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...trust deficit has emerged between the two nations,” she said. She said the U.S. must stop treating Pakistan “as hired help” rather than an ally. Rubin also called for an increased focus on Pakistan. “The war on terror should focus on where terrorists are recruited, trained, and armed, and that is Pakistan,” he said. Lodhi, however, said she took issue with the phrase “war on terror.” “There needs to be a change in rhetoric...
...possible, [military] operations should be subordinated to measures aimed at promoting better governance ... and efforts to address the grievances among the discontented, from whom the terrorists recruit." But so far, the U.S. is failing to do that. With the possibility that Indian threats of retaliation over last month's terror attacks on Mumbai could force Pakistan to move its military to the east from the Afghan border, where it is currently fighting elements of al-Qaeda and the Taliban, it is more important than ever that Afghanistan's central government be strengthened. The perception that warlords, protected by their influence...
...were not the most recent avatar of some insidious force of radical Islam sweeping across continents and cities throughout the world, using terrorist means to bring down democracy, kill the infidels, and raise the crescent banner over the rooftops of the world. Lashkar-e-Taiba is indeed an Islamic terror group, and may even form part of a larger network of groups located in the NWFP and along the border with Afghanistan...
...reports, saying they were awaiting official confirmation from the Pakistani government that they had acted on a diplomatic protest served on the Pakistan High Commissioner to New Delhi on Dec. 2, seeking "strong action" against those responsible for the Mumbai attacks. (See pictures of Mumbai's days of terror...
...Benjamin Wittes, a Brookings scholar of legal standards in the war on terror, said that new President would be wise to maintain some leeway beyond the Army document. "The right answer here is not for the executive branch to have zero latitude in the highest stakes interrogations," Wittes said. "And you don't have to be Dick Cheney to believe that." In the past, members of the intelligence community have also argued for keeping some approved methods of interrogation classified, so as not to tip off enemies to what they might possibly face in the future...