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Risks and Rewards of U.S. Raids in Pakistan

Ret. Army Lt. Col. Bob Maginnis has a great article up on Human Events about the Bush administration’s recent decision to go in to Pakistan without prior Pakistani approval. In the article he echoes some points we’ve been making here on The Conservative Beacon.
Here are some key excerpts:
The world’s worst safe havens problem is [...]

Steve Emerson Exposes State Department’s Ties to Radical Islamist Groups

Terrorism expert Steve Emerson, who we have had on The Conservative Beacon a couple of times, is leading the charge to have the State Department re-think some of its relationships in its Muslim outreach program:
The State Department has collaborated with many radical Islamist organizations and individuals in its attempts to engage in outreach to the [...]

U.S. Accuses Pakistan of Aiding Attack on Indian Embassy

More details are coming out as to why the CIA went to Pakistan to present evidence that the U.S. knows its aiding militants:
American intelligence agencies have concluded that members of Pakistan’s powerful spy service helped plan the deadly July 7 bombing of India’s embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, according to United States government officials.
The conclusion was [...]

U.S. Strike May Have Killed al-Qaeda’s WMD Expert

Here is some potential good news in Pakistan:
An apparent U.S. missile strike on a compound in northwestern Pakistan killed six people early yesterday, including a man believed to be a top al-Qaeda operative and key figure in the terrorist group’s production of chemical weapons and conventional explosives, U.S. and Pakistani sources said.
The death of Abu [...]

Lawyers, Political Correctness Tie Military’s Hands in Afghanistan

It would appear, at least in my humble opinion, that many of the lawyers in the Defense Department value the lives of foreigners more than the lives of our troops.
Thanks to the lawyers and the effective of liberals to infuse political correctness into the Defense Department and the military, our forces are having to [...]

Taliban Goes Into Marble Business in Pakistan; Official Denies Foreign Presence

More great news over the weekend on the situation in Pakistan.
First, I read this in The New York Times:
The mountain of white marble shines with such brilliance in the sun it looks like snow. For four years, the quarry beneath it lay dormant, its riches captive to tribal squabbles and government ineptitude in this [...]

Special Ops Frustrated with Policy Makers Over Hunt for Bin Laden

After reading this article from Bill Gertz at The Washington Times today I really question if the State Department really does any good and if it has America’s best interests in mind.
It seems as though former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage voiced “opposition to the use of commando operations” inside Pakistan.

New York Times: Special Forces Await Green Light to Move on al-Qaeda in Pakistan

Well we may finally be getting some more pieces of the puzzle of why more has not been done to fight the al-Qaeda and Taliban resurgence inside Pakistan.

Report: U.S. “Preparing the Battlefield” in Iran

This assertion is being made by Seymour Hersh so consider the source, but this is one time that he hope he is dead on.

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