Over 100 militants attack Pakistan's northwest
The attack, in which about 12 militants were killed, appeared to be part of a new strategy by the Pakistani Taliban of staging large-scale assaults on military and government targets in a bid to demoralise the army.
It came on the heels of a flurry of missile strikes by U.S. drone aircraft in the tribal region along the Afghan border regarded as a hub of militants from around the world.
CHIT-CHAT RE: THE SUPERPOWER'S / IMPERIAL INDIA'S PROJECTED INVASION OF PAKSTAN
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How the Empire will Prevail:
Will Washington Foment War Between China and India?
...real purpose [of the fake death of bin Laden in a commando raid] was...to show Pakistan that the US was contemplating invading Pakistan in order to make Pakistan pay for allegedly hiding bin Laden next door to Pakistan’s military academy.
The neocon, and increasingly the US military position, is that the Taliban [IEA troops] can’t be conquered unless NATO widens the war theater to Pakistan, where the Taliban allegedly has sanctuaries protected by the Pakistan government....
THE SUPERPOWER'S LIFE DEPENDS
ON A NEVER-ENDING STREAM OF LIES!
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Attorney general rules against Dr David Kelly inquest
...the doctors campaigning for an inquest said they were "perplexed and outraged" with the decision.
They have argued that the official cause of death, a haemorrhage, was "extremely unlikely" - arguing that the wound found to Dr Kelly's wrist was unlikely to be life-threatening and questioning the lack of fingerprints recovered from the knife and a pack of pills Dr Kelly apparently took.
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Britain’s Consumers Wince as Cameron’s Government Wields the Austerity Ax
The government envisions about 80 billion pounds ($131 billion) of spending cuts plus 30 billion pounds of tax increases over the next four years. Last year, when the cuts began, was the easiest to bear. Some 6 billion pounds in efficiencies were realized by the government in its various departments.
This year the measures intensify. Britons have already felt the pinch of a sales tax boost to 20 percent from 17.5 percent, which the Office for National Statistics says has added three-quarters of a point to the inflation rate, now at 4.5 percent.
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Exclusive - Clinton in talks about possible move to World Bank
A third source said Obama has already expressed support for the change in her role. It is unclear whether Obama has formally agreed to nominate her for the post, which would require approval by the 187 member countries of the World Bank
WORLD BANK HAS REDEFINED UNDEVELOPMENT AS WAR ON THE PEOPLE FIRST OF ALL
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Fitch likely to view Greek debt swap as default
A Greek debt swap or rollover would probably be considered a default and prompt a cut in its sovereign rating to C, while Ireland and Portugal's ratings would immediately be subject to review, Fitch said on Thursday.
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Eritrea accuses Britons of espionage, terrorism
A Foreign Ministry report obtained by Reuters on Thursday said further investigation found them to be in possession of "countless amounts" of arms.
LIKE IN LIBYA / SYRIA
The accused work for the UK-based Protection Vessels International (PVI) which says [>] they were en route to provide security for ships in a region where piracy is rife.
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Pakistan army calls for diversion of U.S aid for economic uplift
It is being recommended to the government that the U.S. funds meant for military assistance to army be diverted towards economic aid to Pakistan which can be used for reducing the burden on the common man," the army said in a statement.
HYPOCRISY SPECIAL
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Libyan envoy accuses rebels, NATO of war crimes
Mustafa Shaban, a Libyan foreign ministry official, delivered the attack and the defence of the government of Muammar Gaddafi at the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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"Cities in the hands of armed gangs suffer terrible violations of human rights and heinous crimes," Shaban said.
"In Misrata, Libyan and foreign gangs who were arrested confessed to cutting throats and cutting off breasts of live women and even admitted to acts of cannibalism.
LIKE IN SYRIA
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"I understand that the Libyan government is now claiming that the recent bombing caused casualties and destruction of property. It is possible. When we go back there, we'll take a look at that and determine whether that is the case," the Egyptian-born Bassiouni told a news conference.
HYPOCRISY SPECIAL
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NATO allies in Libya strikes increasingly stretched - Gates
"Crews are getting tired. The stress on the airplanes is significant."
LIKE AT WACO
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NATO to close bases in economy, efficiency drive
The move, which will include the closure of the joint force command in Lisbon -- one of three such installations -- and transforming the air base at Izmir in Turkey into a land command, would cut more than 4,000 posts.
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Bahrain's unseen protests fall on deaf ears
In a poor district of Bahrain's capital, a few hundred people marched through cramped, crumbling alleyways banging pans and screaming, "Down with the regime."
A mile (1.5 km) away, in the city centre, with its gleaming malls and office blocks, no one heard them.
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Sectarian divide widens after Bahrain unrest
An idealistic movement began with slogans such as "No Sunni, No Shi'ite -- Just Bahraini," but now sectarian fear and anger are uppermost on this small island state where Saudi Arabia and Iran are playing out a proxy contest for regional supremacy.
THE SUPERPOWER'S $$$$ CAN ARANGE ANY CRIME
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