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...this has combined to make the governability of Pakistan and the character of its latest leader matters of intense concern far from the mountains of the Hindu Kush. Al-Qaeda has "hundreds of training camps" scattered throughout the region, says a Western official in Pakistan. CIA director Michael Hayden has called FATA an al-Qaeda "safe haven" that presents a "clear and present danger to Afghanistan, to Pakistan and to the West in general, and to the United States in particular." So the question becomes: How dangerous is Pakistan now--and does Zardari have what it takes to make...
Though Pakistan has lost several thousand soldiers in the war against the Islamic insurgency, many U.S. lawmakers believe it is not doing enough. Western military leaders in Afghanistan have accused the ISI of actively supporting the terrorist groups that are behind attacks on foreign forces and civilian targets, such as a suicide blast at the Indian embassy in Kabul that killed 54. Zardari will have to rein in the ISI and work with the Americans to minimize collateral damage from attacks on militants inside Pakistan. Most difficult of all, he will have to convince his populace that such attacks benefit...
...That is not acceptable in a western hemisphere that is democratic.' Secretary of State CONDOLEEZZA RICE, stating that the U.S. would not recognize the dictatorial regime by lifting the embargo...
...Bear" won 719 games at the University of Texas--El Paso (UTEP), none more famous than the 1966 NCAA title game. Don was the first coach to start five black players in the championship, and Texas Western, as UTEP was then known, upset an all-white Kentucky team...
...There’s a problem with all of this high-handed indignation, however: Though it may be right, it’s beside the point. It’s fair to assume that a future of Western golf hegemony was not on LPGA commissioner Carolyn Bivens’ mind when she was developing the English-only regulation. The unfortunate fact is that the LPGA—like all professional sports—is a business...