Pakistan, the next nightmare

Pakistan is in crisis according to Brooking Institution professor Stephen Cohen. It even is a time bomb, according to Cohen in the Washington Post recently. Not only Pakistan, but together with Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan this corner of the world, loaded with nukes (Iran, Pakistan, India) is the most explosive. It is comparable with the situation in the beginning of the 20th century Balkans in Europe.

Sectarian terrorist and Taliban violence is destabilizing the region turning it to a potential time bomb. US leadership should revise its policy toward Pakistan. Not solely leaning on the military dictatorship, but pushing moderate civic society, according to Cohen, also on C- Span.

See Washington Journal C- Span.

Labels: Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan

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Bobby Gosh: US effort in Iraq in vain

Aparisim "Bobby" Ghosh, Time Magazine, Baghdad Bureau talks about the military and political situation in Iraq in C-Spans Washington Journal. He is one of the few journalists who reports from Baghdad itself.
In more than half an hour Q&A all aspects of the present political delicate situation comes around. Mister Gosh is very pessimistic about the present development in Iraq.

View the entire program on C-Span, click here.

Labels: Iraq, United States

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Boekestijn over Afghanistan in Who's Next

NRC Handelsblad verslaggever Robert van de Roer praat met Tweede Kamerlid Arend Jan Boekestijn (VVD) over NRC Next, Afghanistan, martelingen en Joshua Livestro. Bovendien biedt Boekestijn zijn excuses aan voor de invasie in Irak.

Labels: Afghanistan, Iraq, NRC Next, VVD

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Report: Split up Iraq

Two US scholars, Edward P. Joseph and Michael E. O’Hanlon discussed yesterday their report on the soft partition of Iraq, telecasted by C-Span.

See C-Span Briefing, click here.

The report: The Case for Soft Partition in Iraq.

For John Hopkins SAIS Institute, click here.

For The Brookings Institution, click here.
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EU sells cinema with sex

To promote the EU film distribution the Media bureau uses a clip on YouTube called Film lovers will love this!, which stirred some controversy in Polish media.

The EU spokesman noted about the complaints: "The European Union is not a bible belt, we believe in freedom of expression and artistic creativity."

The lovemaking clips were taken from award-winning films.

Labels: European Union

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David Axe Reporting from Tarin Kowt

Freelance Journalist David Axe was recently imbedded with NATO troops in southern Afghanistan in the area of Tarin Kowt, where approximately 3000 troops from the Netherlands and Australia are based at Kamp Holland. In this program, we learn about the reconstruction work of the Dutch-led NATO forces and hear from troops about a Taliban suicide bombing and the NATO response. We also see a memorial service for one of the Dutch troops who died in the suicide bombing.

Start the report: Afghanistan Vignette

See also David Axe website : War is Boring.

To view the C-Span report you need Real Video.

Labels: Afghanistan

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