Pakistan

| NEW YORK | RUPEE NEWS | July 25th, 2008 | Moin Ansari |: Right after another daring attack on Kabul rattled Karzai’s shakey regime,  Mr. Karzai said that “‘I Wish I Had the Taliban as My Soldiers’ Hamid Karzai “. Well the “Mayor of Kabul” doesn’t. The Paushtuns on the other hand have most of the country on their side. They have the Taliban, the Hiz ul Mujihideen and almost all of the other leaders who foremerly opposed the USSR and fought them. Britain’s unnecessary wars in 1879-1939-2001... Read Full Story

Banglore Bombs: Blowback from Kabul–Pakhtuns to India: Get out of Afghanistan     | NEW YORK | RUPEE NEWS | July 25th, 2008 | Moin Ansari | The earthquake had already hit the service sector in Madras. The explosions in the heart of India’s $50 Billion IT industry has reverberations beyond the “Computer coolies” who many the Call Centers. While China offers stability and has begun bundling Chinese IT services with its products, the Bangalore is now rocked by real bombs–a result of India’s... Read Full Story

Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, leader of the opposition in the Pakistan Parliament warned the nation that President Musharraf might invoke Article 58(2b) to dismiss parliament if law and order and the economic situation did not begin to show signs of improvement. He charged the governing Pakistan People’s Party had not been able to tackle serious economic problems the country was facing which might require action on the part of President Musharraf to assume unilateral power in the nation. It appears... Read Full Story

Where’ the beef? Rhetoric from the USA but no US arms for Pakistani Forontier Corps US AID TO PAKISTAN: Ephimeral, Invisible, too little and useless $40 Billion has been pldeged for Afghanistan. Pakistan got $5 billion!!!  US aid: Pakistan gets less than 50% of actual amount spent on war Pakistan has been given pennies on the Dollar. Out of the aid given to Pakistan, half of it stays in the USA, and another 25% is spent on logistics. US again offers peanuts in aid. Pakistanis want to reject... Read Full Story

  Jul 24, 2008 THE ROVING EYE  Al-Qaeda's got a brand new bag  By Pepe Escobar   WASHINGTON - Al-Qaeda is back - with a vengeance of sorts. Listen to Mustafa Abu al-Yazeed - a senior al-Qaeda commander in Afghanistan, in a very rare interview with Pakistan's Geo TV, shot in Khost, in eastern Afghanistan. "At this stage this is our understanding - that there is no difference between the American people and the American government itself. If we see this through sharia [Islamic] law, American... Read Full Story

  Jul 24, 2008 THE ROVING EYE  Al-Qaeda’s got a brand new bag  By Pepe Escobar   WASHINGTON - Al-Qaeda is back - with a vengeance of sorts. Listen to Mustafa Abu al-Yazeed - a senior al-Qaeda commander in Afghanistan, in a very rare interview with Pakistan’s Geo TV, shot in Khost, in eastern Afghanistan. “At this stage this is our understanding - that there is no difference between the American people and the American government itself. If we see this through sharia [Islamic] law, American... Read Full Story

“Do More” Mantra increases Anti-Americanism. NEW YORK | RUPEE NEWS | July 25th, 2008 | Moin Ansari: Prime Minister Makhdoom Gilaniis going to Washington DC for his first meeting with President Bush and senior administration leaders. One doesn’t have to be a muse to figure out that the welcome speech by the American hosts. In a macabre drama the hosts will parrot the thoughts of the puppet in Afghanistan, the “Mayor of Kabul“. The sacrifices of the Pakistani soldiers will be dismissed by the... Read Full Story