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...side, they don't impress the local tribesmen. On the contrary, they feed a perception that the U.S. is a cowardly enemy, too frightened to shed blood in battle. "The militants say that if the Americans want to come and fight, they should fight them face to face," says Mahmood Shah, a retired brigadier who was once the top Pakistani official in FATA. Shah, a Pashtun himself, says the families of the drones' victims are required under the tribal code to seek revenge, which makes them ideal recruits for militant leaders like Baitullah Mehsud, the Pashtun commander of the Pakistani...
...situation is further complicated by the desire of Pakistan's politicians to pursue a strategy that is seen as being independent of Washington. During Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi's press conference with Holbrooke and Mullen, Qureshi insisted that there were "red lines" that Washington should not cross. "The bottom line is a question of trust," he said. "We are partners, and we want to be partners. We can only work together if we respect each other. There is no other way. Nothing else will work." Mullen agreed that the two allies should work toward a "surplus of trust," while...
After last month's terrorist attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai, which left more than 160 people dead, blame quickly began to zero in on Pakistan-based militants. Just as swiftly, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi responded with calls for "complete evidence" of any involvement by Pakistanis, declaring "our hands are clean." Just over a week later arrests were made in the case and Qureshi, a longtime member of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), told the press, "They are Pakistani citizens and will be dealt with according to the law of the land." Pakistani officials would...
...everyone is celebrating. A leader of the Awakening movement narrows his eyes and tightens his jaw at the idea of the U.S. hand-over. "We wanted it to be postponed but the decision had already been made by the government and we cannot change it," says Sheikh Mohammad Mahmood al Natah, the spokesperson for the Awakening Council. The hand-over, originally scheduled for June, took place on Monday, making Anbar the 11th of Iraq's 18 provinces, and the first Sunni region, to return to the central government's control. It's a measure of the growing security gains...
...Musharraf manages to secure a deal, many believe he should take it without hesitation. "The time has come for the military leadership to go and have a quiet word with Mr. Musharraf," wrote political analyst Shafqat Mahmood in an op-ed column in the News. "If the price for his quick departure is a safe passage, it should be given. The nation must now move...