The Spy Who Stayed In The Cold A new film about the CIA is as enigmatic as its director, Robert De Niro.... Read Full Article Critic’s Choice: ’Fox Before The Code’ Film Forum’s series features 45 movies produced before the film industry’s family-values-driven Production Code of 1934.... Read Full Article Suicide Bombing In Pakistan Kills 15 A burqa-clad woman blew herself up and killed at least 15 people Monday at a crowded police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan, police said.... Read Full Article Comcast Adjusts Way It Manages Internet Traffic Comcast said that instead of interfering with specific online applications, it will manage traffic by slowing the Internet speeds of its most bandwidth-hogging users when traffic is busiest.... Read Full Article Half-trained Troops To Fight The Taleban Nearly 1,000 new army recruits face having their combat training cut by half so that they can be rushed to the battlefields of Afghanistan.... Read Full Article |
Militancy NewsTurkey Set to Invest in Better Relations With KurdsTurkey’s government is planning a series of investments in the country’s largely Kurdish southeast, in a new economic initiative intended to draw people away from militancy.Read Full Article In Pakistan, Doubts Over the Fight in Tribal AreasThe announcement of a cease-fire against one of Pakistan’s most wanted men has raised questions about the government’s commitment to combating militancy.Read Full Article World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Prison for Would-Be Jihad FighterSohail Qureshi, a London dental technician who was arrested at Heathrow Airport in 2006 boarding a flight to Pakistan, was sentenced to four and a half years in prison in the first conviction under a new law against planning terrorism. The prosecutor said Mr. Qureshi, originally from Pakistan, planned a ?two- to three-week operation? either in Pakistan or Afghanistan, possibly against Western troops. He was carrying nearly $18,000, a telescopic night sight and a computer hard drive loaded with militant Islamic tracts, the court was told. Prosecutors said that he had trained with jihadist groups in Pakistan linked to Al Qaeda and that his skills included encrypting e-mail messages. The court was also told of e-mail exchanges he had with Samina Malik, known as the ?lyrical terrorist,? who received a suspended sentence in November for keeping a library of terrorist material. Ms. Malik, a clerk at a Heathrow newsstand who wrote poetry limning her passion for Islamic militancy, received an e-mail message from Mr. Qureshi asking about security arrangements at Heathrow. According to the prosecution, she replied, ?The airport security is as tight as ever.?.Read Full Article On Strike to Protect the Gains of the Past, With an Eye on the FutureDo recent walkouts at the auto unions, on Broadway and in Hollywood portend a resurgence of labor, even a new union militancy?Read Full Article Turkey Dismisses 23 in Armed Forces, Some for MilitancyThe Turkish military, which considers itself the guardian of the country’s secular tradition, dismissed the officers for pro-Islamist activities or lack of discipline.Read Full Article External News for: militancyWhy the Pakistan Army Won't Fight Afghanistan's Taliban - TIMEBBC NewsWhy the Pakistan Army Won't Fight Afghanistan's TalibanTIMEIt is also forced to commit forces to guard against upsurges of militancy in other parts of Pakistan. And, of course, the army's priority remains guarding ...Pakistan Worried Over New US War StrategyPravdaOperation Waziristan: An overviewPakistan ObserverUS missile strike kills 8 in PakistanABS CBN NewsThe News International -Zee Newsall 990 news articles »Why the Pakistan Army Won't Fight Afghanistan's Taliban - TIMEBBC NewsWhy the Pakistan Army Won't Fight Afghanistan's TalibanTIMEIt is also forced to commit forces to guard against upsurges of militancy in other parts of Pakistan. And, of course, the army's priority remains guarding ...Pakistan Worried Over New US War StrategyPravdaOperation Waziristan: An overviewPakistan ObserverUS missile strike kills 8 in PakistanABS CBN NewsThe News International -Zee Newsall 990 news articles »US Military Ability to Find Militancy in Ranks Questioned - Voice of AmericaAFPUS Military Ability to Find Militancy in Ranks QuestionedVoice of AmericaGeneral Keane says commanders need specific guidance to help them recognize signs of Islamic militancy in the ranks, and instructions on how to deal with it ...Rules for US soldiers ban Islamic extremism: PentagonAFPall 6 news articles »Why the Pakistan Army Won't Fight Afghanistan's Taliban - TIMEBBC NewsWhy the Pakistan Army Won't Fight Afghanistan's TalibanTIMEIt is also forced to commit forces to guard against upsurges of militancy in other parts of Pakistan. And, of course, the army's priority remains guarding ...Pakistan Worried Over New US War StrategyPravdaOperation Waziristan: An overviewPakistan ObserverUS missile strike kills 8 in PakistanABS CBN NewsThe News International -Zee Newsall 990 news articles »US Military Ability to Find Militancy in Ranks Questioned - Voice of AmericaAFPUS Military Ability to Find Militancy in Ranks QuestionedVoice of AmericaGeneral Keane says commanders need specific guidance to help them recognize signs of Islamic militancy in the ranks, and instructions on how to deal with it ...Rules for US soldiers ban Islamic extremism: PentagonAFPall 6 news articles »US Afghan policy shouldn't disturb regional balance, says Gilani - Daily TimesBoston GlobeUS Afghan policy shouldn't disturb regional balance, says GilaniDaily Times... with whom it wants to build a long-term and sustained relationship even beyond the cooperation in countering the militancy and extremism,” Panetta said. ...'Al-Qaeda, Taliban leaders not in Pakistan'The News InternationalInclude Pakistan's input in Afghan policy, US urgedThaindian.comUS Must Share New Afghan StrategyKhaleej Timesall 389 news articles » |
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