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Pakistan Makes US Look Like Chumps

Kevin Spak — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:59:31 CDT

Last week, Admiral Mike Mullen called out Pakistan’s Inter-Service Intelligence agency “as the most adroit double-dealing profiteer from terrorism in the entire region,” Christopher Hitchens writes for Slate . Mullen accused Pakistan of orchestrating the attack on the US embassy in Kabul, and Hitchens believes him; after all, there’s no reason...

US to Pakistan: Take Out Haqqani

Kevin Spak — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:09:50 CDT

US officials have been sending Pakistan an increasingly sharp message in recent days: Take out the Haqqani Taliban network, or we will. Pakistan’s intelligence service has a longstanding relationship with the Haqqani network—Adm. Mike Mullen described it as a “proxy connection”—but after a series of recent attacks, including...

Adm. Mullen: For Smooth Iraq Withdrawal, 'Now Is the Time'

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:45:29 CDT

Iraq's indecision on whether to ask American forces to stay beyond the end of the year is pushing the US close to the point where a smooth, safe troop withdrawal will be jeopardized, the top US military officer said today upon arriving in the country. Adm. Mike Mullen said that...

Pakistan on Dead Journo: Accusation 'Irresponsible'

Kevin Spak — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:14:05 CDT

Pakistan is furious today over US allegations that it tortured and killed journalist Saleem Shahzad. A few days ago, US military officials were reluctant to even anonymously confirm that the Pentagon suspected the ISI in the killing, but yesterday Admiral Mike Mullen himself said he believed Pakistan’s government had “sanctioned”...

Pakistan Army Rails Against US Ties

Kevin Spak — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:46:03 CDT

The US-Pakistan security alliance has deteriorated so badly that Pakistani officers actually jeered top general Ashfaq Kayani at a town-hall-style meeting last month, demanding to know why Pakistan still supports US policy, officials tell the Washington Post . That kind of open criticism “is something no Pakistani military commander has ever...

Meet the New Joint Chiefs Chairman

John Johnson — Sat, 28 May 2011 18:29:51 CDT

The White House is putting out the unofficial word today to the big news outlets that the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will be Army Gen. Martin Dempsey. Currently the Army's top general, he is known not only for his military skills but for his political and...

Clinton Visits Pakistan—and It Doesn't Go Very Well

Matt Cantor — Fri, 27 May 2011 09:58:05 CDT

Hillary Clinton met with senior leaders in Pakistan today, including President Asif Ali Zardari and the chief of the army, to discuss the country’s future in the fight against terror. The New York Times puts it succinctly: The visit “did not appear to go well.” In place of the usual...

40 Tense Minutes Inside the Situation Room

Polly Davis Doig — Mon, 02 May 2011 18:41:51 CDT

It was a daring gambit: Invade another nation's airspace, raid a compound, bag the world's most notorious terrorist, and get your troops out alive—all on the 50% to 80% chance Osama bin Laden was even there to begin with. Once President Obama ordered the raid on the Pakistan compound,...

US: Pakistan's Spy Agency Is al-Qaeda Supporter

Kevin Spak — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:13:10 CDT

The US military has considered Pakistan’s spy agency an al-Qaeda support group since 2007—and has used association with it to justify imprisoning people in Guantanamo Bay, the latest crop of WikiLeaks documents reveals. The ISI is listed alongside the likes of al-Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iranian intelligence, and dozens of...