Category: AfPak BorderBy Larry Johnson on May 12, 2009 in AfPak Border, Afghanistan, Current Affairs, Pakistan | 35 Comments
(Bumped up from Monday night.) So, what does Barack Obama do with the military commander running the show on the ground in Afghanistan who asks for 30,000 troops but is only provided 21,000 (courtesy of Barack of course)? You fire his ass and replace him with a hard charging officer with extensive experience in military [...]
By Steve Clemons on May 9, 2009 in AfPak Border, Afghanistan, Obama Administration, Pakistan, President Barack Obama | 8 Comments
Published at The Washington Note. ___________________________________________ Quite a number of serious and informed observers predict a spike in mass casualty violence hitting this week in Pakistan. President Obama is about to have both collective and separate meetings with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari — and many believe that Taliban insurgents [...]
By SusanUnPC on May 9, 2009 in AfPak Border, Afghanistan, India, John Batchelor, John Batchelor (author), Larry Johnson, Media, Radio, Pakistan | 3 Comments
BUMPED DOWN . TUNE IN NEXT SUNDAY! O P E N T H R E A D T O O John Batchelor’s show begins at 10 p.m. ET. Then, at 10:30 p.m. ET, DON’T MISS LARRY JOHNSON TONIGHT on the Batchelor show, via KFI 640 AM.
By SusanUnPC on May 6, 2009 in AfPak Border, Afghanistan, Nuclear weapons, Pakistan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department | 19 Comments
Hillary held meetings today, along with a press conference. In “U.S. urges cooperation against militants,” the Los Angeles Times reports: “As a summit with Pakistan and Afghanistan opens, Hillary Clinton expresses regret over civilian casualties from a military strike in Afghanistan, and promises an investigation. …” UPDATE #1: Here’s CNN’s coverage of the press conference: [...]
By dcmediagirl on Apr 27, 2009 in AfPak Border, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sharia Law, Taliban | 17 Comments
Co-Written with Nail ‘em Up The introduction of the AfPak plan — so named because rather than focus on Afghanistan it also incorporates Pakistan and the Pashtun populated border — seemed a big step forward for the Obama administration. According to South Asia experts, this plan was bound to succeed and seemed to have it [...]
By SusanUnPC on Apr 26, 2009 in AfPak Border, John Batchelor, Larry Johnson, Open Thread, Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Southwest Asia, Taliban | 4 Comments
LARRY JOHNSON’s SEGMENT CONCLUDED . TUNE IN NEXT SUNDAY, SAME TIME, SAME STATION, SAME LINK O P E N T H R E A D T O O John Batchelor’s show begins at 10 p.m. ET. Then, at 10:30 p.m. ET, DON’T MISS LARRY JOHNSON TONIGHT on the Batchelor show, via KFI 640 [...]
By SusanUnPC on Apr 24, 2009 in AfPak Border, Asia, CNN, India, Media Handling of Story, Nuclear weapons, Pakistan, Taliban | 40 Comments
The U.S. has spent billions to arm the Pakistani army and police, and contributed thousands of manhours training the troops. Yet the Pakistanis are sending in token police and soldiers to fight the Taliban, and rapidly ceding large areas: Embedded video from CNN Video As I write this, the CNN video and transcript aren’t up, [...]
By John Batchelor on Apr 23, 2009 in AfPak Border, Asia, Current Affairs, John Batchelor, Pakistan, Taliban | 67 Comments
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Taliban on the march in the fine Spring weather in the Northwest Frontier. The spotty reports from Pakistan point to a surge of Taliban aggression ever since the failed state leadership at Islamabad ceded control of the Swat Valley to the jihadists. The [...]
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