing how the US terrorizes other countries and routinely murders people in course of its illegal wars. http://salem-news.com/articles/february252011/assange-davis-ck.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february252011/assange-davis-ck.php Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:02:00 PST The diplomatic standoff between the United States and Pakistan over the arrest of State Department security contractor Raymond Davis for murder continues while the courts in the state of Punjab consider their options. The American government has, since the incident, listed Davis as a diplomat and is demanding his release. http://salem-news.com/articles/february202011/pakistan-govt-gd-rm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february202011/pakistan-govt-gd-rm.php Sun, 20 Feb 2011 18:52:00 PST Lately I have been concerned about the job security of PJ Crowley, usual emcee of the U.S. State Department daily press briefings. The bio on his Twitter account reads: As U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, I carry out the Secretary’s mandate to help people understand the importance of U.S. foreign policy.” http://salem-news.com/articles/february182011/state-dept-twitter-bf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february182011/state-dept-twitter-bf.php Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:10:00 PST Justice is a delicacy best served cold, preferably in cold-blood, in full service to the Hectoring Hegemons – just ask jurist doctor Rafia Zakaria, General Secretary, Board of Directors Amnesty International USA! You have a right to ask: if the government is so concerned with “Significant Developments in Terror Threats Since 9/11, Officials Say”, then, why must “they persist in fighting it precisely in the same way to create more of it.”? http://salem-news.com/articles/october302010/aafia-siddiqui-ze.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october302010/aafia-siddiqui-ze.php Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:41:00 PDT The nexus between tribal imbalance and America’s incoherent military and political strategies are the root causes of the dilemma in Afghanistan, and now America’s policies are exacerbating already-deteriorating conditions on the ground. General David Petraeus’s COIN strategy is designed for failure because of the stratospheric odds against winning Afghan hearts and minds. Not to mention the fact that NATO’s very presence is fueling the insurgency. http://salem-news.com/articles/october142010/afghan-future-2-kn.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october142010/afghan-future-2-kn.php Thu, 14 Oct 2010 02:57:00 PDT We are New World Strategies Coalition, a native Afghan think tank focused on nonmilitary solutions for Afghanistan. "Restoring the Tribal Balance: An Indigenous Solution for Peace in Afghanistan" represents a game-changing exit strategy based on feedback from well-respected tribal elders. Above all, we truly believe that after 30 years of violence, there is only one solution for peace in Afghanistan - and it is an Afghan solution. http://salem-news.com/articles/october142010/afghan-future-kn.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october142010/afghan-future-kn.php Thu, 14 Oct 2010 02:35:00 PDT The ninth anniversary of September 11 attacks coincided with the offensive insults of the Americans to the holiest book of 1.5 billion Muslims around the globe. According to reports by the Reuters, near Nashville, Tennessee, evangelical Pastor Bob Old and another preacher used lighter fluid and a lighter to burn at least two copies of the Quran. Old called Islam "a false religion." http://salem-news.com/articles/september122010/american-freedom-kz.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september122010/american-freedom-kz.php Sun, 12 Sep 2010 12:33:00 PDT There has recently been a call for the establishment of an Afghanistan-Pakistan Study Group (APSG) that will be modeled off the Iraq Study Group (ISG) of the Baker-Hamilton Commission. The project is driven by the realization that this regional dilemma cannot be resolved militarily - it requires a political solution. http://salem-news.com/articles/september072010/af-pak-study-kn.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september072010/af-pak-study-kn.php Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:14:00 PDT Aid agencies, including the International Office of Migration (IOM), are racing to get more emergency shelter to displaced flood victims as more villages and towns become submerged under floodwaters in the south of the country. Figures released by Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) put the number of homes damaged or destroyed in Sindh province to 462,000 from 176,000 last week. http://salem-news.com/articles/august262010/submerged-pakistan-aa.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august262010/submerged-pakistan-aa.php Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:17:00 PDT Handicap International has already helped 30,000 victims of the devastating floods in Pakistan since it released $131,800 in general funds to launch its emergency relief response on August 1. To date, the amount of funding that Handicap International has received is far from adequate to cover current needs. Handicap International is counting on everyone to continue to support its relief effort. http://salem-news.com/articles/august202010/pakistan-flood.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august202010/pakistan-flood.php Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:32:00 PDT Following Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s post-flotilla massacre reminder to Israel that “You shall not kill”, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu—leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), rival of Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP)—jumped on the bandwagon. He alerted the prime minister to the existence of additional commandments such as “You shall not steal” and “You shall not lie”. http://salem-news.com/articles/june162010/turkey-morals-bf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june162010/turkey-morals-bf.php Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:36:00 PDT The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Monday Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip violates the Geneva Conventions and called for its lifting. The neutral humanitarian agency also urged Hamas militants holding Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, captured nearly four years ago in a cross-border raid, to allow his family to have regular contact with him, in line with international law. http://salem-news.com/articles/june152010/blockage-red-cross.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june152010/blockage-red-cross.php Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:05:00 PDT Anyone still unconvinced of the violence perpetrated against IDF assailants of the Mavi Marmara might do well to view the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s flickr photostream. http://salem-news.com/articles/june142010/idf-toys-bf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june142010/idf-toys-bf.php Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:10:00 PDT