Murdering journalists in Pakistan: The road from Daniel Pearl to Saleem Shahzad
Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, essentially accused the Pakistani government of beating a journalist to death in May. "It was sanctioned by the government," he said. There is an interesting parallel here to the murder of Danny Pearl back in 2002. He was killed by al Qaeda in Pakistan. Saleem Shahzad ...
Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, essentially accused the Pakistani government of beating a journalist to death in May. "It was sanctioned by the government," he said.
Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, essentially accused the Pakistani government of beating a journalist to death in May. "It was sanctioned by the government," he said.
There is an interesting parallel here to the murder of Danny Pearl back in 2002. He was killed by al Qaeda in Pakistan. Saleem Shahzad was killed by the government of Pakistan, Mullen is saying.
Also, the New York Times reports that there is new evidence that the Pakistani military sold nuclear weapons technology to North Korea.
Again, I wonder why anyone thinks Pakistan should still be considered an ally.
Meanwhile, Karachi continues to writhe with political violence. For reasons I don’t understand, the Edhi Foundation‘s ambulances are being attacked.
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