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X-post... Massive PAF exercises this month SLAMABAD, March 12: Pakistan Air Force will hold its biggest exercises in the third week of this month. The exercises will cover the entire country, from Skardu in the north to Arabian Sea in the south. Sources told Dawn on Friday that High Mark 2010 would ...

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US-Pakistan ties stalk Afghan peace - M.K.Bhadrakumar An absolutely fine article. Looking at it from India's PoV, his predictions are dire. TSP gets a proxy govt in Afganisthan, it gets to keep LeT and India terror groups intact, it gets billions in economic aid and military India-pecific goodies; ...

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Carl_T wrote:I have read that Marjah isn't actually a town, but just a few huts and a market.

The TV show Worldfocus had clips of Marjah and it is as you describe. The Afghan govt rep was a Popalzai.

The clip might be at their site worldfocus.org.

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Old news but very relevant.... L-e-T and J-e-M Lashkar e Toiba, Jaish e Mohammad� Author: Publication: The Indian Express Date: December 31, 2000 Introduction: � Muzamil Jaleel on the men behind the mayhem . Death is the only aim of their lives. In fact, they celebrate death. Surrender is out of que...

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Looks like the Australian David Hicks was a proto-Headley. David Hicks More about L-e-T L-e-T The Lashkar-e-Taiba was created to participate in the Mujahideen conflict against the Najibullah regime in Afghanistan. Did they get contacts with US in this task? In the process, the outfit developed deep ...

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Kersiji, Does India make diesel turbo chargers for trucks etc?

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Never mind all that. Try to read that book "Lightning Bolts". It will give you a very deep understanding of Indian program. Kalamji broke the sixth country syndrome. What is that you ask? Well in every news report they DDM adds the appendix "India is the sixth country to do this or th...

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... no this is important bcoz NS badgers WC about how reasonable is india in trying to insist that terrorism be stopped, before talks. he badgers her as if this is a valid position. she is weighed down by her own position as an amaerican diplomat to being nice and decent, but somebody of worth, who...

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Its a no-test and not a failure as the press reports are saying. The interceptor was not launched as the target was off course. I don't understand the DDMitis and the rush to declare failure. PTI says: Interceptor missile test turns to be a non-starter STAFF WRITER 21:26 HRS IST Balasore (Orissa), M...

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India's missile shield test fails: officials

News report title is wrong.

The target went off-course and the ABM was not launched. So its a no-test.

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Book Review; Lightning Bolts: First MRVs by William Yengst. The author traces the history of the evolution of MRVs and developments in US, India, China and Russia in that order. He thanks Arun_S for his Agni RV conceptual sketches and credits the now defunct BRF missile pages in his references. A mu...

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Book Review; Lightning Bolts: First MRVs by William Yengst. The author traces the history of the evolution of MRVs and developments in US, India, China and Russia in that order. He thanks Arun_S for his Agni RV conceptual sketches and credits the now defunct BRF missile pages in his references. A mu...

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Here is the link
[url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/princess- ... 57352.html]LINK[/source]

Yes its per captia.

Per capita calorie consumption on a nation by nation basis, compiled and produced by the World Food Program

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Nightwatch 3/11/10 Afghanistan-Pakistan: Update. Afghan President Karzai is visiting Pakistan and wants the Islamabad government to hand over captured Afghan Taliban commander Mullah Berader. He also insisted Afghanistan is dedicated to pursuing peace talks with the militants despite lukewarm enthus...

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Night watch Comments 3/11/10 Pakistan: A shuffling of general officers was announced by Dawn News today. According to the news service, 29 brigadiers were promoted to major general and at least seven major generals are to be promoted to lieutenant general in the coming weeks. Among those to be gradu...

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Night watch Comments 3/11/10 Pakistan: A shuffling of general officers was announced by Dawn News today. According to the news service, 29 brigadiers were promoted to major general and at least seven major generals are to be promoted to lieutenant general in the coming weeks. Among those to be gradu...

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This list is of Sept 2008, 2 months before the attack. ISI chief, four corps commanders changed * Ahmed Shujaa Pasha replaces Nadeem Taj as DG ISI * Seven major generals promoted to lieutenant general Taj has been appointed Gujranwala Corps Commander. Lt Gen Muhammad Yousaf has been appointed Bahaw...

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US worried over LeT triggering Indo-Pak war Washington A top US Army official has raised concerns over the possibility of a war between India and Pakistan triggered by extremist groups like the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT). Addressing the Senate Committee on Armed Services, Lt Gen. Francis Kearney, Deputy...

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While all the time its the ISI and its minions cleaning up the soft-liners in order to pass the hard liners as good Taliban.

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Carl_T wrote:Hasn't Turkey been moving closer to Iran though?

How does that work? Its against their history (Ottomon vs Safavid) and even religion (Sunni vs Shia) and not to mention culture (Turkic vs Persian).

However you will see that line peddled by Western 'experts'.

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SonyTv had ANI news segment last night. The show was about people in POK complaining of adultrated food stuffs and who they are being cheated by TSP. And some mumblings about SWAT.

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A Saudi-Turkish alliance against Iran? http://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/03/11/a_saudi_turkish_alliance_against_iran Thats the old Byzantium +Arabs against the Persians or Ottomon Redux. It was the defeat of the Ottomons against the Safavids which led to the Sultan sweeping thru Heajz and A...

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I started a new thread on the book. I dont recall seeing the part '0' post. Please repost here and the other thread.

Thanks, ramana

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bt e-mail A brilliant article by Ramesh Thakur, director of the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, and Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo, on what ails Indo-US relations under Obama and what...

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[quote="Malayappan"]India seeks a new direction

This article makes a lot of assumptions and assertions about Indian Foreign policy. Might be useful to summarize and de-construct them.

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Thanks for remembering.

Where is part 0?

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IA might not know spec writing but the do know how to fight. I think the usefulness is in understanding what made them decide to cold shoulder a local development? The entire IA modernization program was in abeyance due to the long delays and when the first models show up they have logistics issues....

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Go to the WFP site. Its UN agency. Its called the fat map.

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Paki press claim they have a path forward in Af-Pak after recent visits by many Afghan leaders.

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Nightwatch 3/10/10.... Turkey-Saudi Arabia: On 9 March, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan received the King Faisal International Prize for Service to Islam in Saudi Arabia, according to Turkey’s state-run Anatolia news agency today. The King Faisal International Prize is presented to scientists and oth...

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It might be useful to understand why those tactics were adopted by IA?

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X-post... Great Powers and the Quest for Hegemony: The World Order since 1500, by Jeremy Black In Great Powers and the Quest for Hegemony, Jeremy Black, prolific student of grand strategy and war, takes a critical look at Paul Kennedy's 1988 classic, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers Opening by ...

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Sensational item! Could the Surat "Plague" also have been an "outside job?" The world's intel agencies must be kept in complete control in India. Don't remember if it was reliable source or some blog, but there was an article on surat plague that mentioned that virus strains wer...

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Anujan wrote:Maulana Abdul Ghafoor, the Amir of Jamaat-e-Ahl e sunnat has been bumped off in Karachi.

Is this different than Ahl-e-Hadith or the same? If so it means Deobandis are consolidating.

A couple of years ago the entire leadership of A-e-H was blown up at a meeting in Karachi.

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NRao, ISI is not an independent entity.Its a part and parcel of TSPA. Taking care of ISI is belling the cat. Short of military collapse of TSPA it wont happen.
Tell us more reachable targets.

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Thanks. How many more so we can decide if we want a new thread to discuss and understand?

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Source Analysis: Interpreting tribal leaders of FATA —Farhat Taj Anger against the Pakistan Army and the Taliban is intense and getting more intense with every passing day and so is disappointment with the government of Pakistan I am compiling a list of the tribal leaders of FATA who have been vict...

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The WKK/Colonial born generation has to pass on.

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There must be pic of him somewhere. Why dont they show his pics among with others and note Kasab's reaction?

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Is there a list of who got what awards in TSP after Jan 2009 or promoted to Lt Gen?

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