BEARS!!!! A bear killed two militants after discovering them in its den in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say. Two other militants escaped, one of them badly wounded, after the attack in Kulgam district, south of Srinagar. The militants had assault rifles but were taken by surprise – police found the remains of pudding they had made […]
The latest in the Jack Ryan movies nearly comes to life: A mysterious night-time telephone call last week brought nuclear-armed India and Pakistan close to the brink of war at the height of the crisis over the Mumbai terror attacks, Pakistani officials said Sunday. They said the “threatening” call was made, ostensibly by Indian Foreign […]
When Obama said he would go after al Qaeda in Pakistan, the right wingers went ape shit. They couldn’t believe he would do such a thing to a sovereign nation. I mean we could have seen future articles like this: U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan fired across the border into Pakistan in a strike targeting Taliban […]
Because Iran is the big threat: An explosion and several rounds of gunfire went off Monday at a luxury hotel frequented by foreigners, and a Taliban spokesman said a suicide bomber and three militants with grenades and guns were responsible for the attack. An American who was exercising in the hotel gym said she heard […]
I am sure everyone has heard the news that the Taliban bombed a U.S. base in Afghanistan, where Dick Cheney was staying. The Taliban then released a statement that they were targeting Cheney. With all this news, there is a key question that isn’t gaining that much attention. Take this line: “This shows how much […]
The right-wing meme about Iraq and Bush has always been “we haven’t been attacked since 9/11”. When you try to use the same for Clinton, saying before 9/11, we weren’t attacked since the first WTC bombing, they quickly point to bombings of our embassies and of the Cole. A few months ago, we saw our […]
Here is the reason why we won’t be able to help Israel out militarily – we can’t. Look at a couple of the stories today. First from Iraq: A suicide bomber pulled his van into a busy market on Tuesday, lured labourers with job offers and blew himself up, killing scores in one of the […]
Think Progress highlighted this great little sound bite from Tony Snow on CNN yesterday: BLITZER: Let’s move on and talk about some other issues. I know your time is limited. Afghanistan. Is the Taliban making a serious comeback right now? SNOW: I think what the Taliban is doing – and it’s predictable – is that […]