Friday, April 17, 2009

Pakistan In Turmoil -- News Updates April 17-18, 2009


U.S. Experts: Pakistan On Course To Become Islamist State -- McClatchy News

WASHINGTON — A growing number of U.S. intelligence, defense and diplomatic officials have concluded that there's little hope of preventing nuclear-armed Pakistan from disintegrating into fiefdoms controlled by Islamist warlords and terrorists, posing a greater threat to the U.S. than Afghanistan's terrorist haven did before 9/11.

"It's a disaster in the making on the scale of the Iranian revolution," said a U.S. intelligence official with long experience in Pakistan who requested anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak publicly.

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More News On Pakistan

'Pakistan in danger of fracturing into Islamist fiefdom' -- Times Of India
Taliban moving on Mardan -- Long War Journal
Pakistan: 'War on terror' sparks stand-off with US -- ADNKronis
1,942 terror incidents in Pakistan in 15 months -- Times Of India
Pakistan lists 1,400 terror dead -- BBC
Taliban committing crime to generate funds -- International News
‘Drone strikes not so intolerable to Islamabad’ -- Daily Times
ISI ‘Snub’ of US Officials ‘Stage-Managed’ by Pakistan: Stratfor -- India Journal
Out on bail, radical cleric calls for Islamic law across Pakistan -- Miami Herald
Radical Pakistan cleric backs bloodshed -- CNN
Donors pledge $5bn for Pakistan -- BBC
Pakistan stripped of 2011 World Cup matches -- Yahoo News/AFP
World Cup matches moved out of Pakistan -- CNN
Pakistan's struggle -- Japan Times editorial
A Primer on Pakistan: Why It Matters -- Huffington Post

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