Almost every major newspaper in Pakistan has gone nuts starting yesterday morning when Guardian established it on authority that Raymond is in fact working on contract with the CIA and was originally employed by XE (previously Blackwater). As of today Washington Post has further divulged that he was a part of a JSOC (Joint Special Operations Command) covert unit, authorized to locate Al Qaeda and Lashker e Taiba members in Pakistan.
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A two part post, which shall discuss the lack of a national dialogue on terrorism, radicalization of masses and the complete apathy of the state and to an extent its opinion makers, towards finding a lasting solution.
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I was already planning to write a paragraph or two about Robert Haddick’s piece in Foreign Policy on Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program and then I came across this piece by @filterc at NI’s website, so thought of addressing both of them together.
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The attached file contains the detailed verdict of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, on reports that Gov. of Pakistan wishes to withdraw the notification of their restoration.
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It was in early 2009, when amidst all the doom and gloom; I mentioned that we will re-take agencies one by one. And, since then, you folks have seen that we went on to re-take Bajaur, then Mohmand, Swat, Darra Adam Khel – etc. This operation, I believe, should therefore be seen as an extension of the Pakistan Army’s operations in agencies, and not in isolation.
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