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Bruce Riedel Strikes Again

Bruce Riedel Strikes Again
 
Bruce Riedel’s latest anti-Pakistan op-ed reveals a man more adept at penning thrillers than analyzing strategy. Join us in this short journey into the fantastical world of President Obama’s South Asia adviser.
 

 
By S. M. Hali
Wednesday, 8 July 2009.
AHMEDQURAISHI.COM
 
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—After Bruce Riedel’s irrational op-ed ‘Pakistan and the Bomb’  [Wall Street Journal, 30 May] [...]

What Really Happened In Honduras, Fascinating Insight For Pakistan

What Really Happened In Honduras, Fascinating Insight For Pakistan
 
Wednesday, 8 July 2009.
AHMEDQURAISHI.COM
 
“Obama’s First Coup d’Etat
The text message that beeped on my cell phone this morning read “Alert, Zelaya has been kidnapped, coup d’etat underway in Honduras, spread the word.” It’s a rude awakening for a Sunday morning, especially for the millions of Hondurans that [...]

World Economy Becomes Focus For CIA Recruiting

World Economy Becomes Focus For CIA Recruiting
 
Since February, the CIA has been producing a daily economic intelligence brief for President Obama. This is in addition to the regular intelligence brief he gets each day; it’s also different from the daily brief he gets from his National Economic Council. U.S. intelligence officials say the global financial [...]

Pakistan’s Northern Iraq


 


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Like Turkey, Pakistan too has a northern Iraq. It’s called Karzai’s Afghanistan. Islamabad needs to adopt a zero-tolerance policy toward the Karzai regime. Pakistani fighter jets should cross the border and bomb the terror training camps that send terrorists to Pakistan, including suspected Indian intelligence outposts. If the U.S. military and Karzai’s intelligence service can’t do anything about a third country like India using Afghanistan to export terror, then Pakistan should. It may sound farfetched considering that the elected Pakistani government has just conferred the highest civilian award to a fourth American citizen in less than a year. But it can be done. Here’s how.