<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - isi</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/isi</link><description>Newsvine - isi</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 08:03:34 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:30:57 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>With democracy maturing, coup not likely — General Jehangir Karamat (retd), former Pakistan Chief of Army Staff</title>
<description><![CDATA[TURNING POINT: DEFINING THE ARMY&rsquo;S ROLE. Even with the advent of a democratically elected government with a clear mandate, the fear of military intervention at some stage continues to linger in Pakistan. In Lahore,&nbsp;Raj Chengappa, Editor-in-Chief, The Tribune Group of N&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Seaton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Simon Seaton]]></source><link>http://simseat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18313523-with-democracy-maturing-coup-not-likely-general-jehangir-karamat-retd-former-pakistan-chief-of-army-staff</link><guid>http://simseat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18313523-with-democracy-maturing-coup-not-likely-general-jehangir-karamat-retd-former-pakistan-chief-of-army-staff</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>world-news</category><category>isi</category><category>pervez-musharraf</category><category>balochistan</category><category>ttp</category><category>nawaz-sharif</category><category>kashmir-issue</category><category>mumbai-attacks</category><category>26-11</category><category>hafiz-saeed</category><category>tehrik-i-taliban</category><category>prime-minister-nawaz-sharif</category><category>tehrik-i-taliban-pakistan</category><category>general-jehangir-karamat</category><category>pak-afghan-relations</category><category>american-israel-public-affairs-committee-aipac</category><category>hafiz-sayeed</category><category>pakistan-elections-2013</category><category>defining-the-army-s-role</category><category>nawaz-sharif-government</category><category>pak-india-relationship</category><category>pakistan-security-challenges</category><category>raj-chengappa</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 08:03:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=simseat5E4AC11F-AE43-9B08-99DC-B8A66D56BAB0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="66" width="176" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=simseat5E4AC11F-AE43-9B08-99DC-B8A66D56BAB0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="45" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>How Raymond Davis Helped Turn Pakistan Against the United States</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Hours earlier, Davis had been navigating dense traffic in Lahore, his  thick frame wedged into the driver&rsquo;s seat of a white Honda Civic. A city  once ruled by Mughals, Sikhs and the British, Lahore is Pakistan&rsquo;s  cultural and intellectual capital, and for nearly a d&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></source><link>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17675354-how-raymond-davis-helped-turn-pakistan-against-the-united-states</link><guid>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17675354-how-raymond-davis-helped-turn-pakistan-against-the-united-states</guid><category>pakistan</category><category>cia</category><category>espionage</category><category>corruption</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>murder</category><category>crime</category><category>incompetence</category><category>united-states</category><category>world-news</category><category>isi</category><category>mercenaries</category><category>pk-news</category><category>raymond-davis</category><category>blackkwater</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Apr 2013 21:16:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolf19D811EC-38F9-D0AB-A3B3-0958555C3F86.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="236" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolf19D811EC-38F9-D0AB-A3B3-0958555C3F86.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pakistan and state sponsored terrorism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</title>
<description><![CDATA[In 2009, Pakistani President Asif Zardari admitted at a conference in Islamabad that Pakistan had, in the past created terrorist groups as a tool for its geostrategic agenda.[1] Pakistan had long been accused by neighbours Bangladesh, India, Afghanistan, Iran and western nations &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Water Hole]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Water Hole]]></source><link>http://waterhole.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/16/16546786-pakistan-and-state-sponsored-terrorism-wikipedia-the-free-encyclopedia</link><guid>http://waterhole.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/16/16546786-pakistan-and-state-sponsored-terrorism-wikipedia-the-free-encyclopedia</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>russia</category><category>china</category><category>israel</category><category>india</category><category>pakistan</category><category>terrorism</category><category>taliban</category><category>islam</category><category>osama-bin-laden</category><category>mullah-omar</category><category>nuclear-weapons</category><category>world-news</category><category>jihad</category><category>al-qaeda</category><category>isi</category><category>the-united-states</category><category>the-united-kingdom</category><category>pakistan-army</category><category>jaish-e-mohammed</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:11:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=waterhole8E0FC8D2-03E6-9317-E75E-A4DBA85631D4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="151" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=waterhole8E0FC8D2-03E6-9317-E75E-A4DBA85631D4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pakistan: A Terrorist State - Newsweek and The Daily Beast</title>
<description><![CDATA[For a long time now, America has been tolerating the Pakistani double  game in the knowledge that it needs Pakistani support in its Afghan  enterprise, and in the hope that Pakistan&rsquo;s leaders will understand that  they are miscalculating badly, that the jihadists want their&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Water Hole]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Water Hole]]></source><link>http://waterhole.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/16/16540388-pakistan-a-terrorist-state-newsweek-and-the-daily-beast</link><guid>http://waterhole.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/16/16540388-pakistan-a-terrorist-state-newsweek-and-the-daily-beast</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>pakistan</category><category>terrorism</category><category>taliban</category><category>islam</category><category>osama-bin-laden</category><category>mullah-omar</category><category>nuclear-weapons</category><category>world-news</category><category>jihad</category><category>al-qaeda</category><category>isi</category><category>pakistan-army</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:29:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=waterhole817BB7EC-662E-1BA4-B728-8787A90398D1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=waterhole817BB7EC-662E-1BA4-B728-8787A90398D1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pak troops kill two jawans, behead, mutilate one of them - Times Of India</title>
<description><![CDATA[An Indian soldier was beheaded and another killed by Pakistani troops  after they crossed over into Indian territory in the Mendhar sector of  Jammu &amp; Kashmir on Tuesday, in a grim reminder of the brutality  perpetrated during the 1999 Kargil conflict which can make peace mak&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Water Hole]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Water Hole]]></source><link>http://waterhole.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/16/16540014-pak-troops-kill-two-jawans-behead-mutilate-one-of-them-times-of-india</link><guid>http://waterhole.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/16/16540014-pak-troops-kill-two-jawans-behead-mutilate-one-of-them-times-of-india</guid><category>pakistan</category><category>world-news</category><category>jihad</category><category>isi</category><category>barbarism</category><category>hafez-saeed</category><category>beheading-soldiers</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:06:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=waterhole961F199F-B381-1065-BDC1-9E90B53C9FF8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="253" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=waterhole961F199F-B381-1065-BDC1-9E90B53C9FF8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>seed by Shaheen Sultan Dhanji -The Destabilization of Pakistan  </title>
<description><![CDATA[Author&rsquo;s Note
Washington&rsquo;s intent goes beyond the narrow objective of &ldquo;regime change&rdquo;. The thrust of US foreign policy consists in weakening the central government and fracturing the country.&nbsp;
The ongoing US drone attacks under the banner of the &ld&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shaheen Sultan Dhanji]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Shaheen Sultan Dhanji]]></source><link>http://shaheensultandhanji.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/29/16238399-seed-by-shaheen-sultan-dhanji-the-destabilization-of-pakistan</link><guid>http://shaheensultandhanji.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/29/16238399-seed-by-shaheen-sultan-dhanji-the-destabilization-of-pakistan</guid><category>people</category><category>us</category><category>iraq</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>pakistan</category><category>middle-east</category><category>iran</category><category>cia</category><category>politics</category><category>war</category><category>military</category><category>culture</category><category>society</category><category>civilians</category><category>capitalism</category><category>isi</category><category>us-foreign-policy</category><category>global-war-on-terror</category><category>benazir-bhutto</category><category>imf-world-bank</category><category>untied-states</category><category>global-research</category><category>oil-wars</category><category>us-wars</category><category>pakistan-government</category><category>talibanisation</category><category>shaheen-sultan-dhanji</category><category>blood-ink-diary</category><category>baluchsitan</category><category>us-pakistan8217-s-senate-committee</category><category>gul-islamabad</category><category>baluchistan-conundrum-as</category><category>talha-mujaddidi</category><category>middle-east-central-asian</category><category>us-drone-in-pakistan</category><category>pakistans-oil-and-gas-reserves</category><category>iran-india-pipeline</category><category>us-barbarism</category><pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:07:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=shaheensultandhanji1EAC4D4C-E779-1A4E-60D8-5D39B69452B6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="294" width="304" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=shaheensultandhanji1EAC4D4C-E779-1A4E-60D8-5D39B69452B6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="117" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pitting one against the other</title>
<description><![CDATA[News of warring institutions in a country hinged on teetering arthritic structures flooded media channels for the larger part of the current year. The Supreme Court became the amphitheater where every institution was called in and thrown to the lions (read media) while the people&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Stora]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brian Stora]]></source><link>http://brian-stora.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/19/15268485-pitting-one-against-the-other</link><guid>http://brian-stora.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/19/15268485-pitting-one-against-the-other</guid><category>pakistan</category><category>constitution</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>world-news</category><category>isi</category><category>media-channels</category><category>pakistan-army</category><category>national-interest</category><category>army-chief</category><category>asghar-khan-case</category><category>pitting-one-against-the-other</category><category>warring-institutions</category><category>retired-military-lawyer-inam-ur-raheem</category><category>initiating-a-legal-challenge-seeking-to-end-the-tenure-of-coas-general-kayani</category><category>coas-general-kayani-by-labeling-the-terms-of-his-extension-as-illegal</category><category>illegal-extension-of-general-kayani</category><category>coas-kayani</category><category>mi-dg-maj-gen-naushad-kayani</category><category>inam-s-latest-accusations-against-the-military</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 05:44:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>AFGHANISTAN: HOPE, FANTASY AND FAILURE!</title>
<description><![CDATA[While the people of Pakistan prayed for early recovery of Malala, they were awe-struck by the frenzy created about the incident. Where people die in dozens each day as a result of terrorist attacks, singling out Malala for over glorification was rather intriguing. Our media, espe&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Raj]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Adam Raj]]></source><link>http://adamraj.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/31/14819023-afghanistan-hope-fantasy-and-failure</link><guid>http://adamraj.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/31/14819023-afghanistan-hope-fantasy-and-failure</guid><category>cia</category><category>taliban</category><category>nato</category><category>osama-bin-laden</category><category>world-news</category><category>war-on-terror</category><category>al-qaeda</category><category>isi</category><category>terrorist-attacks</category><category>marc-grossman</category><category>afghan-war</category><category>war-in-afghanistan</category><category>vice-president-biden</category><category>malala</category><category>case-of-raymond-davis</category><category>north-waziristan-agency</category><category>malala-yousafzai</category><category>malala-incident</category><category>abbottabad-attack</category><category>afghanistan-hope</category><category>americas-combat-commitment-to-president-karzais-government-ends-in-2014</category><category>fantasy-and-failure</category><category>fighting-the-war</category><category>military-operation-in-north-waziristan</category><category>people-of-pakistan-prayed-for-early-recovery-of-malala</category><category>united-states-forces-to-leave-afghanistan</category><category>view-of-afghanistan-policy</category><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 05:42:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=adamraj48F422E6-6AF2-978B-D79C-8C46D7D7E980.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="67" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=adamraj48F422E6-6AF2-978B-D79C-8C46D7D7E980.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="20" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Afridi: whistleblower or traitor?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Shakil Afridi once again makes headlines with even more controversial statements. The doctor who headed a fake polio vaccination program was responsible for disclosing the hiding location of OBL to the US forces. The entire incident was a great source of embarrassment for the Pak&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Raj]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Adam Raj]]></source><link>http://adamraj.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/12/13817422-afridi-whistleblower-or-traitor</link><guid>http://adamraj.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/12/13817422-afridi-whistleblower-or-traitor</guid><category>cia</category><category>world-news</category><category>war-on-terror</category><category>9-11</category><category>isi</category><category>obl</category><category>pakistan-army</category><category>pakistani-government</category><category>controversial-statements</category><category>haqqani-network</category><category>haqqanis</category><category>shakil-afridi</category><category>afridi-whistleblower-or-traitor</category><category>aqip-senior-leader</category><category>fake-polio-vaccination-program</category><category>hiding-location-of-obl-to-the-us-forces</category><category>obl-operation</category><category>pakistan-shakil-afridi</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 05:33:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>If History could be written as &quot;What if?&quot;  If US had let the Russians stay.</title>
<description><![CDATA[
If History could be written as &lsquo;What if&hellip;?&rsquo; this point hits the nail on the head. While hosting Hekmatyar and his allies at the White House in 1985 then-President Ronald Reagan referred to his guests as &ldquo;the moral equivalents of America&rsquo;s founding f&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[iqbal.latif]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[iqbal.latif]]></source><link>http://iqballatif.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/30/13565622-if-history-could-be-written-as-what-if-if-us-had-let-the-russians-stay</link><guid>http://iqballatif.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/30/13565622-if-history-could-be-written-as-what-if-if-us-had-let-the-russians-stay</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>pakistan</category><category>taliban</category><category>politics</category><category>reagan</category><category>9-11</category><category>isi</category><category>ussr</category><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:53:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=iqballatifC7370D25-2BD7-87DE-70D9-95B0B1991324.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="380" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=iqballatifC7370D25-2BD7-87DE-70D9-95B0B1991324.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In case you are unfamiliar with the ever- evolving serial, Mohammad Younis Khalis with former US President Ronald Reagan.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=iqballatifBF3D3D7A-182F-85CA-A3DE-10C6043E0C04.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="380" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=iqballatifBF3D3D7A-182F-85CA-A3DE-10C6043E0C04.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=iqballatif82FF02AE-BD60-9D81-DA4A-FDFCFACA89A4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="380" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=iqballatif82FF02AE-BD60-9D81-DA4A-FDFCFACA89A4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=iqballatifF9A17854-CA62-63B5-FD73-B715699E491A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="185" width="380" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=iqballatifF9A17854-CA62-63B5-FD73-B715699E491A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="59" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=iqballatif46526EFB-0AF0-549B-4C35-FCB1215D03C2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="252" width="380" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=iqballatif46526EFB-0AF0-549B-4C35-FCB1215D03C2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Zbigniew Brzezinski unexpectedly showed up at the Khyber Pass with the TV cameras clicking away, aimed the weapon at Afghanistan! The point had been made; he turned the gun back to the Pakistani border guard!! The seeds of disaster were planted nicely and safely.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>US must seal border for Waziristan push: official</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Pakistan has told Washington that US forces must seal the Afghan border in the event of any offensive against the Al Qaeda-linked Haqqani network in North Waziristan, an official said yesterday. 
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[backroads]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[backroads]]></source><link>http://backroadsbubba.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/11/13238205-us-must-seal-border-for-waziristan-push-official</link><guid>http://backroadsbubba.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/11/13238205-us-must-seal-border-for-waziristan-push-official</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>pakistan</category><category>taliban</category><category>world-news</category><category>al-qaeda</category><category>isi</category><category>islamic-extremists</category><category>north-waziristan</category><category>haqqani</category><pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2012 02:02:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Pakistan passing through a harmful political era</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Many in Pakistan see these developments as signs that the skirmishes between the judiciary, the military and the civilian government are now erupting into all-out war.
This is all happening at a time when the country can least afford it - relations with the West are at an all-&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[backroads]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[backroads]]></source><link>http://backroadsbubba.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/23/12378623-pakistan-passing-through-a-harmful-political-era</link><guid>http://backroadsbubba.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/23/12378623-pakistan-passing-through-a-harmful-political-era</guid><category>pakistan</category><category>terrorism</category><category>taliban</category><category>corruption</category><category>world-news</category><category>isi</category><category>islamic-extremism</category><category>duplicity</category><category>zardawi</category><category>nuke-power</category><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2012 03:54:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Comment on &quot;Afridi's sentence was not too harsh&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[It seems that after the Raymond Davis episode, where CIA's covert and black ops within Pakistan were exposed and USA panicked and even the US president Obama had to lie to the world that Raymond Davis was a US diplomat (when actually he was a private contractor / killer hired by &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Seaton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Simon Seaton]]></source><link>http://simseat.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/31/11987844-comment-on-afridis-sentence-was-not-too-harsh</link><guid>http://simseat.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/31/11987844-comment-on-afridis-sentence-was-not-too-harsh</guid><category>war-crimes</category><category>vietnam-war</category><category>world-news</category><category>war-on-terror</category><category>isi</category><category>pak-afghan-border</category><category>dr-afia-siddiqui</category><category>obl-raid</category><category>dr-afridi</category><category>raymond-davis-episode</category><category>cias-covert-and-black-ops-withing-pakistan</category><category>pakistans-intelligence-agencies</category><category>cia-agent-dr-afridi-exposed</category><category>pakistans-nuclear-technology</category><category>pakistans-top-intelligence-agency</category><category>ussr-cold-war-era</category><category>salala-incident</category><category>killing-of-26-pakistani-soldiers</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 11:48:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>What double-game?</title>
<description><![CDATA[For the most part Americans and the World believe Pakistan has fallen no short of treacherous in the &lsquo;War on terror&rsquo; that started eleven years ago. Islamabad&rsquo;s so-called &lsquo;shady tactics&rsquo; have given her biggest ally cold feet,time and again.&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Raj]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Adam Raj]]></source><link>http://adamraj.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/18/11751682-what-double-game</link><guid>http://adamraj.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/18/11751682-what-double-game</guid><category>cia</category><category>taliban</category><category>drugs</category><category>refugees</category><category>americans</category><category>osama-bin-laden</category><category>world-news</category><category>war-on-terror</category><category>extremism</category><category>isi</category><category>afghan-war</category><category>pakistan-army</category><category>nato-forces</category><category>haqqani-network</category><category>islamic-ideology</category><category>kalashnikovs</category><category>shamsi-airbase</category><category>american-journalist-interviewed-prime-minister-gilani</category><category>americans-and-the-world-believe-pakistan</category><category>contempt-of-court-case</category><category>islamist-pashtuns</category><category>pakistani-troops-has-escalated-anti-americanism</category><category>tacstrat-what-double-game</category><category>unilateral-attacks-washington</category><category>what-double-game</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 05:33:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Pakistan Razing House Where Bin Laden Lived - NYTimes.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[
ISLAMABAD &mdash; The Pakistani authorities moved on Saturday to demolish the house where Osama bin Laden died at the hands of Navy SEALs last May, erasing a three-story building that had acquired a painful symbolism for Pakistan&rsquo;s powerful military, which was badly embar&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Incredulous One]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Incredulous One]]></source><link>http://incredulous.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/26/10509155-pakistan-razing-house-where-bin-laden-lived-nytimescom</link><guid>http://incredulous.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/26/10509155-pakistan-razing-house-where-bin-laden-lived-nytimescom</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>pakistan</category><category>cia</category><category>bin-laden</category><category>obama</category><category>world-news</category><category>isi</category><category>seals</category><category>drones</category><pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 07:50:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=incredulousCEC4D524-9EDA-2241-7133-296425C6DDA4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="75" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=incredulousCEC4D524-9EDA-2241-7133-296425C6DDA4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="75" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>US Congress Interfering in Pak Balochistan </title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
On February 17, 2012, US House of Representatives has tabled a bill which called upon Pakistan to recognize the right of self-determination for Balochistan. The bill was introduces by Rep.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hassan Zaheer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Hassan Zaheer]]></source><link>http://hassan-zaheer.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/18/10439771-us-congress-interfering-in-pak-balochistan</link><guid>http://hassan-zaheer.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/18/10439771-us-congress-interfering-in-pak-balochistan</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>iran</category><category>cia</category><category>world-news</category><category>isi</category><category>us-congress</category><category>uno</category><category>raw</category><category>pakistan-balochistan</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:58:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=hassan-zaheer15505A1A-EA1D-E76E-DFE2-A13C65831D91.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="242" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=hassan-zaheer15505A1A-EA1D-E76E-DFE2-A13C65831D91.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;US Congress interfering in Pak Balochistan&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Victims of Detainees' Terrorism need Justice </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Media is an instrument of war and peace, which is being exercised by every nations to mould the situations for the purpose of acquiring desired results through perception management, assist in revisiting and defining foreign policy, breaking status quo, making/changing the opini&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hassan Zaheer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Hassan Zaheer]]></source><link>http://hassan-zaheer.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/04/10315082-victims-of-detainees-terrorism-need-justice</link><guid>http://hassan-zaheer.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/04/10315082-victims-of-detainees-terrorism-need-justice</guid><category>india</category><category>pakistan</category><category>cia</category><category>taliban</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>world-news</category><category>isi</category><category>uno</category><category>raw</category><pubDate>Sat, 4 Feb 2012 06:34:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=hassan-zaheer68E22FEA-238C-0F52-0331-471F5009E1AA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=hassan-zaheer68E22FEA-238C-0F52-0331-471F5009E1AA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Justice need to be visible&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alp9-xD-x6w" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Alp9-xD-x6w/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">50 innocent people fell victim to the brutalities of the terrorists and the detainees , who attacked of RA Bazar, Hamza Camp, GHQ,  and  Kamra Base. According to the media reports the terrorists and detainees were involved in these attacks and were taken away from Adayala Jail by directors of these culprits, disguise as intelligence persons to FATA. After relentless efforts they were again tracked and caught from FATA/KPK by the intelligence agencies.  I wana ask just one thing: If the respectable petitioners, Media's propagators and honorable apex Court's Judges families would have suffered what they would done! would they have gone ahead with same zest. If media is united for one Wali Babar, just imagine how many &quot;Wali Babar&quot; are involved in these suicide attacks. Who is to ans the widow of newly wed Mustansar? who is to ans orphans of Ajmal? who is to fill the gap of  Saima's son? A question for all humans!</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>ISI success against CIA Secret War </title>
<description><![CDATA[
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Role of intelligentsia has never been negated in any type of war. During World Wars (WW) I &amp; II, the allies remained successful in number of operations because of timely receipts of information and clandestine operations.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hassan Zaheer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Hassan Zaheer]]></source><link>http://hassan-zaheer.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/01/9872144-isi-success-against-cia-secret-war</link><guid>http://hassan-zaheer.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/01/9872144-isi-success-against-cia-secret-war</guid><category>pakistan</category><category>cia</category><category>usa</category><category>mossad</category><category>world-news</category><category>isi</category><category>raw</category><category>pakistan-army</category><category>gen-pasha</category><pubDate>Sun, 1 Jan 2012 16:22:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=hassan-zaheer54E5F4FD-5674-39EB-9A04-B19672316E77.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=hassan-zaheer54E5F4FD-5674-39EB-9A04-B19672316E77.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;ISI Chief defeated CIA&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Backtracking the Memogate Scandal</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Memogate Scandal: An enthralling tale of betrayal, deceit and cloak-and-dagger diplomacy, featuring only the highest echelons of our nations scaffold, President Zardari, Ex-Ambassador to US Hussain Haqqani, The COAS General Kiyani, ISI Chief Gen.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Seaton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Simon Seaton]]></source><link>http://simseat.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/28/9763235-backtracking-the-memogate-scandal</link><guid>http://simseat.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/28/9763235-backtracking-the-memogate-scandal</guid><category>supreme-court</category><category>world-news</category><category>isi</category><category>obl</category><category>pakistan-army</category><category>nawaz-sharif</category><category>backtracking-the-memogate-scandal</category><category>memogate-case</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:25:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>CIA Influence in Pak Media</title>
<description><![CDATA[
&nbsp;
In an extremely sensitive case of the history of Pakistan, main culprit Ijaz Mansoor, former Pakistan's ambassador to the United States - Hussain Haqqani , other petitioners, federal government, General Kayani and ISI Chief Lt General Pasha have filed their affidavits in &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hassan Zaheer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Hassan Zaheer]]></source><link>http://hassan-zaheer.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/28/9755235-cia-influence-in-pak-media</link><guid>http://hassan-zaheer.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/28/9755235-cia-influence-in-pak-media</guid><category>pakistan</category><category>cia</category><category>usa</category><category>world-news</category><category>isi</category><category>raw</category><category>hamid-mir</category><category>pakistan-army</category><category>memo-issue</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:51:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=hassan-zaheerFBFB541D-5516-18E8-5F52-DE293489E720.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="527" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=hassan-zaheerFBFB541D-5516-18E8-5F52-DE293489E720.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="158" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pakistani Media&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>You 'Two' Brutus!</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Asif Chauhdary
What we always heard and advised by our elders was that a great talker is a great liar and we always found it correct but somehow the other people have stopped listening to their elders and are more concentrating on what the great talkers [sic] TV anchorpersons ad&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hassan Zaheer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Hassan Zaheer]]></source><link>http://hassan-zaheer.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/28/9755104-you-two-brutus</link><guid>http://hassan-zaheer.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/28/9755104-you-two-brutus</guid><category>media</category><category>pakistan</category><category>cia</category><category>world-news</category><category>isi</category><category>raw</category><category>hamid-mir</category><category>memo-issue</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:46:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=hassan-zaheerDF1D396C-637B-6A11-D14E-6C37686205EE.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="336" width="375" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=hassan-zaheerDF1D396C-637B-6A11-D14E-6C37686205EE.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="108" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Media &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Memo Issue- Irrational Leadership Behviour</title>
<description><![CDATA[
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On the late night of December 21, 2011 another twist was given to the memo scandal, when the federal government, through the Ministry of Defence, conceded before the Supreme Court that it had no operational control over the armed forces as well as the Inter-Services Intel&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hassan Zaheer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Hassan Zaheer]]></source><link>http://hassan-zaheer.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/25/9694320-memo-issue-irrational-leadership-behviour</link><guid>http://hassan-zaheer.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/25/9694320-memo-issue-irrational-leadership-behviour</guid><category>pakistan</category><category>usa</category><category>world-news</category><category>isi</category><category>pakistan-army</category><category>kiyani</category><category>zardari</category><category>ispr</category><category>memo-case</category><pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:37:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=hassan-zaheerA5DD5130-B1CA-2701-71D5-22EA9359080A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=hassan-zaheerA5DD5130-B1CA-2701-71D5-22EA9359080A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Memo case is underway  of investigation in Supreme Court of Pakistan&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>CIA Intrigues against Pakistani Institutions </title>
<description><![CDATA[
A couple of days ago Pakistani politics was pushed into turmoil because of an article published in a British paper last month, which was written by incredible Mansoor Ijaz, a Pakistani-American businessman with political connections in Washington.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hassan Zaheer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Hassan Zaheer]]></source><link>http://hassan-zaheer.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/21/8926364-cia-intrigues-against-pakistani-institutions</link><guid>http://hassan-zaheer.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/21/8926364-cia-intrigues-against-pakistani-institutions</guid><category>cia</category><category>usa</category><category>world-news</category><category>isi</category><category>zardari</category><category>haqqani</category><category>mansoor-ijaz</category><category>p-akistan</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:04:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null-null0671A3D8-0252-D689-E54C-13EAAE1165F9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="295" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null-null0671A3D8-0252-D689-E54C-13EAAE1165F9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pakistan needs Afghan 'counter-measures': Musharraf</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Pakistan&rsquo;s former leader Pervez Musharraf has warned that his country&rsquo;s spies will need to take &ldquo;counter-measures&rdquo; in Afghanistan if US troops leave it unstable or it becomes too close to India.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[backroads]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[backroads]]></source><link>http://backroadsbubba.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/27/8513730-pakistan-needs-afghan-counter-measures-musharraf</link><guid>http://backroadsbubba.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/27/8513730-pakistan-needs-afghan-counter-measures-musharraf</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>india</category><category>pakistan</category><category>taliban</category><category>musharraf</category><category>world-news</category><category>isi</category><category>haqqani</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:59:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Admiral's Swan Song</title>
<description><![CDATA[Admiral Mullen long thought to be a friend of Pakistan (by Pakistanis) with a special rapport with its leadership made what he said was his last appearance before the US Senate Armed Services Committee.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Seaton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Simon Seaton]]></source><link>http://simseat.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/28/8008839-the-admirals-swan-song</link><guid>http://simseat.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/28/8008839-the-admirals-swan-song</guid><category>us</category><category>pakistan</category><category>america</category><category>world-news</category><category>isi</category><category>admiral-mike-mullen</category><category>admiral-mullen-blamed-pakistan-s-inter-services-intelligence</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:21:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>