Global Geopolitics – Global News Blog Friday, August 29, 2008 Copyright © B. Raman – South Asia Analysis Group www.southasiaanalysis.org B.RAMAN The “New York Times” reported as follows on August 28,2008: “Top US and Pakistani army commanders had a highly unusual secret meeting on board an American aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean to discuss [...]
PAKISTAN: Border Villages Rise Up Against Taliban
August 26, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics – Global News Blog – IPS Tuesday, August 26, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Ashfaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR, Aug 26 (IPS) – ”We are trend-setters. Others are following us,” boasts Rauf Khan, mayor of Pakistan’s Buner district, where villagers killed six militants in the Dara Shalbandi area on Aug. [...]
THE SECOND RESURGENCE OF TALIBAN
July 20, 2008 By
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR—PAPER NO. 413 Global Geopolitics Net Sunday, July 20, 2008 Copyright © B. Raman – South Asia Analysis Group www.southasiaanalysis.org By B. Raman The Neo Taliban of Afghanistan has demonstrated a dual capability—- as a terrorist organization specializing in suicide terrorism and as a conventional guerilla force capable of conventional set-piece battles involving [...]
COLOMBIA: No Big Changes Expected after Rebel Chief’s Death
May 26, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net / IPS May 26, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Diana Cariboni* MONTEVIDEO, May 26 (IPS) – The death and replacement of FARC chief ”Manuel Marulanda” will bring neither a breakdown nor a change in direction in the Colombian rebel group, which has been militarily weakened and has [...]
PHILIPPINES: Gov’t Urged to Resume Talks With Muslim Rebels
Global Geopolitics – Global News Blog – IPS Wednesday, August 27, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Stella Gonzales MANILA, Aug 27 (IPS) – About 100 people have been killed or injured and more than 130,000 others displaced since hostilities resumed this month between government troops and Moro Islamic Liberation Front [...]