“We ought to have an immediate, very clear monitoring of our borders and particularly to make sure if there’s any unusual activity of Pakistanis coming into the country. When I say single them out I am making the observation that we have more Pakistani illegals coming across our border than all other nationalities except those [...]
“We have the evidence that al-Qaida and Taliban were behind the suicide attack on Benazir Bhutto,” Pakistan’s Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz said.
Six years ago, the United States had a chance to completely dismantle the Al Qaeda terror network and its supporters within the Afghan Taliban government behind a worldwide coalition sympathetic for the 2,754 [...]
Today’s tragic events shine light on the resurgent terrorist movement in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. While the death of Ms. Bhutto is a blow to those that support democracy in the region, it is no surprise to those that have been following the events the past few months. The world should react to this [...]
“Certainly, we condemn the attack on this rally. It demonstrates that there are still those in Pakistan who want to subvert reconciliation and efforts to advance democracy,” said deputy State Department spokesman Tom Casey.
Members of the Bush administration still do not understand that people in foreign lands do not want to be told what to [...]
An attack on a political rally killed the Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto near the capital, Islamabad, Thursday. Witnesses said Ms. Bhutto was fired upon at close range before the blast, and an official from her party said Ms. Bhutto was further injured by the explosion, which was apparently caused by a suicide attacker.
The United [...]