Pakistan has neither the manpower nor the money to fortify its border with Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: U.S. and Pakistan Seek to Reinforce a Border That Was Arbitrary to Begin With
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War & Peace
Iran Eats Nuclear Scientist Rezaie’s Assassination as the Cost of Doing Business
There’s not much that a smaller power like Iran can do when the West assassinates one of its own except roll with the punches.
Islamophobes Insinuate Their Way Into U.S. Intelligence
Nonprofit groups and former intelligence analysts – most of whom have zero to no training in Islamic matters – have been raking in millions of dollars from their work outlining the supposed “Islamic” threat to America.
Cluster
On his last evening
Abu Ali walked home
between the rows of pine
that line his driveway,
settled in the shelter
of his grape arbor, rolled
a cigarette, was served tea
by his wife,
who was preparing
for the expected arrival
of unexpected guests.
He spotted a cluster
above his head
and tugged at it.
U.S. Arms Sales to Repressive Regimes Overlooked in Domestic Gun Control Debate
The gun lobby response to Oslo was business as usual for them: the victims should have been armed. Better a shoot-out than a massacre!
CIA Vaccination Program to Catch Bin Laden Makes Middle-East Even More Suspicious of Vaccinations
Extremist Muslim leaders have long been skeptical of Western vaccination programs.
Bottom of the “Bucket” List: the Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar recently authorized a Manhattan Project National Park.
The Dual Failure of Night Raids and Drones
Adapting to an unconventional war, the United States and its allies picked up some new tactics in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In the past few years, drone attacks and night raids have become staples of the effort to combat al-Qaeda and the Taliban. The announcement of a new counterterrorism strategy and the beginning of troop withdrawals from the conflict suggest that these methods are poised to become fixtures of how the U.S. combats global terrorist threats.
Afghanistan: Anatomy of a Hit
The July 12 assassination of Ahmed Wali Karzai in Kandahar is one of those moments when the long and bloody Afghanistan war suddenly comes into focus. It is not a picture one is eager to put up on the wall.
Don’t Believe Defense Cuts Until You See Them
What’s labeled “cuts” aren’t necessarily actual cuts. They could just as easily mean slower increases.