Monday, October 19, 2009

Pakistan Civil War News Updates -- October 19, 2009



The Battle For 'Terror Central' In Pakistan -- The Telegraph

As Pakistan pours troops and armour into the al-Qaeda safe haven of South Waziristan, Dean Nelson assesses the timing and significance of the onslaught, and asks whether it could spark a national conflagration.

Pity poor Pakistan. As I write, 30,000 of its troops are advancing ever further into one of its fiercely independent tribal areas to kill thousands of their own countrymen many of them don't want to fight, in a war they cannot win.

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More News On Pakistan

Civilians flee Pakistan's anti-Taliban offensive -- Yahoo News/AFP
Pakistan steps up border offensive -- Yahoo News/AP
Pakistan pounds militant targets -- BBC
Pakistan Continues Waziristan Offensive -- Voice of America
Pakistan Claims Gain In Offensive On Taliban -- Wall Street Journal
Pakistan Presses Drive Against Militants -- Washington Post
Pakistan Army takes fight to Taliban in South Waziristan -- Christian Science Monitor
By Air and Ground, Pakistani Soldiers Penetrate Militant Heartland -- New York Times
Pakistan Closes in on Taliban Leader's South Waziristan Strongholds -- Daily Telegraph
Pakistan Says 60 Militants Killed; Taliban Says it Pushed Back Troops -- L.A. Times
Taliban Resists Major Assault by Pakistan -- The Australian
Taleban Militants Put Up Stern Resistance to South Waziristan Offensive -- Times Online
Pakistan army operation kills 78 militants in Waziristan -- China Daily
Pakistan Expects 250,000 Refugees From South Waziristan Fighting -- Bloomberg

Commentaries And Analysis

SCENARIOS - Pakistan's offensive against the Taliban -- Reuters
Pakistan: Behind the Waziristan Offensive -- Time Magazine
Why South Waziristan offensive won't help US in Afghanistan -- Christian Science Monitor
Pakistani stocks fall sharply amid seccrity worries -- Reuters
India says situation in Pakistan "very serious" -- China View
Inside the troubled and dangerous Pakistan -- Boston.com
Yes, the Taleban are Being Thumped But... -- Anatol Lieven, The Times opinion

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