29 October 2010

Al-Qaeda Exploits Kashmir Conflict to Expand Operations to India, The Jamestown Foundation // Global Terrorism Analysis, 28 October 2010

EXCERPT: "It appears increasingly clear that al-Qaeda is intent on striking in India. In fact, the organization provided assistance in the 2008 Mumbai attacks and may already have been connected to bomb strikes this year. India has remained largely untouched by al-Qaeda directed violence, but the nation...

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29 October 2010

Stark Warning Three Months into Pakistan Flood Crisis, AFP, 29 October 2010

EXCERPT: "International aid agency Oxfam warned Friday that three months into Pakistan's unprecedented flood crisis funds were drying up, putting millions at risk with swathes of farmland still under water. The stark warning came as the United Nations refugee agency said thousands of people displaced by the floods were likely to spend the winter in camps....

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29 October 2010

In Pakistan, Uncertainty Grows Over North Waziristan Operation, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 29 October 2010

EXCERPT: "The United States has wanted a ground operation because North Waziristan is the base of the notorious Haqqani network - which Washington considers the primary Taliban faction orchestrating terror attacks in Afghanistan today. But if the signals from Washington and Islamabad seemed to suggest that operation might...

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29 October 2010

In Pakistan, Religious Shrines Step Up Security against Attacks, The Washington Post, 29 October 2010

EXCERPT: "Across Pakistan, religious institutions are on high alert after a deadly attack Monday at the Baba Farid shrine in Pakpattan, in the eastern province of Punjab, where explosives hidden in milk canisters attached to a motorcycle killed seven people and injured 14. It was the latest assault, authorities said, in a terrorist...

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