Quickhits - Happy "Saddam Day."
(AP) One year ago today, Saddam was executed. (Did someone get the President a cake?)
(BBC) Mansoor Dadullah "fired" by the Taleban? This Dadullah was in charge of military operations in Helmand, Kandahar, and other southern provinces. No reason given. (Maybe it has to do with the two Brits who were recently expelled from Afghanistan for talking with the Taleban in Helmand? Maybe Dadullah was their "target?")
(Telegraph) "Two European diplomats accused of holding secret talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan were thrown out of the country following a complaint by the US."
(NYTimes) Al Qaeda has turned its focus against the Pakistani government and is seeing an unflow of Pakistani fighters. (How can you write this article and not mention the months old Bin Laden tape where he says they will target Pakistan?)
(CNN) "Across her home province of Sindh, protesters outraged at Bhutto's killing burned election offices, where voter rolls and ballot boxes are kept, potentially derailing preparations for the vote, according to media reports."
(AP) "...the country's ruling party said crucial Jan. 8 elections would likely be delayed up to four months."
(NYTimes) Nawaz Sharif makes overtures to the PPP.
(LATimes) The US was providing Bhutto with "intelligence on dangers she faced from militants in Pakistan... the Americans provided security advice on ways her risks could be reduced."
And, the rioting is continuing.
In Iraq, (NYTimes) Suicide bombings tick up a little.
(Same article) "Iraq's leader, meanwhile, flew to London today for what an aide said was a routine medical checkup. Prime Minister Nouri Maliki... decided to take advantage of the recent ebb in violence to make the trip and was expected back within days, said Yasin Majeed, a media advisor."
(AFP) "The son of Sunni leader Adnan al-Dulaimi and one of his guards have been linked to explosives found in a house in Baghdad, Iraqi military spokesman Brigadier General Qassim Ata said on Saturday."
(BBC) Mansoor Dadullah "fired" by the Taleban? This Dadullah was in charge of military operations in Helmand, Kandahar, and other southern provinces. No reason given. (Maybe it has to do with the two Brits who were recently expelled from Afghanistan for talking with the Taleban in Helmand? Maybe Dadullah was their "target?")
(Telegraph) "Two European diplomats accused of holding secret talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan were thrown out of the country following a complaint by the US."
(NYTimes) Al Qaeda has turned its focus against the Pakistani government and is seeing an unflow of Pakistani fighters. (How can you write this article and not mention the months old Bin Laden tape where he says they will target Pakistan?)
(CNN) "Across her home province of Sindh, protesters outraged at Bhutto's killing burned election offices, where voter rolls and ballot boxes are kept, potentially derailing preparations for the vote, according to media reports."
(AP) "...the country's ruling party said crucial Jan. 8 elections would likely be delayed up to four months."
(NYTimes) Nawaz Sharif makes overtures to the PPP.
(LATimes) The US was providing Bhutto with "intelligence on dangers she faced from militants in Pakistan... the Americans provided security advice on ways her risks could be reduced."
And, the rioting is continuing.
In Iraq, (NYTimes) Suicide bombings tick up a little.
(Same article) "Iraq's leader, meanwhile, flew to London today for what an aide said was a routine medical checkup. Prime Minister Nouri Maliki... decided to take advantage of the recent ebb in violence to make the trip and was expected back within days, said Yasin Majeed, a media advisor."
(AFP) "The son of Sunni leader Adnan al-Dulaimi and one of his guards have been linked to explosives found in a house in Baghdad, Iraqi military spokesman Brigadier General Qassim Ata said on Saturday."
posted by mikevotes at
7:48 AM
2 Comments:
The expulsion of the 2 diplomats from Afghanistan represents two different approaches to the problem. The Europeans accept the need for dialogue and negotiation. The US presumably will settle for nothing less than total victory.
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Anonymous, at 11:14 AM
True.
The US can hardly be perceived as victorious if the end game comes in the form of concessions from the Taleban, the group they supposedly invaded Afghanistan to throw out.
It's the likely long term endgame, but the Bush administration can never accept a settled peace.
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mikevotes, at 11:18 AM
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