Tag: Pakistan

Regional Mobilization Here on May 18-19 Calls for an End to Civilian Casualties in Pakistan-Afghanistan Border Region

Peace activists from across California and even from Nevada are planning to mobilize here in San Diego to protest the world’s largest and leading manufacturer of drones May 18-19.

San Diego is home to defense contractor General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, site of the activists demonstration. General Atomics builds the Predator and Reaper drones generally costing U.S. taxpayers $4 million to $12 million each.

By Jeremy Scahill / The Nation / November 23, 2009

At a covert forward operating base run by the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, members of an elite division of Blackwater are at the center of a secret program in which they plan targeted assassinations of suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda operatives, “snatch and grabs” of high-value targets and other sensitive action inside and outside Pakistan, an investigation by The Nation has found. The Blackwater operatives also assist in gathering intelligence and help run a secret US military drone bombing campaign that runs parallel to the well-documented CIA predator strikes, according to a well-placed source within the US military intelligence apparatus.

UPDATE II:  New Report Says That U.S. Ground Troops Exchanged Fire With Pakistani Troops – go here. UPDATE: Pakistani President…

UPDATE: Pakistan Army says it found U.S. spy drone wreckage but denies shooting plane down – Go here for story….

After vows to respect sovereignty, U.S. strikes again in Pakistan By Saeed Shah • McClatchy Newspapers • September 17, 2008…

We have to ask this question despite the assurances we are being given. There’s been a flurry of diplomatic activity…

by Stephen Graham / Huffington Post /  September 16, 2008 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan’s military has ordered its forces to…

An Anatomy of Collateral Damage in the Bush Era By Tom Engelhardt/ TomDispatch.com / September 11, 2008 In a little…

by Tom Hayden / Published on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 by The Nation Barack Obama has restated his phased withdrawal…

By Tom Hayden, HuffingtonPost.com. Posted January 7, 2008. As predicted, Barack Obama’s advocacy of unilateral military intervention in Pakistan if…

I shed a tear this morning upon learning of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan today – half a…

What a Motion looks like in Pakistan. A Pakistani lawyer throws a teargas canister back towards police