Paula R. Newberg, MIT Center for International Studies. May 27, 2008. The inequities built into Pakistan's current political system affect efforts to stop internal violence and rationalize foreign policy.
The Littlest Gator, Group News Blog AlterNet: PEEK. May 20, 2008. World prices on rice eased after Pakistan announced it will export 1 million tons to ease the food crisis.
Blue Texan, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. February 20, 2008. Given that she's lived through segregation, My Lai, and Abu Grhaib, it's fairly disturbing that Cindy McCain has ALWAYS been proud of our country.
Scarecrow, Firedoglake AlterNet: Election 2008. February 11, 2008. Let McCain take all the credit he wants for the surge. It looks like the voters will hold him responsible for the consequence -- all of them.
Tom Hayden, Huffington Post. January 7, 2008. Barack Obama's support for intervention in Pakistan if there is "actionable intelligence" against al-Qaeda legitimizes Bush's escalation plans.
Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. January 6, 2008. In an exclusive "60 Minutes" interview Musharraf refused to acknowledge any security lapses by his government in protecting Bhutto.
The Times of London UKJanuary 6, 2008. A former FBI translator claims U.S. officials allowed Pakistan and other states to steal nuclear weapons secrets.
Howie Klein, Down With Tyranny! AlterNet: PEEK. January 1, 2008. Almost everyone thought the US invading Afghanistan was a good idea--everyone, that is, except people who know their Afghan history.
Christy Hardin Smith, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. December 31, 2007. The Pakistani public is not buying the implausible BS coming out of Musharraf's government.
Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. December 29, 2007. Bhutto said in regards to working with Musharraf, "I'm not going to be the icing on the cake if it's a poisoned cake."
Tariq Ali, Comment Is Free. December 29, 2007. The assassination of Benazir Bhutto heaps despair upon Pakistan. Now her party must be democratically rebuilt.
Scarecrow, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. December 28, 2007. The Bush Administration did not kill Benazir Bhutto, but they want us to believe that only Al Qaeda is responsible and they're not.
Satyam Khanna, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. December 28, 2007. Huckabee’s muffed and embarrassing responses to Bhutto’s death underscore his glaring foreign policy incompetence.
Barbara Crossette, The Nation. December 28, 2007. Our preoccupation with Muslim terrorism in Pakistan and Afghanistan often blocks out the bigger picture: South Asia is a region drenched in blood.
Chris Bowers, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. December 27, 2007. We don't really seem to care if Pakistan is democratic, as long as it's stable. Oh wait, stable countries don't see opposition leaders assassinated...
Ali Eteraz, Huffington Post. December 27, 2007. Details about the attack that killed the two-time former Prime Minister of Pakistan are slowly coming via Pakistani media.
Howie Klein, Down With Tyranny! AlterNet: PEEK. December 24, 2007. While Musharraf was cracking jokes at Bush's expense he was stealing billions of American taxpayer dollars from the clueless Texas clod.
Scarecrow, Firedoglake AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. December 19, 2007. Sound familiar? A lawless government engages in unlawful arrests; people just disappear and are held in secret prisons for years, without charges...