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I find it very odd that when an earthquake happens in Haiti, there is comprehensive news coverage, forums full of people asking to donate (which is only right) but when these floods have hit Pakistan leaving literally millions of people affected, disease spreading, many dead, there is hardly anything at all, opr at least nowhere near the same scale yet just as many people, possibly more, are affected.

Please donate what you can to help these poor, poor people, please.
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Posted: Dec 4, 2009 - 4:58am

Blackwater’s Secret War in Pakistan: Jeremy Scahill Reveals Private Military Firm Operating in Pakistan Under Covert Assassination and Kidnapping Program.

In an explosive new article in The Nation magazine, investigative journalist and Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill reveals the private military firm Blackwater is part of a covert program in Pakistan that includes planning the assassination and kidnapping of Taliban and Al-Qaeda suspects. Blackwater is also said to be involved in a previously undisclosed U.S. military drone campaign that has killed scores of people inside Pakistan. The article says the program has become so secretive that top Obama administration and military officials have likely been unaware of its existence. In a Democracy Now! exclusive, Scahill joins us for his first interview since the story broke.

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Posted: Mar 16, 2009 - 9:48am

Beaker wrote:

To go with your morning coffee - this bit of warmth and happiness...

Barack Obama told: help Pakistan or risk a repeat of 9/11 in America or Britain

"One White House aide emerged from an intelligence briefing on Pakistan three days after Mr Obama's inauguration to exclaim: "Holy s—t!""

"What we've been seeing in recent weeks is truly apocalyptic warnings from the analysts, which suggest that that is now a live possibility. The Pakistani government seems unable to control its own military or intelligence people. The tribal areas are already a failed state and a safe haven for terrorists.

"If that spreads the whole country will become a terrorist university. The chance of a spectacular in the US, or Britain, is exponentially increased. And Pakistan has nuclear weapons."

This scenario in Pakistan has been building for many years now, unfortunately the fuse is coming to an end. {#Sad}

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Posted: Mar 4, 2009 - 7:48am
NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote: A country staring disaster in the face just for our daily dose of depression. This creeping loss of Paksitan to the Taliban is kind of shit-scary. is there an icon for crawling under a rock?

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Posted: Mar 4, 2009 - 7:43am

NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:

A country staring disaster in the face

just for our daily dose of depression.
This creeping loss of Paksitan to the Taliban is kind of shit-scary.

I'm reading the book Three Cups of Tea which talks about when the Taliban and Al Queda really got going in that area. The poor people of Pakistan are suffering greatly because of the ridiculous war being fought in their country.

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Posted: Mar 4, 2009 - 6:31am
A country staring disaster in the face just for our daily dose of depression. This creeping loss of Paksitan to the Taliban is kind of shit-scary.

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Posted: Mar 2, 2009 - 8:01pm
OCDHG wrote: Wow that was really interesting... who is the "host" of this video, what's his story? I didn't know him but Googling, I see Suroosh Alvi is co-founder with Spike Jonze of VBS.tv . He has a kind of eeky attitude toward guns but he showed us some cool stuff. I think if they weren't shooting the place up so much, it'd be a pretty attractive tourist spot.

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Posted: Mar 2, 2009 - 6:25pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

I have a guy who sends me lots of crap emails with taglines like "draw your own conclusions!" which of course I do and of course they're way different from his conclusions but hey. He sent this link to a video that I actually found interesting enough that I can't draw any conclusions right away.

The Gun Markets of Pakistan

Wow that was really interesting... who is the "host" of this video, what's his story?

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Posted: Mar 2, 2009 - 12:52pm
I have a guy who sends me lots of crap emails with taglines like "draw your own conclusions!" which of course I do and of course they're way different from his conclusions but hey. He sent this link to a video that I actually found interesting enough that I can't draw any conclusions right away. The Gun Markets of Pakistan

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Posted: Nov 5, 2008 - 10:11am

Servo wrote:

Looks like we have Pakistan right where we want them, and need them if we are to ever close the book on 9-11 by taking justice to Osama Bin Laden. And maybe, with Barack Obama as President, the US can reduce the count of nations with The Bomb by one.

fat chance, would you give up the bomb if your neighbours had one?
pakistan is more dangerous than iran or iraq. where do you think all the fighters are coming from. they believe they don't think.

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Posted: Nov 5, 2008 - 9:36am

romeotuma wrote:

Pakistan Facing Bankruptcy

Monday 06 October 2008
by: Isambard Wilkinson, The Telegraph UK

Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves are so low that the country can only afford one month of imports and faces possible bankruptcy.

Islamabad - Officially, the central bank holds $8.14 billion (£4.65 billion) of foreign currency, but if forward liabilities are included, the real reserves may be only $3 billion - enough to buy about 30 days of imports like oil and food...

romeotuma wrote:

Pakistan embassy in Washington—

"President (Asif Ali) Zardari expressed the hope that Pakistan-US relations will be enhanced under the new American leadership that received a popular mandate in Tuesday's poll."

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