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Archive for December 29th, 2007

Two Israelis Killed in West Bank

Unfortunately, I’m not surprised by this story: HEBRON, West Bank, Dec 28 (Reuters) – Palestinian militants killed two off-duty Israeli soldiers who were hiking on Friday near the West Bank city of Hebron, in a clash that left two of the gunmen dead, Israeli and Palestinian security sources said. What will Israel do? Notice that [...]

Al-Qaeda Claims Responsibility in Bhutto Killing

From the Asia Times Online: Al-Qaeda claims Bhutto killing By Syed Saleem Shahzad KARACHI – ”We terminated the most precious American asset which vowed to defeat mujahideen.” These were the words of al-Qaeda’s top commander for Afghanistan operations and spokesperson Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, immediately after the attack that claimed the life of Pakistani politician Benazir [...]

What Pakistan did and didn’t know

With all the attention now (rightfully) focused on the unfortunate death of Benazir Bhutto, I can’t help but wonder why the media isn’t giving more attention to the fact that Musharraf knew exactly what her situation was yet seemed to do little to strengthen her security. I came across this story yesterday evening (though its [...]

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