The Life of Alimqul: A Native Chronicle of Nineteenth Century Central Asia (Central Asia Research Forum)
Political Animal (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
ALL HE IS SAYING, IS GIVE ESCALATION A CHANCE.... I'll take, "People whose opinions should no longer matter" for $100, Alex. (via Atrios) US Senator John McCain predicted an allied win in Afghanistan in one year to 18 months if...
John Redwood's Diary (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Underneath the crude politics of the Queen’s speech were two great watersheds. This week was the passing of an era. The government seems to have moved on from any idea that we can win a war in Afghanistan by pitching troops into [...]
Althouse (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
I'm thinking he said it with knowing — perhaps even self-deprecating — humor, but still, extracted and quoted on Drudge , it looks awful. Also at the first link: "President Obama will not announce his decision on sending more troops to Afghanistan before the Thanksgiving holiday, senior aides said Thursday." The news is no news. It would be funny — in a Generalissimo Franco...
Gates of Vienna (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Several years ago, while researching the extensive and confusing data on radical Islam in Pakistan, I read a number of articles by B. Raman and other experts on Indian national security. The wealth of information they presented about Pakistan’s devious maneuvers made me realize that Pakistan is one of the three epicenters of the Great Jihad, with the other two being Iran and Saudi Arabia. In...
Bartholomew's Notes on Religion (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
This afternoon there will be a “rally against Sharia Law” in central London, as part of the “One Law for All” campaign. Here’s the call: SHOW YOUR OPPOSITION TO SHARIA LAW AND ALL RELIGIOUS-BASED TRIBUNALS IN BRITAIN, IRAN, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, SOMALIA AND ELSEWHERE DEMAND AN END TO CULTURAL RELATIVISM AND RACISM DEMAND ONE SECULAR LAW AND UNIVERSAL RIGHTS DEFEND...
Mark Wadsworth (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
JP here. Not been posting on this blog for a while, just thought I'd give a run-down of my opinions on the news over the past few weeks and some other things that have popped up in general debates... Let's do 'democracy' at work first shall we? The EU president - So Herman van Rompuy is the new president. I couldn't really care less to be honest. People seem to be of the opinion that Van Rompuy will...
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
A town centre came to a standstill as thousands of people lined the streets to pay their respects to two soldiers killed in Afghanistan.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Two British soldiers killed in service in Afghanistan Rifleman James Backhouse 18 and Bombardier Craig Hopson 24 are to have streets in their home town named after them.
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
There have been a number of reports of planes flying at night in Fermanagh and there was also a recent report of a possible plane crash though nothing appears to have been found. The Army denied training with unmanned drones but did state that pilots were using Fermanagh for training purposes. An army spokesperson stated: “As you know, with Northern Ireland being part of the UK, there is low...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Barack Obama is expected to announce his long-delayed plans for a troop surge in Afghanistan next week with a promise of between 3,000 and 7,000 extra troops from Nato allies — including Britain, so as to stop this looking like America’s war.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
When Hamid Karzai was sworn in on Thursday and the world was watching to make sure he said all the right things, I was looking at my old friend to see if he meant them.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
GORDON BROWN has ordered defence chiefs to find a way of pulling some troops out of Afghanistan by the end of 2010, according to senior defence sources.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
THE RAF is to fly its first all-woman combat helicopter crew into action in southern Afghanistan.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
After a whistleblower revealed Canadian complicity in the torture of Afghan prisoners, a full public inquiry is vital One man has Canada in an uproar. Former second-in-command at the Canadian embassy in Kabul, Richard Colvin , told a parliamentary committee in Ottawa that all detainees handed over to the Afghanistan government by Canadian soldiers were abused . The opposition parties have called for...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Ten British servicewomen on operations in Afghanistan have been sent back to the UK in the past six months after falling pregnant, it was revealed today. The servicewomen were evacuated between April 31 and October 31 this year under military rules which ban pregnant women from being on battle duty, according to figures released to the Sunday Mirror by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). An MoD spokeswoman...
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natwhokares | 11/11/2009
http://whokares.net/2009/11/11th-of-november-should-be-a-bank-holiday/ Loading ... Especially today the 11th of November I’m wondering if this day should be a bank holiday. In France, it is. But a part, old people who go to put flowers to commemorate the soldiers who fought and died during the WW1, no one is really commemorate anything. But maybe in the UK it should be more important nowadays, because
abdulruff | 03/07/2009
Whither Pakistan ? (Anti-Islamic Strategic Coalition in Pakistan ) - By Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal *** Today one really does not know what exactly has been going on in Jinnah’s Pakistan and one has to just believe how the global media narrate the stories to suit their goals in pursuing the interests of their hawkish masters. Perhaps Jinnah had not chosen the right people then for the new Islamic nation...
abdulruff | 03/07/2009
July 03, 2009 Dear Editor: Indian yahoo is cutting my articles to size. So, Terror India has lost to a simple Muslim at last. 786* I dedicate all my journalistic, research writings to the memory of my grandmother Mohammad Meera Umma, who taught me alphabets and numerical first and primarily responsible for my school and college studies. ------------------ (Anti-Islamic Strategic Coalition in Pakistan...
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