This seems like deja vu again and again. It is a well established fact that Pakistan has played with fire in the past, using US and Saudi money and support to built up an Islamic Army to fight against the Russian invasion of Afghanistan. Towards this end, the Pakistanis used religion as a tool, and [...]
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This has got to be the shortest peace effort in years. Former President Jimmy Carter, who has been preaching peace and settlement for the past few years, probably took on his toughest effort; getting Hamas to say we do ‘recognize Israel’. So it was good to hear him come out and say triumphantly that Hamas [...] The reformists had their day under former President Khatami, but his administration led to 2 factors that have totally changed the situation after that, and for the worse. Khatami was the golden boy of the reformers, who wanted to break the stronghold of the clergy over Iranian Government policy and direction. However, over the period [...] Pakistan is really facing strange days. After the tragedy of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination more than a month back, the country seems to going through some mighty strange days. For one, the President and former army chief, Gen. Musharraf is blamed by large sections of the country’s population for having a role in the assassination; if [...] |
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