Monthly Archives: November 2010

Ejaz Haider So, the world (read: the United States) wants Pakistan to go into North Waziristan because that is where the Haqqani network is based and that is the place where Al Qaeda leadership is hiding. Just for record, NW … Continue reading →

FEISAL NAQVI One of Toms Hanks’ first television appearances was as a stoned-out-of-his-gourd Harvard student who spends all of his time blissfully staring at a lava lamp. The bit I remember is when somebody switches off the lava lamp and … Continue reading →

EJAZ HAIDER This is interesting! A Saudi Prince Khalid Bin Bandar Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud has written a letter to the Supreme Court of Pakistan accusing the Ministry of Religious Affairs, known by the most unbecoming acronym Mora, of making … Continue reading →

Ejaz Haider Counterinsurgency (COIN) operations are the bad dream of any military commander; add to them counterterrorism (CT) ops and the situation becomes a nightmare. Many reasons for this, but one, the very basic, stands out: in COIN, there is … Continue reading →