Former Fox News analyst at center of Pakistani firestorm
Pakistan’s powerful army has become enraged after a secret memo indicated President Asif Ali Zardari’s government asked for U.S. help to prevent a military coup following the Navy SEAL raid in May that killed Osama bin Laden. – Washington Post, November 18, 2011. Former Fox News Channel Middle East analyst, businessman Mansoor Ijaz, is at [...]
Chinook tragedy: Taliban acquisition of night vision technology probed
During the weekend, U.S. Special Operations troops were closing in on a secret Taliban summit thought to include a high-value commander in Afghanistan’s rugged Tangi Valley when they ran into an insurgent patrol that pinned them down. Before dawn on Saturday, members of the elite U.S. Navy SEAL Team Six packed into a twin-rotor Chinook [...]
UK: new foreign policy direction
When President Obama announced that US troops killed Osama bin Laden, millions celebrated around the world, especially in the US. A number of analysts and politicians expressed ebullient enthusiasm about the historical significance of the occasion. Very few bothered to analyze the cost to US and other governments for the war on terrorism that has [...]