US PREDATOR STRIKES IN FATA STEPPED UP

Global Geopolitics Net Sites – Global Intel Net Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Copyright © B. Raman – South Asia Analysis Group www.southasiaanalysis.org INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR–PAPER NO.462 B.RAMAN “The reported US assurances to respect Pakistani sovereignty in its territory did not apply to air strikes, which could continue as before. In fact, the Pakistan Army itself [...]

POLITICS: U.S. Cutoff Threat Unlikely to Save Iraq Troop Pact

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Wednesday, October 29, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Analysis by Gareth Porter* WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (IPS) – The threat by the George W. Bush administration last week to withdraw all economic and military support from the Iraqi government if it does not accept the [...]

SRI LANKA: Tamil Rebels Defy Siege With Aerial Bombings

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Wednesday, October 29, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. IPS Correspondents COLOMBO, Oct 29 (IPS) – Aerial bombings carried out on the capital and a northern military base, late Tuesday night, have signalled that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) remains a fighting force [...]

US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: WAITING FOR OBL

INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR—PAPER NO 461 Global Geopolitics Net Sites – Global Intel Net Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Copyright © B. Raman – South Asia Analysis Group www.southasiaanalysis.org B.RAMAN It is just one week before the US Presidential elections. We all know all that we want to know about the two candidates Senators John McCain of [...]

LOWS IN INDIA-SRI LANKA RELATIONS – OPPORTUNITY FOR TURN AROUND

Global Geopolitics Net Sites Sunday, October 26, 2008 © Copyright 2008 Malladi Rama Rao. All rights reserved. By Malladi Rama Rao Many commentators see in the present lows in the India-Sri Lanka relations a repeat of history – what had happened twenty one year ago, June 1987 to be precise, when President J R Jayewardene [...]