World-News

Don't ask about the troops on bases here in Afghanistan who don't wear uniforms, have long beards (so they can better blend in during covert operations), tattoos and don't mingle with regular soldiers.

http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/07/1500617.aspx



'US attack' kills nine in Pakistan

Two missiles fired by a suspected US drone hit a residential compound in Tapai area of North Waziristan on Thursday, killing at least nine people.

http://www.dawn.com/2008/10/10/top6.htm



Pakistan condemn US strikes in border regions

U.S. missile attacks on suspected militants in Pakistan's northwest near Afghanistan are destabilizing the country and "helping the terrorists," the Muslim nation's Foreign Ministry said Friday.

http://www.njbiz.com/daily.asp?eDate=10/10/2008#76226


From Information Clearing House

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New Intelligence Report Says Pakistan Is "on the Edge"

Jonathan S. Landay and John Walcott, McClatchy Newspapers: "A growing al Qaida-backed insurgency, combined with the Pakistani army's reluctance to launch an all-out crackdown, political infighting and energy and food shortages are plunging America's key ally in the war on terror deeper into turmoil and violence, says a soon-to-be completed U.S. intelligence assessment. A US official who participated in drafting the top secret National Intelligence Estimate said it portrays the situation in Pakistan as 'very bad.' Another official called the draft 'very bleak,' and said it describes Pakistan as being 'on the edge.'"

http://www.truthout.org/101508N



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