Pakistan's Military Under al-Qaeda Attack -- Syed Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times
ISLAMABAD - The brazen al-Qaeda-linked attack on the Pakistan navy's Mehran air base in the southern port city of Karachi on Sunday night marks the violent beginning of an internal ideological struggle between Islamist elements in the Pakistani armed forces and their secular and liberal top brass.
More than 10 heavily armed militants attacked the base from three sides, blowing up several sensitive aircraft including a United States-manufactured surveillance plane. At least 20 security personnel are known to have been killed and as of late Monday morning the militants were still holding hostages in the facility.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Guerrilla theater of operation. Osama bin Laden’s intended prize was Islamabad’s nukes -- By Ammar Turabi, The Washington Times
Sudan's disputed region isn't oil-rich, it's water-rich -- Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy
Border Town Incursion Poses Big Risk for Sudan -- Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times
The Iran-9/11 Connection -- Philip Shenon, Yahoo News/The Daily Beast
Enemy of the State. Are we at war with Pakistan’s intelligence service? -- Eli Lake, The New Republic
The lessons of Libya -- The Economist
Spain: Look forward in anger -- The Guardian editorial
Strauss-Kahn’s downfall is a gift to Sarkozy -- Lysiane gagnon, Globe and Mail
U.S. and britain. Special relationship, yes. Just not unique -- David Rothkopf, The Independent
Why China’s Leaders Fear Inflation -- Minxin Pei, The Diplomat
Singapore elections and lessons for China -- Loh Su Hsing, Jakarta Post
An Anti-Israel President -- Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal
Obama’s next war. President’s ill-considered Islamist backing puts Israel in the cross hairs. -- Frank J. Gaffney Jr., The Washington Times
Excited by power, Obama ignores legal restraints -- Timothy P. Carney, Washington Examiner
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