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...whose associates claimed responsibility for last week's gun-and-grenade siege of a police training facility on the outskirts of Lahore and later vowed to carry out similar attacks in Pakistan "at least twice a week." Mehsud claimed that his new bombing campaign was retribution for CIA-operated drone attacks that have begun to shower on his fighters since the Obama Administration decided to broaden its range of targets. By focusing on Mehsud, who recently aligned his forces with al-Qaeda and Taliban elements mounting cross-border attacks into Afghanistan, Islamabad and Washington are in a rare moment...
...Deacon’s previous work, “Bromst” is still primarily instrumentally driven, but his sound has evolved into something catchier, lighter, and ultimately more inviting. “Build Voice,” the album’s opener, begins with a grating, repetitive drone which eventually becomes the backbone of the entire track. After your ears adjust to the initial irritation, however, it somehow morphs into an undeniably musical sound. The same drone is no longer unsettling noise but an oscillation between two notes with a clear, pounding rhythm driving the music forward...
...obviously sees little merit in that distinction, and neither do some members of the younger generation of Pakistani Taliban leaders, such as Baitullah Mehsud, a target of U.S. drone strikes who claimed responsibility for Monday's deadly attack on a Lahore police academy, saying it was an act of revenge for Pakistan's complicity in the U.S. campaign. But even the uptick of Taliban violence inside Pakistan won't necessarily spur the country's military establishment to act against Taliban forces that are using Pakistani territory as a base from which to fight NATO in Afghanistan...
...named al-Qaeda operative Usama al-Kini, who was killed in a drone attack on Jan. 1, as being responsible for the Marriott attack, while the Interior Ministry blames Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), a militant group that has fought in Indian-administered Kashmir. LeJ, which has links with al-Qaeda and the Pakistan Taliban commander, is also widely suspected of mounting the attack on the cricket team. Other names floated include Lashkar-e-Taiba, a militant group blamed for the Mumbai massacre, and Jaish-e-Mohammed, another such group that has fought in Kashmir and more recently in Pakistan...
...every Western leader who has ever given a speech in Istanbul has made that point. If Obama wants to be different, he may need another location. "Turkey is a safe choice, but not an inspired one," says the Arab diplomat. "It's like shooting terrorists from a Predator drone - you get the job done, but you don't really engage with people on the ground...