Nadeem Malik

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Dr. A Q Khan, Gen Hamid Gul and Dr. Hasan Askari in Islamabad Tonight


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Friday, May 29, 2009

Islamabad Tonight 28th May 2009 [Dr AQ Khan and Gen Hamid Gul]

 Islamabad Tonight 28th May 2009 [Dr AQ Khan]

 
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Guests: Dr AQ Khan , Gen Rtd Hamid Gul former DG ISI, Prof Hasan Askari Rizvi, Security Expert
 
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Sunday, May 24, 2009

Pakistan captures two more Al Qaeda operatives- NYT


May 24, 2009

U.S. Relies More on Aid of Allies in Terror Cases

WASHINGTON — The United States is now relying heavily on foreign intelligence services to capture, interrogate and detain all but the highest-level terrorist suspects seized outside the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, according to current and former American government officials.
The change represents a significant loosening of the reins for the United States, which has worked closely with allies to combat violent extremism since the 9/11 attacks but is now pushing that cooperation to new limits.
In the past 10 months, for example, about a half-dozen midlevel financiers and logistics experts working with Al Qaeda have been captured and are being held by intelligence services in four Middle Eastern countries after the United States provided information that led to their arrests by local security services, a former American counterterrorism official said.
In addition, Pakistan's intelligence and security services captured a Saudi suspect and a Yemeni suspect this year with the help of American intelligence and logistical support, Pakistani officials said. The two are the highest-ranking Qaeda operatives captured since President Obama took office, but they are still being held by Pakistan, which has shared information from their interrogations with the United States, the official said.
The current approach, which began in the last two years of the Bush administration and has gained momentum under Mr. Obama, is driven in part by court rulings and policy changes that have closed the secret prisons run by the Central Intelligence Agency, and all but ended the transfer of prisoners from outside Iraq and Afghanistan to American military prisons.
Human rights advocates say that relying on foreign governments to hold and question terrorist suspects could carry significant risks. It could increase the potential for abuse at the hands of foreign interrogators and could also yield bad intelligence, they say.
The fate of many terrorist suspects whom the Bush administration sent to foreign countries remains uncertain. One suspect, Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, who was captured by the C.I.A. in late 2001 and sent to Libya, was recently reported to have died there in Libyan custody.
"As a practical matter you have to rely on partner governments, so the focus should be on pressing and assisting those governments to handle those cases professionally," said Tom Malinowski, Washington advocacy director for Human Rights Watch.
The United States itself has not detained any high-level terrorist suspects outside Iraq and Afghanistan since Mr. Obama took office, and the question of where to detain the most senior terrorist suspects on a long-term basis is being debated within the new administration. Even deciding where the two Qaeda suspects in Pakistani custody will be kept over the long term is "extremely, extremely sensitive right now," a senior American military official said, adding, "They're both bad dudes. The issue is: where do they get parked so they stay parked?"
How the United States is dealing with terrorism suspects beyond those already in the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, was a question Mr. Obama did not address in the speech he gave Thursday about his antiterrorism policies. While he said he might seek to create a new system that would allow preventive detention inside the United States, the government currently has no obvious long-term detention center for imprisoning terrorism suspects without court oversight.
Mr. Obama has said he still intends to close the Guantánamo prison by January, despite misgivings in Congress, and the Supreme Court has ruled that inmates there may challenge their detention before federal judges. Some suspects are being imprisoned without charges at a United States air base in Afghanistan, but a federal court has ruled that at least some of them may also file habeas corpus lawsuits to challenge their detentions.
American officials say that in the last years of the Bush administration and now on Mr. Obama's watch, the balance has shifted toward leaving all but the most high-level terrorist suspects in foreign rather than American custody. The United States has repatriated hundreds of detainees held at prisons in Cuba, Iraq and Afghanistan, but the current approach is different because it seeks to keep the prisoners out of American custody altogether.
How the United States deals with terrorism suspects remains a contentious issue in Congress.
Leon E. Panetta, the director of the C.I.A., said in February that the agency might continue its program of extraordinary rendition, in which captured terrorism suspects are transferred to other countries without extradition proceedings.
He said the C.I.A. would be likely to continue to transfer detainees from their place of capture to other countries, either their home countries or nations that intended to bring charges against them.
As a safeguard against torture, Mr. Panetta said, the United States would rely on diplomatic assurances of good treatment. The Bush administration sought the same assurances, which critics say are ineffective.
A half-dozen current and former American intelligence and counterterrorism officials and allied officials were interviewed for this article, but all spoke on the condition of anonymity because the detention and interrogation programs are classified.
Officials say the United States has learned so much about Al Qaeda and other militant groups since the 9/11 attacks that it can safely rely on foreign partners to detain and question more suspects. "It's the preferred method now," one former counterterrorism official said.
The Obama administration's policies will probably become clearer after two task forces the president created in January report to him in July on detainee policy, interrogation techniques and extraordinary rendition.
In many instances now, allies are using information provided by the United States to pick up terrorism suspects on their own territory — including the two suspects seized in Pakistan this year.
The Saudi militant, Zabi al-Taifi, was picked up by Pakistani commandos in a dawn raid at a safe house outside Peshawar on Jan. 22, an operation conducted with the help of the C.I.A.
A Pakistani official said the Yemeni suspect, Abu Sufyan al-Yemeni, was a Qaeda paramilitary commander who was on C.I.A. and Pakistani lists of the top 20 Qaeda operatives. He was believed to be a conduit for communications between Qaeda leaders in Pakistan and cells in East Africa, Iran, Yemen and elsewhere. American and Pakistani intelligence officials say they believe that Mr. Yemeni, who was arrested Feb. 24 by Pakistani authorities in Quetta, helped arrange travel and training for Qaeda operatives from various parts of the Muslim world to the Pakistani tribal areas.
He is now in the custody of Pakistan's main spy agency, the Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, but his fate is unclear. The Pakistani official said that he would remain in Pakistani hands, but that it would be difficult to try him because the evidence against him came from informers.
American officials said the United States would still take custody of the most senior Qaeda operatives captured in the future. As a model, they cited the case of Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, an Iraqi Kurd who is said to have joined Al Qaeda in the late 1990s and risen to become a top aide to Osama bin Laden, and who was captured by a foreign security service in 2006. He was handed over to the C.I.A., which transferred him to Guantánamo Bay in April 2007. He was one of the last detainees shipped there.

 
 
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Saturday, May 23, 2009

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Islamabad Tonight - 21 May 2009
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Najam ud din Sheikh (Former Foreign Secretary), Lt Gen Talat Masood (Analyst) and Dr. Farooq Hasnaat (Analyst) are today's guests in Islamabad Tonight.

 

Islamabad Tonight - 19 May 2009
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Mahmood Khan Achakzai (PKMAP) and Mushahid Hussain Syed (PMLQ) are today's guests in Islamabad Tonight.

Islamabad Tonight - 18 May 2009
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Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad (Awami Muslim League) and Haroon
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Islamabad Tonight - 14 May 2009
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Ghulam Fareed Kathia (PPP), Sardar Mehtab Abbasi (PMLN) and Dr. Rasul Basksh Rais (Analyst) are today's guests in Islamabad Tonight.

Islamabad Tonight - 13 May 2009
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Khawja Saad Rafique (PMLN), Dr. Hassan Abbas (Analyst), Malik Azmat Khan (PPP) and Hashim Babar (ANP) are today's guests in Islamabad Tonight.

Islamabad Tonight - 12 May 2009
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Haji Adeel Khan (ANP), Ameer Muqaam(PMLQ) and Ayaz Wazir (Former Ambassador) are today's guests in Islamabad Tonight.

Islamabad Tonight - 11 May 2009
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Ahsan Iqbal (PMLN), Malik Amaad Khan (PPP) and Atya Anayatullah (PMLQ) are today's guests in Islamabad Tonight.

Islamabad Tonight - 7 May 2009
[7 May 2009 | 19 Comments | ]
Irfan Siddiqui (Columnist), Kamran Shafi (Analyst) ,Munawwar Hassan (JI) and Shamshad Ahmad Khan (Former Foreign Secretary) are today's guests in Islamabad Tonight.

Islamabad Tonight - 6 May 2009
[6 May 2009 | 10 Comments | ]
Watch today's episode of Islamabad Tonight with Nadeem Malik discussing Zardari's visit to US and current security situtation with guests Rehmat ullah Kakar (JUI-F), Khurram Dastgir (PMLN),Ejaz ul Haq (PMLQ) and Sitara Ayaz (ANP).

Islamabad Tonight - 5 May 2009
[5 May 2009 | 3 Comments | ]
Nadeem Malik in a fresh episode of Islamabad Tonight discussing Swat issue and Zardari's visit to US with Tasneem Ahmad Qureshi(PPP) ,Syed Javed Ali Shah (PMLQ), Dr. Farooq Hasnat (Political Analyst), Lt. Gen(r) Javed Ashraf Qazi, Ahsan Iqbal (PMLN) and Riaz Khokhar.

Islamabad Tonight - 4 May 2009
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Iqbal Zafar Jhagra (PMLN), Saleem Bokhari (Analyst) and Azeem Doltana (PPP) are today's guests in Islamabad Tonight.

Islamabad Tonight - 30 April 2009
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Akram Zaki (Former Secretary General Foreign Affairs), Ch. Imtiaz Safdar Warriach (PPP Minister) and Khalid Ranjha (Former Law Minister) are today's guests in Islamabad Tonight.

Islamabad Tonight - 29 April 2009
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Safdar Abbasi (PPP), Ahsan Iqbal (PMLN) and Zamir Akram (
Pakistan's Permanent Representative to UN) are today's guests in Islamabad Tonight.

Islamabad Tonight - 28 April 2009
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Mushahid Hussain Syed (PMLQ), Air Martial (R) Shehzad Ch. (Analyst) and Aftab Sherpao(PPP-S) are today's guests in Islamabad Tonight.
Islamabad Tonight - 23 April 2009
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Haroon
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Islamabad Tonight - 22 April 2009
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22 Apr 2009 9 Comments ]
Senator Sabir Ali Baloch (PPP) and Sanaullah Baloch (Former Senator) are today's guests in Islamabad Tonight.

Islamabad Tonight - 21 April 2009
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21 Apr 2009 8 Comments ]
Ishaq Dar (PMLN) and Sardar Asif Ahmad Ali (PPP) are today's guest in Islamabad Tonight.

Islamabad Tonight - 20 April 2009
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Imran Khan (Chairman PTI) is today's guest in Islamabad Tonight.
Islamabad Tonight - 16 April 2009
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16 Apr 2009 25 Comments ]
Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad is today's guest in Islamabad Tonight.
Islamabad Tonight - 15 April 2009
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Nawab Yousuf Talpoor (PPP), Aftab Ahmad Sherpao (PPP-S) , and Waseem Akhtar (MQM) are today's guests in Islamabad Tonight.

Islamabad Tonight - 14 April 2009
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Sherry Rehman , Former Information Minister (PPP) is today's guest in Islamabad Tonight.
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Islamabad Tonight - 13 April 2009
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Nawabzada Malik Ammad Khan (PPP) and Masood Sharif Khan Khattak (Former DG IB) are today's guests in Islamabad Tonight.

Islamabad Tonight - 9 April 2009
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Hamid Saeed Kazmi (PPP) and Ijaz ul Haq (PML Q) are today's guests in Islamabad Tonight.

Islamabad Tonight - 8 April 2009
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Lt. Gen (R) Hamid Nawaz (Former Interior Minister), Aftab Khan Sherpaor (Former Interior Minister), Aitzaz Ahsan (PPP) and Iqbal Zafar Jhgara (PMLN) are today's guests in Islamabad Tonight.

Islamabad Tonight - 7 April 2009
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Syed Munawar Hassan (Ameer of JI), Haroon
ur Rasheed (Columnist) and Anwar Baig (PPP) are today's guests in Islamabad Tonight.

Islamabad Tonight - 6 April 2009
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Syed Mushahid Hussain (PMLQ), Senator Raza Rabbani (PPP) and Senator Afrasayab Khattak (ANP) are today's guests in Islamabad Tonight.

Islamabad Tonight - 3 April 2009
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Dr. Pervaiz Hassan (Economist) and Dr. Hafeez Pasha (Analyst) are today's guests in Islamabad Tonight.

Islamabad Tonight - 2 April 2009
[2 Apr 2009
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Khurshid Mahmood Qasoori (PMLQ), Air Marshal (R) Riaz ud din, Gen (R) Amjad Shoaib (Defence Analyst) and Brig (R) Mahmood Shah (Former Secretary FATA).

Islamabad Tonight - 1 April 2009
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Imran Khan,Tasneem Ahmad Qureshi (PPP), Humayun Akhtar (PMLQ), Prof Khursheed Ahmad (JI) and Eng. Ameer Muqaam (PMLQ) are today's guests.

Islamabad Tonight - 31 March 2009
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Hanif Abbasi (PMLN), Dr. Farooq Hasnaat (Analyst), Fozia Wahab (PPP) and Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat(PMLQ) are today's guests in Islamabad Tonight.

Islamabad Tonight - 30 March 2009
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Sardar Zulfiqar Khan Khosa (PML N), Masood Shareef Khan Khattak (Former DG IB) and Professor Muhmmad Ibrahim Khan (JI) are today's guests.

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Poll: Favorite Current Affairs Programs - Q2 2009


Poll: Favorite Current Affairs Programs - Q2 2009

May 22, 2009 . 
We are conducting our 3rd survey to get the ratings of our choice of Current Affairs Programs in Pakistan. Please let us know your favorite Programs and Talk Shows from any TV channels in Pakistan. Please enter the programs in the correct order, starting with the most favorite one. You can enter up to 10 Programs of your choice, however the first 5 are mandatory.
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Monday, May 18, 2009

ISLAMABAD TONIGHT (Swat and APC)

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Thursday, May 14, 2009

'Nuclear Weapons Are Not Kalashnikovs'


'Nuclear Weapons Are Not Kalashnikovs'

The West is concerned about the stability of Pakistan. SPIEGEL spoke with President Asif Ali Zardari, 53, about failed peace talks with the Taliban, the possible whereabouts of Osama bin Laden and the safety of his country's nuclear arsenal.

SPIEGEL: Mr. President, the Taliban is advancing deeper and deeper into the heart of Pakistan. Does your army lack the will or the capability to effectively combat the extremists?

Pakistani army vehicles moving into the Swat Valley in a recent offensive against the Taliban.
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Pakistani army vehicles moving into the Swat Valley in a recent offensive against the Taliban.
Zardari: Neither the one nor the other. Swat itself has a particular nature -- its physical boundaries limit our action and capabilities. We had a similar situation in Bajaur along the border to Afghanistan. There, too, we went in with F-16s, tanks, heavy artillery and our forces. At the time, 800,000 people lived in the region, and 500,000 were displaced by the fighting. What we really wanted, though, was for the local population to stay and help resist the Taliban on their land. In the case of Swat, the Taliban used the population as human shields. A more aggressive offensive would have caused greater civilian casualties. For us, the concept of a policy of dialogue has always applied. War is not the solution to every kind of problem.
SPIEGEL: The peace agreement you supported with militant Islamists in Swat Valley just failed like others before it. The Taliban didn't give up their arms as agreed to in the deal. Are deals with extremists a realistic strategy for peace?

 
Zardari: During negotiations, we try to differentiate between copycats or criminals and the hardcore. It is an ongoing insurgency which takes time to finish. We go in with our troops, we talk, we retreat, we pull back, and then the Taliban goes on a new offensive. It is a drawn-out issue and there is no encyclopaedia one can turn to for answers. I would advise you to read about the Afghan wars. It's the way the Taliban, who are Pashtuns, fight: They take you on and then they melt into the mountains. And you often can't tell who is who or what they are up to. These men are like old Indian chiefs in the US who didn't want to recognize the fact that, by then, they were ruled by American laws.
SPIEGEL: The chief Taliban negotiator in Swat, Sufi Mohammed, claims that democracy is opposed to Islam. So what are the foundations for a treaty?
Zardari: When he refuses to recognize Pakistan's constitution, he is breaking the terms of the peace deal. That gives our negotiators and the populace the support they need to take him on. If the deal doesn't work, then parliament will have to decide on it again. That's democracy and, as you can see, it works.
SPIEGEL: In the meantime, the army has entered into battle against the Taliban. Is it not just a bogus operation in order to quiet a concerned West?

 

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Zardari: It is a large-scale operation. Altogether, more than 100,000 Pakistani troops are operating in the region. Of course we also have a comprehensive strategy and a plan for reconstruction.
SPIEGEL: The Taliban is increasingly calling on the poor to follow them and to chase away the landlords and feudal lords. Are the Islamists in the process of transforming themselves into a social movement that pits Pakistan's underprivileged against the rich elite, who have opposed land reform?
Zardari: I don't see that. In regions of the northwest border provinces, there is no feudalism because there is no land available that would be sufficient for agriculture -- it is all mountainous terrain. There are old families and there is a tribal chief system that relies on tribal laws that has been indigenous for centuries. The Taliban have superiority of numbers and arms and are more aggressive, so they sometimes overpower the local authority.

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari: "I see no danger of a military coup."
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Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari: "I see no danger of a military coup."
SPIEGEL: Why don't you move some of the troop divisions you have stationed on the eastern border with India to the northwest border, where there is clearly a greater need?
Zardari: Both borders are of equal importance. The fact that the Indians recently increased their troop presence on the border creates a little concern. We react appropriately and we understand our country better than outsiders. This year we have already killed many foreign fighters and even more local attackers. Our opponents have incurred heavy losses -- this is a serious battle.
SPIEGEL: The Taliban in Swat Valley have invited Osama bin Laden to live with them and they have offered to protect him from the Pakistani army and the Americans. What will you do if he accepts their offer?
Zardari: It would be a great gesture if Osama bin Laden were to come out into the open in order to give us a chance of catching him. The question right now is whether he is alive or dead. The Americans have told me they don't know. They are much better informed and they have been looking for him for a much longer time. They have got more equipment, more intelligence, more satellite eavesdropping equipment and more resources on the ground in Afghanistan, and they say they have no trace of him. Our own intelligence is of the same opinion. Presumably, he does not exist anymore, but that has not been confirmed.

Pakistan's embattled border regions.
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Pakistan's embattled border regions.
SPIEGEL: The relationship between the democratic government in Islamabad and the traditionally dominant army has never been an easy one. Do you trust your army chief, General Ashfaq Kayani, and the notorious ISI secret service?
Zardari: It is a trustful working relationship and I am well enough informed. My party, the Pakistan People's Party, and its allies have the majority and we will see things through. At the moment I see no danger of a military coup.
SPIEGEL: Why do you leave the elimination of top terrorists in the Pakistani tribal areas to the Americans, whose drone attacks are extremely unpopular amongst the populace? Why don't you handle this yourselves?
Zardari: If we had the drone technology, then we would. It would be a plus. We have always said that we don't appreciate the way the Americans are handling it. We think it is counterproductive. But it is mostly happening in the border areas between Pakistan and Afghanistan -- for all intents and purposes no man's land.
SPIEGEL: What are you hoping will happen during your visit with US President Barack Obama this week?

 
Zardari: That is a million dollar question. And I am hoping the answer will be billions of dollars, because that is the kind of money I need to fix Pakistan's economy. The idea is to request that the world appreciate the sensitivity of Pakistan and the challenges it faces and to treat us on par with General Motors, Chrysler and Citibank.
SPIEGEL: The Americans currently view a nuclear-armed Pakistan as the world's most dangerous country. Your wife, Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated by terrorists, feared that your country's nuclear weapons could fall into the hands of Islamist extremists. Do you share this fear?
Zardari: If democracy in this country fails, if the world doesn't help democracy -- then any eventuality is a possibility. But as long as democracy is there, there is no question of that situation arising. All your important installations and weaponry are always under extra security. Nuclear weapons are not Kalashnikovs -- the technology is complicated, so it is not as if one little Taliban could come down and press a button. There is no little button. I want to assure the world that the nuclear capability of Pakistan is in safe hands.
 

 
 
 
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Obama Moves to Bar Release of Detainee Abuse Photos


 

Obama Moves to Bar Release of Detainee Abuse Photos
WASHINGTON — President Obama said Wednesday that he would fight to prevent the release of photographs documenting abuse of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan by United States military personnel, reversing his position on the issue after commanders warned that the images could set off a deadly backlash against American troops.
The administration said last month that it would not oppose the release of the pictures, but Mr. Obama changed his mind after seeing the photographs and getting warnings from top Pentagon officials that the images, taken from the early years of the wars, would "further inflame anti-American opinion" and endanger troops in two war zones.
The decision in effect tossed aside an agreement the government had reached with the American Civil Liberties Union, which had fought to release photographs of incidents at Abu Ghraib and a half-dozen other prisons. The Justice Department informed the United States District Court in New York, which had backed the A.C.L.U.'s request, that it would appeal the ruling, citing "further reflection at the highest levels of government."
To explain his position, which was sharply criticized by the A.C.L.U., Mr. Obama spoke at the White House before flying to Arizona to deliver a commencement address. He suggested that the new mission in Iraq and Afghanistan could be imperiled by an old fight.
"The publication of these photos would not add any additional benefit to our understanding of what was carried out in the past by a small number of individuals," Mr. Obama told reporters on the South Lawn. "In fact, the most direct consequence of releasing them, I believe, would be to further inflame anti-American opinion and to put our troops in greater danger."
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said he had changed his mind about releasing the photographs, and suggested the president did as well, because of the strong views of the top commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan, Gen. Ray Odierno and Gen. David D. McKiernan, who is being replaced.
In Iraq, American combat forces are withdrawing from urban areas and reducing their numbers nationwide. In Afghanistan, more than 20,000 new troops are flowing in to combat an insurgency that has grown in potency ahead of national elections in August.
The A.C.L.U. had prevailed in the case at the federal trial court level and before an appeals court panel. The photographs were set to be released on May 28 under an agreement with the Pentagon and the White House. But as that date approached, military officials expressed growing unease to Mr. Gates, who then discussed the issue with the president.
Officials who have seen the photos describe them as falling into two categories: Abu Ghraib-style personal snapshots taken by soldiers; and photos taken by military criminal investigators documenting allegations of abuse, including autopsy photos of prisoners who died in custody.
Many of the photos may recall those taken at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, which showed prisoners naked or in degrading positions, sometimes with Americans posing smugly nearby, and caused an uproar in the Arab world and elsewhere when they came to light in 2004.
Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the A.C.L.U., said the decision to fight the release of the photos was a mistake. He said officials had described them as "worse than Abu Ghraib" and said their volume, more than 2,000 images, showed that "it is no longer tenable to blame abuse on a few bad apples. These were policies set at the highest level."
One Pentagon official involved in the discussion said the photos showed detainees in humiliating positions, but said they were not as provocative as pictures of detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib. The official said that the photos showed detainee nudity, and that some included images of detainees shackled for transfer. Other photographs showed American military personnel members with weapons drawn, pointing at detainees in what another official said had the appearance of "a war trophy."
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to describe photographs that are the subject of continuing litigation.
During the court case, Pentagon officials had fought the release of the photographs, connected with investigations between 2003 and 2006, on the grounds that their release could harm American military personnel overseas and that the privacy of detainees would be violated. But the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in upholding a lower court ruling, said the public interest involved in release of the pictures outweighed a vague, speculative fear of danger to the American military or violation of the detainees' privacy.
Last month, the administration said it had agreed to release the images, in part because it did not believe it could persuade the Supreme Court to review the case. But Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary, said Wednesday that the president did not believe that the government had made the strongest possible case to the court about the ramifications of releasing the photographs, particularly on "what the release of these would do to our national security."
The release of these detainee photographs, Pentagon and military officials said, could provoke outrage and, in particular, be used by violent extremists to stoke attacks and recruit suicide bombers. Military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan were said to be particular targets of such attacks, but officials said civilians also might be extremists' targets.
Several left-leaning groups, which had been fierce critics of the Bush administration, said they were stunned by the decision. Human Rights Watch called it a blow to transparency and accountability. And Mr. Romero, the executive director of the A.C.L.U., suggested that the Obama administration was "covering up not only for the Bush White House, but for itself."
Asked whether release of the photos might not help Al Qaeda or provoke violence in the Muslim world, Mr. Romero said, "The greatest recruitment tool for Al Qaeda and violent jihadis has been the use of torture."
In his remarks at the White House, Mr. Obama spoke out forcefully against torture and said he had impressed upon military commanders "that the abuse of detainees in our custody is prohibited and will not be tolerated." But as commander in chief, he said, the well-being of American forces carrying out his strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq outweighed the call to release the images.
"Moreover," he said, "I fear the publication of these photos may only have a chilling effect on future investigations of detainee abuse."

 
 
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Do not open emails indicating Osama Bin-Laden

URGENT  
TWO SUBJECT LINES TO BEWARE OF:


BETTER  SAFE THAN SORRY. READ AND HEED.


PLEASE INFORM EVERYONE


Emails with pictures of Osama Bin-Laden hanged are being sent and the moment that you open these emails your computer will crash and you will not be able to fix it!


If you get an email along the lines of
'Osama Bin Laden Captured' or 'Osama Hanged', don't open the attachment.

This e-mail is being distributed through countries around the globe, but mainly in the US and Israel


Be considerate & send this warning to whomever you know.


PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS:



You should be alert during the next days:
 
Do not open
any message with an attached file called 'Invitation' regardless of who sent it.

It is a virus that  opens an Olympic Torch which 'burns' the whole hard disc C of your computer.




This  virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail address in his/her contact list,  that is why you should send this e-mail to all your contacts.  



It is better to receive this message 25 times than to receive the virus and open it  
If you receive a mail called 'invitation', though sent by a friend,
do not open it and shut down your computer immediately.



This is  the worst virus announced by CNN, it has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever.



This virus was  discovered by McAfee yesterday, and there is no repair yet for this kind of virus.


This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where the vital information is kept.


SEND THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW


 
 
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DAWN on US Senators suspiciions about Zardari



http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/12-two-us-senators-opposes-move-for-pakistan-aid--bi-14
Two US senators oppose move for Pakistan aid
 

I would like to know how the money would be circulated and will not end in bank accounts in Switzerland: Senator Corker.—AP
By Our Correspondent , WASHINGTON: 13 May, 2009
The Obama administration faced strong opposition from two Senators — a Democrat and a Republican — to rush $497 million of emergency aid to Pakistan.
 
One of them, Senator Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican, said he was concerned that the Obama administration was trying to rush emergency aid without proper congressional oversight to a country where some of the leaders have been called 'Mr 10 per cent' because of their alleged corruption. 'It will be a monumental mistake' if the administration sent aid to Pakistan without proper congressional oversight, he said. 'I would like to know how the money would be circulated in Pakistan,' said Senator Corker, 'and will not end in bank accounts in Switzerland'.
 
Senator Bob Mendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, said he had voted for bills supporting Pakistan on several occasions in the past but he was not going to vote for this move. He urged US special envoy Richard Holbrooke to come to his chamber and convince him why he should vote for giving aid to Pakistan without proper oversight. The two senators were speaking at a special hearing of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on the current situation in Pakistan.

Ambassador Holbrooke, who testified before the committee, said he was willing to come to the offices of these lawmakers to persuade them to support the administration's point of view. He also promised to bring along Gen David Petraeus, who is in charge for US military operations in the Pak-Afghan region as the head of the Central Command. 'I am troubled by what you have said,' Mr Holbrooke said.  But Senator Menendez insisted on knowing what the US strategy was for dealing with the situation in Pakistan and for ensuring that the money will be used for the purpose it's given for.

 
'Unless, I really hear what the strategy is, and I have not heard that so far, you may not have my support on this,' he said.

 
 
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Buner Refugees


Buner refugees look out of a truck as they flee fighting on May 6, 2009, near Swabi, Pakistan. Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis  have fled their homes due to fighting against the Taliban
 
 
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ISLAMABAD TONIGHT-SWAT OPERATION

ISLAMABAD TONIGHT-SWAT OPERATION
 
http://www.friendskorner.com/forum/f247/debate-islamabad-tonight-11th-may-2009-a-111942/
 
 
 
Islamabad Tonight 11th May 2009
 
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Friday, May 08, 2009

Obama after Trilateral Summit


REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AFTER THE TRILATERAL MEETING
WITH PRESIDENT KARZAI OF AFGHANISTAN
AND PRESIDENT ZARDARI OF PAKISTAN

Grand Foyer
4:11 P.M. EDT

THE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon, everybody.  We just finished an important trilateral meeting among the United States, Afghanistan and Pakistan.  And earlier today I was pleased to have wide ranging bilateral discussions with both President Karzai of Afghanistan and President Zardari of Pakistan.

We meet today as three sovereign nations joined by a common goal:  to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al Qaeda and its extremist allies in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and to prevent their ability to operate in either country in the future.  And to achieve that goal, we must deny them the space to threaten the Pakistani, Afghan, or American people.  And we must also advance security and opportunity, so that Pakistanis and Afghans can pursue the promise of a better life.

Just over a month ago, I announced a new strategy to achieve these objectives after consultation with Pakistan, Afghanistan and our other friends and allies.  Our strategy reflects a fundamental truth:  The security of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the United States are linked.  In the weeks that have followed, that truth has only been reinforced.  Al Qaeda and its allies have taken more lives in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and have continued to challenge the democratically-elected governments of the two Presidents standing here today.  Meanwhile, al Qaeda plots against the American people -- and people around the world -- from their safe haven along the border.

I'm pleased that these two men -- elected leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan -- fully appreciate the seriousness of the threat that we face, and have reaffirmed their commitment to confronting it.  And I'm pleased that we have advanced unprecedented cooperation between Afghanistan and Pakistan on a bilateral basis -- and among Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the United States -- which will benefit all of our people.

Today's meeting is the second in the trilateral dialogues among our countries.  And these meetings will coordinate our efforts in a broad range of areas, across all levels of government.  To give you a sense of the scope of this effort, Secretary Clinton, Attorney General Holder, Secretary Vilsack, Director Panetta, Director Mueller, and Deputy Secretary Lew will all host separate meetings with their Pakistani and Afghan counterparts.  And these trilateral meetings build on efforts being made in the region and in the United States, and they will continue on a regular basis.

Now there's much to be done.  Along the border where insurgents often move freely, we must work together with a renewed sense of partnership to share intelligence, and to coordinate our efforts to isolate, target and take out our common enemy.  But we must also meet the threat of extremism with a positive program of growth and opportunity.  And that's why my administration is working with members of Congress to create opportunity zones to spark development.  That's why I'm proud that we've helped advance negotiations towards landmark transit-trade agreements to open Afghanistan and Pakistan borders to more commerce.

Within Afghanistan, we must help grow the economy, while developing alternatives to the drug trade by tapping the resilience and the ingenuity of the Afghan people.  We must support free and open national elections later this fall, while helping to protect the hard-earned rights of all Afghans.  And we must support the capacity of local governments and stand up to corruption that blocks progress.  I also made it clear that the United States will work with our Afghan and international partners to make every effort to avoid civilian casualties as we help the Afghan government combat our common enemy.

And within Pakistan, we must provide lasting support to democratic institutions, while helping the government confront the insurgents who are the single greatest threat to the Pakistani state.  And we must do more than stand against those who would destroy Pakistan –- we must stand with those who want to build Pakistan.  And that is why I've asked Congress for sustained funding, to build schools and roads and hospitals. I want the Pakistani people to understand that America is not simply against terrorism -- we are on the side of their hopes and their aspirations, because we know that the future of Pakistan must be determined by the talent, innovation, and intelligence of its people.

I have long said that we cannot meet these challenges in isolation, nor delay the action, nor deny the resources necessary to get the job done.  And that's why we have a comprehensive strategy for the region with civilian and military components, led by Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and General David Petraeus. And for the first time, this strategy will be matched by the resources that it demands.

U.S. troops are serving courageously and capably in a vital mission in Afghanistan alongside our Afghan and international partners.  But to combat an enemy that is on the offensive, we need more troops, training, and assistance.  And that's why we are deploying 21,000 troops to Afghanistan and increasing our efforts to train Afghan security forces -- and I'm also pleased that our NATO allies and partners are providing resources to support our strategy.  And that is why we are helping Pakistan combat the insurgency within its borders -- including $400 million in immediate assistance that we are seeking from Congress, which will help the government as it steps up its efforts against the extremists.

And to advance security, opportunity, and justice for the people of Afghanistan and Pakistan, we are dramatically increasing our civilian support for both countries.  We were pleased that these efforts were recently amplified through the $5.5 billion that was pledged for Pakistan at an international donors conference in Tokyo -- resources that will help meet the basic needs of the Pakistani people.

The road ahead will be difficult.  There will be more violence, and there will be setbacks.  But let me be clear:  The United States has made a lasting commitment to defeat al Qaeda, but also to support the democratically elected sovereign governments of both Pakistan and Afghanistan.  That commitment will not waiver.  And that support will be sustained.

Every day, we see evidence of the future that al Qaeda and its allies offer.  It's a future filled with violence and despair.  It's a future without opportunity or hope.  That's not what the people of Pakistan and Afghanistan want, and it's not what they deserve.  The United States has a stake in the future of these two countries.  We have learned, time and again, that our security is shared.  It is a lesson that we learned most painfully on 9/11, and it is a lesson that we will not forget.

So we are here today in the midst of a great challenge.  But no matter what happens, we will not be deterred.  The aspirations of all our people -- for security, for opportunity and for justice -- are far more powerful than any enemy.  Those are the hopes that we hold in common for all of our children.  So we will sustain our cooperation.  And we will work for the day when our nations are linked not by a common enemy, but by a shared peace and prosperity, mutual interests and mutual respect, not only among governments but among our people.

I want to thank President Zardari and President Karzai for joining me here today.  I look forward to continuing this close cooperation between our governments in the months and years ahead.  Thank you very much, everybody.

END
4:19 P.M. EDT

 
 
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