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Thursday, August 28, 2008
US Takes Direct Control Of Operation In Tribal Areas
There are reports that the United States has taken direct control of operation being underway in Bajaur Agency, tribal areas situated on Pak-Afghan border against terrorists. So far more than a half a million tribesmen have migrated to other places from Bajaur Agency. The ruthless bombing by jet fighters and gunship helicopters have converted Bajaur Agency into ghost town. Now Bajaur Agency is the most dangerous place.

Thursday, August 21, 2008
Suicide Blast Kills 70 In Pakistan
Latest reports said that at least 70 people were killed and over hundred injured in a suicide attack in front of an arms manufacturing factory situated near Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. This is the second suicide attack after the departure of President Musharraf. A day earlier over 30 people were killed in DI Khan. Security forces backed by US forces have been carrying out a big operation in Bajaur Agency, tribal reas.

Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Terrorists Posing A Real Threat To World
Terrorists based in tribal areas situated on Pak-Afghan border have been posing a real threat to the whole world.

Monday, June 30, 2008
Bush Used War On Terror For Political Gains
Now this is clear to all that US President George W. Bush used the war on terror for gaining political advantage.

Friday, April 25, 2008
New Drama Is Being Staged In Pakistan
Why Pakistan has been insisting on giving a status of rulers to terrorists or Taliban? This is the question being asked by most of the tribesmen. There are very disturbing reports that Pakistan has entered into negotiation with militants. It is not yet clear as who are these Taliban fighters and for whom they have been working. They have committed several crimes. They have killed leader of PPP Benazir Bhutto.

Saturday, March 22, 2008
Another Failure For Bush Administration
The new government to be formed in Pakistan within a few days will hold talks with militants, who are involved in the killing of thousands of tribesmen besides committing crimes in other parts of the world. The US administration earlier has taken a clear stand that no negotiation with militants, fighting a fierce battle with security forces in tribal areas and the American troops in Afghanistan, will be held.

Friday, February 22, 2008
Musharraf Seeks Americans Support
Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has written an article in Washington Post in which he sought the cooperation of the Americans or democracy. Credit goes to opEdnews.com for compelling Musharraf to write article in a newspaper. The progressive media has played a big role in presenting the true picture of Pakistan and tribal areas to the world. Now it is upto the Americans to decide the future of Musharraf.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Rulers Dirty Game Is Now Being Exposed
Now the dirty role of rulers is being exposed to the world. Rulers of Pakistan having close connection with their masters in the United States played a dirty in creation justification for the war in the whole world. Now the poor people have been paying the price of crimes being committed by the rulers. Now they are being killed for maimed in the suicide attacks and firing of security forces.

Thursday, November 15, 2007
U.S. Is Looking Past Musharraf in Case He Falls
The Bush administration has started a search for a suitable man, who will rule Pakistan after President Pervez Musharraf falls. This time, too, the administration continues to blunder. They are not sincere about peace and human rights. They just want to achieve their motives. Their present attitude may further worsen the situation in Pakistan, which will have serious consequences worse than the Iraq war

Saturday, November 3, 2007
Emergency Imposed In Pakistan
(2 comments) President General Pervez Musharraf has imposed emergency in Pakistan. Security forces were put on high alert.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Bush Aides Accept Failure in War On Terror
The US administration has accepted the failure in war on terrorism and now has been pressing Pakistan to do more. The US administration always acted on wrong information. The main cause of chaos and destruction in Iraq is wrong information. It is pathetic to note that the US administration has again giving the task of elimination of terrorists, who during the last seven years hoodwinked both US and people of tribal areas.

Tuesday, January 16, 2007
A Defeat to Terrorism in Bajaur Agency Tribal Areas
(2 comments) The result of recently held elections in Bajaur Agency is a clear demonstration of the tribesmen that they are against terrorism. The religious parties alliance favouring terrorism was given a crushing defeat. These religious leaders have been creating hatred among the tribal youth against the United States. Many observers have been describing this a victory for democracy.

Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Suspicious Device Found at Atlanta Airport
(3 comments) The main security checkpoint was shut down at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Airport after a "suspicious device" was detected in a screening machine.

Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Stephanopoulos: The Wrist Slap for Rove!
(3 comments) The White House buried the lede today. Scott McClellan got the photo op and the shoulder squeeze from the President on the South Lawn, but everyone knew he was going soon. The real news is the wrist slap for Karl Rove, what it says about Josh Bolten and what it means for the White House and Republicans in Congress.

Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Russert: Bush “Won’t Fire Rumsfeld Because It Would Be The Equivalent Of Firing Himself"
(3 comments) Odd indeed!

Wednesday, April 19, 2006
NYC: Gas Hits $4.50 a gallon
(3 comments) With pump prices rising fast, a gas station under the Brooklyn Bridge took a quantum leap into outrageousness - charging a jaw-dropping $4.50 a gallon! That's what the Gulf Station on Old Fulton St. in Brooklyn Heights was charging credit card customers for a gallon of premium yesterday. A gallon of regular gas was no bargain, either, at $4.14 for cash or $4.26 on plastic.

Wednesday, April 19, 2006
U.S. Contractor Admits Bribery For Jobs in Iraq
(3 comments) As part of the plea, Philip H. Bloom admitted his part in a scheme to give more than $2 million in cash and gifts to U.S. officials in exchange for their help in getting reconstruction contracts for his companies. Bloom's firms won $8.6 million in reconstruction deals, with an average profit margin of more than 25 percent. Yesterday's filings included e-mails that provide insight into the fraud. In one, an Army Reserve officer who allegedly helped Bloom secure his contracts expresses gratitude for Bloom's largesse. "The truck is Great!!! I needed a new truck . . . People I work with cannot stop commenting on how much they love it," the officer wrote in a Sept. 2, 2004, message to Bloom. The officer then added a bit of reassurance: "If there were any smoking guns, they would have been found months ago."

Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Consumer Prices Surge on Energy Costs - Core inflation up
(3 comments) Consumer prices rose sharply in March, reflecting higher costs for everything from gasoline to clothes and hotel rooms. Perhaps most troubling, core inflation, which does not include energy and food, rose at the fastest pace in a year.

Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Sydney Blumenthal: Walking the White House plank
(3 comments) White House press secretary, Scott McClellan, departs as the investigation into Karl Rove enters into a serious new phase.

Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Has Rove’s Security Clearance Been Revoked?
(3 comments) Rove has now resigned his policy-making post and is focusing primarily on politics. Given Rove’s public intentions to make national security the focus of the 2006 elections, the White House should reveal whether Rove will be doing his political job while holding a security clearance.

Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Bush Loses Another Coalition Buddy - It's Official - Berlusconi Is Out!
(3 comments) Italian Court Confirms the Slim Election Victory of Romano Prodi Over Premier Silvio Berlusconi

Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Tony Snow Attributes High Gas Prices To “People Complaining About Donald Rumsfeld”
(3 comments) Fox News Anchor Tony Snow is being considered as a replacement for White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan. Looks like he would fit right in. Last night on The O’Reilly Factor, Snow said that “people complaining about Donald Rumsfeld” were partially to blame for high gas prices.

Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Ted Rall: DON'T IMPEACH BUSH. COMMIT HIM
(3 comments) A Maniacal Messianic Prepares to Fulfill His Destiny

Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Fears grow over Sunni backing for Iraq insurgency
(3 comments) Sunni politicians on Tuesday condemned government forces who battled guerillas in a Baghdad neighbourhood, feeding fears that rising sectarian violence and Shia militia activity may be pushing Iraq’s Sunni population toward supporting the insurgency.

Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Norman Solomon: When "Diplomacy" Means War
(3 comments) In the run-up to war, appearances are often deceiving. Official events may seem to be moving in one direction while policymakers are actually headed in another. On their own timetable, White House strategists implement a siege of public opinion that relies on escalating media spin. One administration after another has gone through the motions of staying on a diplomatic track while laying down flagstones on a path to war.

Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Bob Cesca: McClellan's E-mail to The Next Press Secretary (
(3 comments) To the Next Press Secretary: If you're reading this, I've officially resigned from the White House Press Office -- Guckertland -- and you've been appointed to take over by The Great & Powerful Decider Who Hears Voices. Knowing that you're walking into a propeller, I thought I'd be a pip and help to ease your pain with some advice...SATIRE

Wednesday, April 19, 2006
US Lawmakers Never Faced With Losing Benefits
(3 comments) Members of Congress occasionally lose elections, but they never lose retirement and health benefits that most Americans can only envy. A lawmaker who retires at 60 after just 12 years in office can count on receiving an immediate pension of $25,000 a year and lifetime benefits that could total more than $800,000. That doesn't include 401(k) benefits. And any member who lasts five years in office also can get taxpayer-subsidized health care until he or she reaches Medicare age. SWEETHEART DEAL

Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Senators Want Later Medicare Drug Deadline (Fearing Blowback in 2006 Midterm Elections)
(3 comments) Some 48 of the 100 senators urged Republican leaders and the Bush administration on Wednesday to allow all older people more time to sign up for the Medicare drug benefit beyond the May 15 deadline...not have enough signatures to make Frist bring the issue up again. A similar measure was narrowly defeated last year.

Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Prominent U.S. Physicists Send Warning Letter to President Bush
(3 comments) Thirteen of the nation’s most prominent physicists have written a letter to Idiot-In-Chief Bush, calling U.S. plans to reportedly use nuclear weapons against Iran “gravely irresponsible” and warning that such action would have “disastrous consequences for the security of the United States and the world.” The physicists include five Nobel laureates, a recipient of the National Medal of Science and three past presidents of the American Physical Society, the nation’s preeminent professional society for physicists.

Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Rocket explodes in Kabul TV station
(3 comments) A powerful rocket exploded in a television station compound in the Afghan capital, Kabul, late Wednesday, police said.

Wednesday, April 19, 2006
New WH Policy Chief Was "Brooks Brothers" Rioter
(3 comments) The man Bush tapped to fill Karl Rove's spot as his policy wizard is none other than Joel Kaplan, who took part in the infamous "Brooks Brothers riot" of 2000. That's when a bunch of Washington GOP operatives, posing as outraged Floridians, waved fists, chanted "Stop the fraud!" and pounded windows in an effort to intimidate officials engaged in the Florida recount effort.