Pakistan’s supposedly duplicitous behavior in Afghanistan

Excerpts of a Toronto Sun article by Eric Margolis, veteran Mideast correspondent The U.S. government has been blasting Pakistan’s supposedly duplicitous behavior for maintaining secret links with the Taliban and its allies, while downplaying the atrocities — and, charges WikiLeaks, “war crimes” — committed by western forces. Here’s the bottom line on Pakistan’s “duplicity.” After […]

Hamid Gul, Freedom Fighter or Terrorist?

The Washington Post profiled a Pakistani man named Hamid Gul, who served as head of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency from 1987 to 1989. The article pointed out that Gul is viewed by U.S. officials as a terrorist, one who has been helping the Taliban oust U.S. forces from Afghanistan. What makes the story interesting, […]

Seymour Hersh: American special forces team operating in Pakistan

Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh has claimed that an elite US special forces squad, which operates covertly and includes terrorism, is present in Pakistan and could well be housed in the US Embassy in Islamabad. Hersh said that the American team in question was to deal with any eventuality including takeover by Taliban or any […]