Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State

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S.1. Chronological List of Key News and Blog Articles

June 11, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Govt engaged with all stakeholders for peace in NWFP, says Hoti
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\11\story_11-6-2008_pg7_61

June 11, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: 'Militants from Pakistan most likely authors of future US attack'
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\11\story_11-6-2008_pg1_4

June 11, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: 'Peace deals must aim at ending terror on both sides of border'
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\11\story_11-6-2008_pg7_4

June 11, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Blast damages Internet cafe - in Peshawar
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\11\story_11-6-2008_pg7_23

June 11, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: US Embassy urges caution to citizens - in Pakistan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\11\story_11-6-2008_pg7_8

June 10, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: 'US faces severe consequences if Taliban havens not eliminated' - RAND Report
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\10\story_10-6-2008_pg1_6

June 10, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Mehsud announces protection for officials - in South Waziristan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\10\story_10-6-2008_pg1_5

June 10, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: More Taliban to be released today
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\10\story_10-6-2008_pg7_16

June 10, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Cities to turn into battlefields: Taliban
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\10\story_10-6-2008_pg1_2

June 10, 2008 - MEMRI: Report: 26 Suicide Attacks In Pakistan This Year
http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/7858.htm

June 10, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: 4 Peshawar policemen killed in ambush - Investigator claims local criminals, not Taliban, responsible for ambush
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\10\story_10-6-2008_pg7_17

June 10, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: ANP says Swat deal still intact - The peace deal between the NWFP government and the Swat Taliban is still intact
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\10\story_10-6-2008_pg1_3

June 10, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Ongoing Taliban violence: Peace deal with Swat militants scrapped
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\10\story_10-6-2008_pg1_1

June 9, 2008 - Times of India: Pakistan govt scraps peace deal with Taliban -- Swat peace deal scrapped says Rahman Malik, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Interior Affairs
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_govt_scraps_peace_deal_with_Taliban/articleshow/3114543.cms

June 9, 2008 - Long War Journal: Pakistan's Swat peace agreement in the crossfire - by Bill Roggio
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/06/pakistans_swat_peace.php

June 9, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Tailban ask govt to abide by agreement
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\09\story_9-6-2008_pg1_6

June 9, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Govt not serious about talks: TTP - Mohmand Agency Taliban leader
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\09\story_9-6-2008_pg7_2

June 9, 2008 - NEFA Foundation: Taliban Defends Peace Accord with Pakistani Government
http://www.nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/FeaturedDocs/nefataliban0608.pdf

June 9, 2008 - AP: US think tank: Pakistan helped Taliban insurgents
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/09/asia/AS-GEN-Afghan-Pakistan.php

June 9, 2008 - Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan - RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Volume 4 - by Seth G. Jones
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG595.pdf

RAND Document Information: Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG595/

June 9, 2008 - AKI: Pakistan-US: Ties important for security, says admiral - U.S. Vice Admiral Kevin Cosgriff
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2237996398

June 9, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Peshawar turning into walled city
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\09\story_9-6-2008_pg7_40

June 8, 2008 - Dawn: Six 'militants' released in Mingora
http://www.dawn.com/2008/06/08/top16.htm

June 8, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Govt includes media gag in North Waziristan accord
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\08\story_8-6-2008_pg7_1

June 8, 2008 - Long War Journal: North Waziristan peace agreement allows Al Qaeda to remain - by Bill Roggio
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/06/north_waziristan_pea.php

June 8, 2008 - Long War Journal: Baitullah Mehsud's fighters killed in Afghanistan - by Bill Roggio
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/06/baitullah_mehsuds_fi.php

June 7, 2008 - Pakistan News: Several Baitullah's men die in Afghan bombing
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=15186

June 7 2008 - Dawn: 7 officials kidnapped in Darra Adamkhel
http://www.dawn.com/2008/06/08/top6.htm

June 7, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: 'Pakistan-US military relations at worst since 9/11'
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\07\story_7-6-2008_pg1_3

June 6, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Army to leave Mehsud areas after deal inked -- in South Waziristan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\06\story_6-6-2008_pg1_1

June 6, 2008 - Weekly Standard: Pakistan-Taliban Peace Talks Still On - by Bill Roggio
http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2008/06/pakistans_peace_talks_in_south.asp

June 6, 2008 - Crosswalk: Taliban Effectively Ruling Area of NW Pakistan After Peace Deal
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/11576946/

June 6, 2008 - Dawn: Taliban's 12 demands for peace in Darra Adam Khel
http://www.dawn.com/2008/06/06/nat1.htm

June 6, 2008 - AFP: Music shops get Taliban deadline - in Mir Ali
http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Pakistan+%26+Sub%2DContinent&month=June2008&file=World_News2008060631040.xml

June 6, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Pakistan Foreign Minister - Govt writ to be enforced in Swat, Tribal Areas
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\06\story_6-6-2008_pg1_2

June 6, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: No peace talks with Al Qaeda, Taliban: FO
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\06\story_6-6-2008_pg1_3

June 6, 2008 - Dawn: Danish embassy blast will not affect talks with militants: Foreign Office spokesman Mohmmad Sadiq
http://www.dawn.com/2008/06/06/top3.htm

June 6, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: US urges patience as Pakistan evolves anti-terror plan: U.S. National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\06\story_6-6-2008_pg7_10

June 6, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: US says it is heartened by Pakistan's stance of fighting terrorism - U.S. National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\06\story_6-6-2008_pg7_56

June 6, 2008 - AKI: Pro-Taliban militants released from jail -- in Timergara district
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2230260999

June 6, 2008 - Dawn: 64 Swat 'militants' freed in Timergara - include key Taliban figures
http://www.dawn.com/2008/06/06/top2.htm

June 6, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Swat Taliban, govt agree on militants' release
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\06\story_6-6-2008_pg7_6

June 6, 2008 - Dawn: Pakistan fighting terrorists 'bravely', says US
http://www.dawn.com/2008/06/06/top4.htm

June 5, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Critics of govt-militant peace deals slammed
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C06%5C05%5Cstory_5-6-2008_pg7_18

June 5, 2008 - Washington Post: Pakistan's Worrisome Pullback
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/05/AR2008060503431.html

June 5, 2008 - AP: Top US officer says Pakistan army 'fighting bravely' against terrorism - Admiral Mullen
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/05/asia/AS-GEN-Pakistan-US.php

June 5, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: 'Majority of Swat militants released under agreement'
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\05\story_5-6-2008_pg7_32

June 5, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Govt to release 75 Taliban prisoners today
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\05\story_5-6-2008_pg7_27

June 4, 2008 - MEMRI: Taliban Set Up Jails In Tribal District Of Mohmand Agency
http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/7789.htm

June 4, 2008 - MEMRI: Police Chief: Soon Peshawar Will Be In The Hands Of Taliban
http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/7790.htm

June 3, 2008 - MEMRI: Report: 250 Bomb Blasts In Pakistan This Year
http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/7768.htm

June 2, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Swat Taliban set up court in Piochar
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\02\story_2-6-2008_pg7_2

June 2, 2008 - New York Times:  Taliban leader flaunts his power inside Pakistan
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/02/asia/02pstan.php

June 2, 2008 - AKI: Denmark: Minister blames 'dark forces' for suicide attack
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2218122058

June 1, 2008 - AAP: Blast kills three in Pakistan - in Mohmand tribal region
http://au.news.yahoo.com/080531/2/1736l.html

May 31, 2008 - Reuters: Pakistan and U.S. ties to remain close: Pakistan Chairman of Joint Chiefs Tariq Majeed
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080531/pl_nm/pakistan_us_dc_1;_ylt=AqmjmQBuLTHNwBZyEfxMyh_zPukA

May 31, 2008 - MEMRI Blog: Pakistani Chairman of Joint Chiefs General Tariq Majid: Cooperation With NATO Led To Militancy
http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/7709.htm

May 31, 2008 - Pakistan News:  Pakistan needs more time on militants: Gates
http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=15031

May 30, 2008 - Guardian: Disgraced atomic scientist disowns confession -- Abdul Qadeer Khan says nuclear confession was forced
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/30/pakistan.nuclear

May 30, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Swat Peace accord slammed: 'Agreement is compromise with those challenging writ of state'
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\05\30\story_30-5-2008_pg7_54

May 30, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: US must understand nuances of situation in FATA: Washington Times
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\05\30\story_30-5-2008_pg7_10

May 29, 2008 - Washington Times Editorial: Hear out Pakistan
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/may/29/hear-out-pakistan/

May 29, 2008 - Washington Times: 'It is time for reconciliation,' Zardari says
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/may/29/it-is-time-for-reconciliation-zardari-says/

May 29, 2008 - MEMRI: Pakistan's Highest K2 Mountain Where Bin Laden Is Reported To Be Hiding
http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/7629.htm

May 29, 2008 - Dawn: Taliban declare truce in Darra Adamkhel
http://www.dawn.com/2008/05/29/top7.htm

May 28, 2008 - AP: Pakistan: New Peace Deal With Militants - Mohmand tribal region
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/28/ap/asia/main4130671.shtml
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080528/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_peace_deals_2;_ylt=AjMpgr..somS02A266FvUMXOVooA
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/may/28/pakistan-new-peace-deal-with-militants/

May 28, 2008 - BBC: Pakistan militants make new deal - Mohmand tribal region
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7423970.stm

May 28, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Matchboxes with $5m Osama bounty message circulating in Peshawar
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\05\28\story_28-5-2008_pg7_10

May 28, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: NWFP seeks three months for implementation of Sharia in Malakand
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\05\28\story_28-5-2008_pg7_59

May 27, 2008 - BBC:  Meeting Pakistan's most feared militant
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7420606.stm

May 27, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Taliban: Media war is the real war: Mehsud -- Taliban preparing propaganda offensive with greater outreach - plans to use YouTube
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\05\27\story_27-5-2008_pg1_9

May 27, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Taliban distribute pamphlets in Hangu
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\05\27\story_27-5-2008_pg7_34

May 26, 2008 - MEMRI: Al-Jazeera TV - Taliban Commander Beitullah Mahsoud: Pakistan Should Use Its Nuclear Weapons to Challenge the Enemies
http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1778.htm
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/7607.htm

May 26, 2008 - AKI: Bin Laden in Pakistan's K2 mountains, says report
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2196750952

May 26, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: 'Taliban to sue Musharraf' - in Federal Sharia court - "for the deaths of people at Jamia Hafsa and in the Tribal Areas, if their peace accord with the government succeeds"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\05\26\story_26-5-2008_pg7_3

May 25, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Jirga demands early Shariah enforcement in Malakand
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\05\25\story_25-5-2008_pg7_59

May 25, 2008 - Dawn: Govt, Taliban discuss post-accord situation
http://www.dawn.com/2008/05/25/top15.htm

May 25, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: MNA from Bajaur hails Swat peace accord
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C25%5Cstory_25-5-2008_pg7_46

May 25, 2008 - UPI: Taliban commander shuns Bhutto probe -- Baitullah Mehsud says he won't cooperate with U.N. investigation
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/05/25/taliban_commander_shuns_bhutto_probe/1489/

May 24, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: 'Tehreek-e-Taliban to keep fighting foreign forces in Afghanistan'
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\05\24\story_24-5-2008_pg7_57

May 24, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Peace deal with govt in final phase: Taliban
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\05\24\story_24-5-2008_pg7_64

May 23, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: 'Peace deal depends on Shariah enforcement'
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\05\23\story_23-5-2008_pg7_4

May 22, 2008 - Dawn: Swat Taliban 'renounce militancy': Peace pact signed with Fazlullah's men
http://www.dawn.com/2008/05/22/top2.htm

May 22, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: NWFP Govt, Swat Taliban sign peace deal
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C22%5Cstory_22-5-2008_pg1_1

May 22, 2008 - Another Pakistan Deal with the Taliban Jihadists - Counterterrorism Blog - by Jeffrey Imm
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/05/surrender_in_swat.php

May 16, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: 'Bajaur strike aimed at disrupting talks'
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C16%5Cstory_16-5-2008_pg7_2

May 16, 2008 - MEMRI: Islamist Leader: We Are Not Moderates, Extremists, Democrats Or Progressives
http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/7425.htm

May 16, 2008: MEMRI - Pakistan Takes Steps Towards Shari'a State In Seven Districts
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD193308

May 16, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: 'TNSM to continue struggle for Shariah implementation'
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C16%5Cstory_16-5-2008_pg7_25

May 15, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: 30 madrassa students arrested for child militancy in Swat -- One detainee says Fazlullah and his spokesman forced him to wear suicide jacket
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C15%5Cstory_15-5-2008_pg7_18

May 14, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Taliban invite Pakistan govt, military, people to join hands against US
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C14%5Cstory_14-5-2008_pg7_19

May 14, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: NWFP Govt agrees to enforce Shariah in Malakand
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C14%5Cstory_14-5-2008_pg1_3

May 9, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: 'Pakistan has received $1 billion a year since 9/11'
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C09%5Cstory_9-5-2008_pg1_3

May 1, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: NWFP govt receives list of demands from Taliban -- Taliban demand Shariah in Malakand, amnesty for their fighters
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C01%5Cstory_1-5-2008_pg7_4

April 23, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Editorial: After Sufi Muhammad's release
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C04%5C23%5Cstory_23-4-2008_pg3_1

April 22, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: TNSM chief Sufi Muhammad freed - TNSM can continue peaceful struggle for Shariah under deal
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C04%5C22%5Cstory_22-4-2008_pg1_9

March 11, 2008 - MEMRI: Senior Pakistani Newspaper Editor: We Should Not Hesitate To Use Nuclear Weapons to Take Kashmir from India
http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=urdu&ID=SP186508

March 3, 2008 - Dawn: Tribal peace jirga attacked: 42 killed, 58 injured in Darra Adamkhel
http://www.dawn.com/2008/03/03/top1.htm

February 20, 2008 - Long War Journal: Pakistan revives the North Waziristan Accord - by Bill Roggio
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/02/pakistan_revives_the.php

February 19, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Anti-terror pact reached with NW tribesmen
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C02%5C19%5Cstory_19-2-2008_pg7_8

February 18, 2008 - Dawn: Peace agreement revived in North Waziristan
http://www.dawn.com/2008/02/18/top3.htm

February 5, 2008 - Jihadists, Islamists, and "Extremists" - what's in a name?  - Counterterrorism Blog - by Jeffrey Imm
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/02/terms_matter.php

January 9, 2008 - NBC News: Pakistani Terrorist Revealed in New Photo
http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/09/565301.aspx

December 10, 2007 - Long War Journal: Suicide attack at Pakistani nuclear weapons complex - by Bill Roggio
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2007/12/suicide_attack_at_pa.php

November 10, 2007 - Excerpts: Pakistan on the brink - by Diana West
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/018748.php

November 7, 2007 - Pakistan: Media Reports on Pakistani Islamists Conceal Their Anti-Freedom Ideology - Counterterrorism Blog - by Jeffrey Imm
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/11/pakistan_media_and_islamists.php

November 3, 2007 - DPA:  Pakistan considers Taliban rule in volatile valley - Summary
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/135719.html

November 3, 2007 - Pakistan Emergency Amidst Growing Talibanization - Counterterrorism Blog - by Jeffrey Imm
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/11/pakistan_talibanization.php

November 1, 2007 - AP: Extremists gain control in northern Pakistan
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21583357/

November 1, 2007 - Pakistan Polls and Growing Support for Islamism - Counterterrorism Blog - by Jeffrey Imm
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/11/pakistan_and_islamism.php

October 31, 2007 - BBC: Pakistan militants firm on Sharia
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7070640.stm

October 29, 2007 - Newsweek: Where the Jihad Lives Now
http://www.newsweek.com/id/57485

October 27, 2008 - AP: Inside Rebel Pakistan Cleric's Domain
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8SHO2O80&show_article=1&image=large

October 26, 2007 - Times of India: Pak tribals use radio to spread unrest
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pak_tribals_use_FM_radio_to_spread_unrest/articleshow/2491537.cms

October 22, 2007 - Osama Bin Laden Message Transcript - Counterterrorism Blog - by Andrew Cochran
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/10/bin_laden_sounds_the_call_of_d.php

October 20, 2007 - Associated Press: Militants in Pakistan share fundamentalist Islamic principles, hatred of US-allied government
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/20/asia/AS-GEN-Pakistan-Militants.php

October 13, 2007 - Pakistan Daily Times: Mohmand Taliban behead 6 'criminals'
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C10%5C13%5Cstory_13-10-2007_pg1_3

September 30, 2007 - Pakistan Daily Times: Waziristan breeding ground of suicide bombers: UN report -- 80 percent of suicide bombers in Afghanistan came from the Waziristan agencies
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\09\30\story_30-9-2007_pg7_44

September 20, 2007 - Bin Laden "Come to Jihad" Pakistan Message Transcript - Counterterrorism Blog - by Jeffrey Imm
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/09/obl_pakistan_transcript.php

August 28, 2007 - The Hindu:  Pakistan's Islamist press calls for jihad
http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/28/stories/2007082855781200.htm

August 26, 2007 - Times of India: Scores of Pak soldiers desert forces
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Scores_of_Pak_soldiers_desert_forces/articleshow/2311110.cms

August 22, 2007 - Dawn: Minister blasts pro-US foreign policy
http://www.dawn.com/2007/08/22/top6.htm

August 16, 2007 - Guardian: US documents show Pakistan gave Taliban military aid
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/aug/16/pakistan.usa

August 16, 2007 - Raw Story: Pakistan provided military aid, troops to Taliban
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Pakistan_provided_military_aid_troops_to_0816.html

August 13, 2007 - Pakistan President Seeks Mainstream Taliban - Counterterrorism Blog - by Jeffrey Imm
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/08/mainstream_taliban.php

August 13, 2007: Pakistan Daily Times - Musharraf says not all Taliban terrorists
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\08\13\story_13-8-2007_pg1_1

August 9, 2007: The Gulf News - Pakistan Legislator urges jihad to counter American threat
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=165749&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23

July 22, 2007: Pakistan Daily Times - Govt asked to "accommodate" new Taliban proposals
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\07\22\story_22-7-2007_pg7_7

July 14, 2007 - Osama Bin Laden Calls for Islamic Martyrdom - Counterterrorism Blog - by Jeffrey Imm
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/07/osama_bin_laden_july_14.php

July 12, 2007 - London Times: Hundreds feared killed in mosque siege (Lal Masjid)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article2061995.ece

July 11, 2007 - Al Qaeda to Pakistanis: Join The Jihad - Counterterrorism Blog - by Jeffrey Imm
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/07/al-qaeda-pakistan-july-11.php

July 7, 2007 - Long War Journal: Swat joins Talibanistan - by Bill Roggio
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2007/07/swat_joins_talibanis.php

April 7, 2007 - Cleric sets up Islamic court in Pakistan - Taliban-style vice campaign begun
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2007/04/07/cleric_sets_up_islamic_court_in_pakistan/

March 27, 2007 - Sharia here, in the country, in the world - Can TNSM stage a comeback with a vengeance as claimed by its cadres? - by Arif Jamal
http://www.cobrapost.com/documents/Sharia%20here.htm

February 1, 2007 - Long War Journal: Taliban linked to string of suicide attacks in Pakistan -- by Bill Roggio
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2007/02/taliban_linked_to_st.php

January 29, 2007 - BBC: Pakistan Taleban vow more violence
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6292061.stm

September 15, 2006 - Daily Telegraph: US outraged as Pakistan frees Taliban fighters
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1528960/US-outraged-as-Pakistan-frees-Taliban-fighters.html

September 10, 2006 - New York Times: Al Qaeda Finds Its Center of Gravity
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/10/weekinreview/10rohde.html?_r=1&oref=login

September 5, 2006 - BBC: Pakistan 'Taleban' in peace deal
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/south_asia/5315564.stm

September 5, 2006 Waziristan Accord -- Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waziristan_Accord

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S.2. Jeffrey Imm Articles on Pakistan

June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State - Counterterrorism Blog - by Jeffrey Imm
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/06/pakistan_sharia_threat.php

May 22, 2008 - Another Pakistan Deal with the Taliban Jihadists - Counterterrorism Blog - by Jeffrey Imm
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/05/surrender_in_swat.php

November 7, 2007 - Pakistan: Media Reports on Pakistani Islamists Conceal Their Anti-Freedom Ideology - Counterterrorism Blog - by Jeffrey Imm
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/11/pakistan_media_and_islamists.php

November 3, 2007 - Pakistan Emergency Amidst Growing Talibanization - Counterterrorism Blog - by Jeffrey Imm
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/11/pakistan_talibanization.php

November 1, 2007 - Pakistan Polls and Growing Support for Islamism - Counterterrorism Blog - by Jeffrey Imm
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/11/pakistan_and_islamism.php

October 20, 2007 - Pakistan Suicide Bomb Attack on Bhutto - Investigation Update
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/10/bhutto_bomb_investigation.php

October 19, 2007 - Pakistan: Bomb Attack - Attempt to Assassinate Bhutto (Update)
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/10/bhutto_bomb_attack.php

September 20, 2007 - Bin Laden "Come to Jihad" Pakistan Message Transcript
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/09/obl_pakistan_transcript.php

September 20, 2007 - Al Qaeda Bin Laden Message Declares War on Pakistan President Musharraf
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/09/obl_pakistan.php

August 13, 2007 - Pakistan President Seeks Mainstream Taliban - Counterterrorism Blog - by Jeffrey Imm
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/08/mainstream_taliban.php

July 11, 2007 - Al Qaeda to Pakistanis: Join The Jihad - Counterterrorism Blog - by Jeffrey Imm
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/07/al-qaeda-pakistan-july-11.php


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S.3. Sources on 20th Century Pakistan History with Taliban

National Security Archive - Pakistan: "The Taliban's Godfather"? National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 227 - Edited by Barbara Elias - August 14, 2007
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB227/index.htm

National Security Archive - The Taliban File Part III - Pakistan Provided Millions of Dollars, Arms, and "Buses Full of Adolescent Mujahid" to the Taliban in the 1990's - March 19, 2004
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB97/index4.htm

National Security Archive - Volume VII: The Taliban File -National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 97 - Edited by Sajit Gandhi - September 11, 2003
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB97/

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) - Tahir Amin - "Case Study on Pakistan's Recognition of Taliban"
http://www.pakistantv.tv/millat/democracy/Foreign%20Policy/cs_fp_No3.pdf

August 16, 2007 - AP: U.S. pre-9/11 memos: Pakistan backs Taliban - Documents allege nation showed 'resistance' to helping nab bin Laden
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20300129

August 16, 2007 - Guardian: US documents show Pakistan gave Taliban military aid
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/aug/16/pakistan.usa

January 6, 2008 - Pakistan Link: Fazl vows to enforce true Islamic system in country
http://www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Jan08/06/04.htm

GlobalSecurity.org - Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA)
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/mma.htm

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S.4. Recent Studies on Pakistan Taliban

June 9, 2008 - Long War Journal - Map of NWFP and FATA Taliban Threat
http://www.longwarjournal.org/maps/pakistan-fata-9.gif
"Red agencies/ districts controlled by the Taliban; purple is de facto control; yellow is under threat."

June 9, 2008 - Long War Journal: Pakistan's Swat peace agreement in the crossfire - by Bill Roggio
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/06/pakistans_swat_peace.php

June 9, 2008 - Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan - RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Volume 4 - by Seth G. Jones
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG595.pdf

RAND Document Information: Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG595/

June 9, 2008 - NEFA Foundation: Taliban Defends Peace Accord with Pakistani Government
http://www.nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/FeaturedDocs/nefataliban0608.pdf

June 8, 2008 - Long War Journal: North Waziristan peace agreement allows Al Qaeda to remain - by Bill Roggio
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/06/north_waziristan_pea.php

May 31, 2008 - Descent into Appeasement - Counterterrorism Blog - by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/05/descent_into_appeasement.php

May 17, 2008 - Long War Journal: Pakistan close to inking peace agreement with Baitullah Mehsud - by Bill Roggio
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/05/pakistan_close_to_in.php

April 24, 2008 - Long War Journal: Pakistan is negotiating a new peace agreement with Baitullah Mehsud - by Bill Roggio
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/04/pakistan_is_negotiat.php

February 20, 2008 - Long War Journal: Pakistan revives the North Waziristan Accord - by Bill Roggio
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/02/pakistan_revives_the.php

February 12, 2008 - Jane's Information Group: Pakistan's most wanted: Baitullah Mehsud
http://www.janes.com/news/security/terrorism/jtsm/jtsm080212_1_n.shtml

February 6, 2008 - Council on Foreign Relations: Pakistan's New Generation of Terrorists - by Jayshree Bajoria
http://www.cfr.org/publication/15422/pakistans_new_generation_of_terrorists.html

January 2008 - Combating Terrorism Center - Sentinel: A Profile of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan - by Hassan Abbas
http://www.ctc.usma.edu/sentinel/CTCSentinel-Vol1Iss2.pdf

Long War Journal: The Fall of Northwestern Pakistan: An Online History - by Bill Roggio - Documenting the Taliban's rise to power in Waziristan and beyond over the course of 2006 and 2007
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2006/09/the_fall_of_wazirist.php

October 2, 2006: The Weekly Standard - Pakistan Surrenders -- The Taliban control the border with Afghanistan - by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Bill Roggio
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/012/738ijawx.asp

September 5, 2006 - Long War Journal: Talibanistan: The Establishment of the Islamic Emirate of Waziristan - by Bill Roggio
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2006/09/talibanistan_the_est.php

September 5, 2006 Waziristan Accord -- Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waziristan_Accord

July 5, 2006 - Jamestown Foundation: Baitullah Mehsud: South Waziristan's Unofficial Amir - by Sohail Abdul Nasir
http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2370054

April 20, 2006 - The Taliban Consolidates Power in Pakistan as Violence Increases in Afghanistan - Counterterrorism Blog - by Bill Roggio
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2006/04/the_taliban_consolidates_power_1.php

Cooperative Research: Context of 'February 7, 2005: South Waziristan Truce Gives Taliban and Al-Qaeda a Safe Base to Launch Attacks into Afghanistan'
http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/context.jsp?item=a020705waziristantruce

May 11, 2004 - Dawn: New tribal lashkar formed
http://www.dawn.com/2004/05/11/top3.htm

June 2004 - IPCS: The Shakai 'Agreement': An arrangement that never was
http://www.ipcs.org/printIssueBrief.jsp?status=publications&status1=issue&mod=d&check=26&try=true

Wikipedia: Taliban in Pakistan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban#Taliban_in_Pakistan

Wikipedia: Taliban Governance
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban#Governance

Wikipedia: Taliban
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban#cite_note-32

Wikipedia: War in North West Pakistan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004-2006_Waziristan_conflict

Wikipedia: Islamic Emirate of Waziristan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Emirate_of_Waziristan


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S.5. Pakistan Lashkar-e-Islam Background Articles

June 7, 2008 -  Bara tribesmen accuse Lashkar of running parallel government
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C05%5C20%5Cstory_20-5-2007_pg7_12

May 29, 2008 - Jamestown Foundation: Khyber Tribal Agency: A New Hub of Islamist Militancy in Pakistan - by Imtiaz Ali
http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2374201

May 27, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: NWFP CS orders security at cinemas after Lashkar-e-Islam threats
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\05\27\story_27-5-2008_pg7_13

May 23, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Deobandi-Barelvi war in Khyber
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C23%5Cstory_23-5-2008_pg3_1

May 7, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Lashkar-e-Islam issues charter of demands
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C05%5C07%5Cstory_7-5-2007_pg7_12

May 5, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: LI activists kill man for not praying
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C04%5Cstory_4-5-2008_pg7_6

April 23, 2008 - MEMRI: Pakistan-Based Militant Group Lashkar-e-Islam Vows 'To Spread Islam Across the World' -- with 23 point plan for Khyber Agency
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD190608

April 16, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Threatening letters 'from LI' worry NWFP industrialists
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C04%5C16%5Cstory_16-4-2008_pg7_10

January 04, 2006 - Pakistan Daily Times: FATA colleges breeding ground for militants
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C01%5C04%5Cstory_4-1-2006_pg7_35 


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S.6. Pakistan Maps

June 9, 2008 - Long War Journal - Map of NWFP and FATA Taliban Threat
http://www.longwarjournal.org/maps/pakistan-fata-9.gif
"Red agencies/ districts controlled by the Taliban; purple is de facto control; yellow is under threat."

Wikipedia: Pakistan North-West Frontier Province (NWFP)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_Province

Wikipedia: Pakistan Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federally_Administered_Tribal_Areas

Wikipedia: Pakistan Map of NWFP and FATA
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/NWFP_FATA.svg

Wikipedia: Pakistan Map of Swat
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Swat_NWFP.svg

Council on Foreign Relations - Interactive Map on Pakistan's Troubled Tribal Belt
http://www.cfr.org/publication/13518/I

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S.7. Pakistan Law, General History, and General Background

Pakistan Constitution: Preamble
http://www.pakistani.org/pakistan/constitution/preamble.html

Pakistan Constitution: Introduction
http://www.pakistani.org/pakistan/constitution/part1.html

Pakistan Penal Code
http://www.pakistani.org/pakistan/legislation/1860/actXLVof1860.html

Wikipedia: Pakistan History
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan#History

Wikipedia: Pakistan Malakand Region
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malakand

Wikipedia: Pakistan Malakand Division
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malakand_Division

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S.8. Pakistan National Public Opinion Polls and Demographics

Terror Free Tomorrow: January 19-29, 2008 Pakistan Poll - "Pakistani Support for Al Qaeda, Bin Laden
Plunges; Moderate Parties Surge; 70 Percent Want President Musharraf to Resign: Results of a New
Nationwide Public Opinion Survey of Pakistan before the February 18th Elections"
http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org/upimagestft/TFT%20Pakistan%20Poll%20Report.pdf

Terror Free Tomorrow: August 2007 Pakistan Poll - "Pakistanis Reject US Military Action against Al Qaeda;
More Support bin Laden than President Musharraf: Results of a New Nationwide Public Opinion Survey of
Pakistan"
http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org/upimagestft/Pakistan%20Poll%20Report.pdf

Population Reference Bureau - Pakistan
http://www.prb.org/Countries/pakistan.aspx

Wikipedia - Demographics of Pakistan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Pakistan

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S.9. Background on Sharia Principles

Council on Foreign Relations: Islam: Governing Under Sharia
http://www.cfr.org/publication/8034/

Robert Spencer - Islam 101 - Part (d) Sharia Law
http://www.jihadwatch.org/islam101/

Wikipedia - Sharia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharia_law

The War of Ideas: Jihadism against Democracy by Walid Phares
http://www.amazon.com/War-Ideas-Jihadism-against-Democracy/dp/1403976392/ref=pd_bbs_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212941707&sr=8-4

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S.10. Pakistan Sharia and Blasphemy

Pakistan Constitution: Part VII, Chapter 3A - Federal Shariat Court
http://www.pakistani.org/pakistan/constitution/part7.ch3a.html

March 11, 2005 - Voice of America Report on Pakistan Sharia Court Decision
http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2005-03/2005-03-11-voa48.cfm?CFID=60698105&CFTOKEN=42883272

Blasphemy law in Pakistan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy_law_in_Pakistan

Pakistan Penal Code
http://www.pakistani.org/pakistan/legislation/1860/actXLVof1860.html

June 8, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Pakistan to ask EU to amend laws on freedom of expression
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C06%5C08%5Cstory_8-6-2008_pg7_14

June 7, 2008 - Islam in Europe Blog: Norway: Caricature = terror
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/06/norway-caricature-terror.html

June 6, 2008 - Norway TV 2: "Dette er terror" and online video (click on se video)
http://www.tv2.no/nyhetene/innenriks/article1967041.ece

June 6, 2008 - Aftenposten: "Ambassadør kaller karikatur terror"
http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2469724.ece

June 5, 2008 - NEFA: Al-Qaida's Abu al-Yazid Claims Denmark Embassy Bombing in Pakistan
http://www.nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/FeaturedDocs/nefadenmarkpakistan0608.pdf

June 4, 2008 - Copenhagen Post: Pakistan ambassador: 'Are you satisfied?'
http://www.cphpost.dk/get/107528.html

June 4, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: 'Taliban may have carried out embassy blast over caricatures'
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\04\story_4-6-2008_pg1_6

June 2, 2008 - AKI: Denmark: Minister blames 'dark forces' for suicide attack
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2218122058

May 16, 2008 - COMPASS: Pakistan - Doctor Jailed on "Blasphemy" Charges -- Christian Dr. Robin Sardar
http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=long&idelement=5373&backpage=archives&critere=Dr.%20Robin%20Sardar&countryname=&rowcur=0

April 30, 2008 - MEMRI: Islamist Leader: Need For Jihad Against Nations Guilty Of Blasphemy
http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/7098.htm

April 16, 2008 - Dawn: UN action sought against blasphemy
http://www.dawn.com/2008/04/16/top11.htm

April 16, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: NA resolutions condemn anti-Quran film, cartoons
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\04\16\story_16-4-2008_pg7_6

April 14, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Social activists at odds with religious scholars over blasphemy
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\04\14\story_14-4-2008_pg7_21

April 13, 2008 - Times of India: Hindu workers barred from entering factory in Karachi
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Hindu_workers_barred_from_entering_factory_in_Karachi/articleshow/2948914.cms

April 8, 2008 - AP: Pakistan police: Muslim workers beat Hindu man to death for alleged blasphemy
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/08/asia/AS-GEN-Pakistan-Hindu-Killed.php

April 27, 2007 - Pakistan: Mob and police torture Catholic man accused of blasphemy
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=9120&geo=1&size=A

April 17, 2007 - Pakistan: Seven Christians arrested in false blasphemy cases and men tortured to extract false confessions
http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/mainfile.php/2007/2342/

March 31, 2007 - AsiaNews.it: Imam to government: enforce Sharia law within seven days or we will do it ourselves
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=8886&size=A

March 28, 2007 - AsiaNews.it: Pakistan: Muslims torture for hours Christian "blasphemer" now in jail
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=8855&size=A

March 24, 2008 - ASSIST News: OIC: Eliminating 'defamation' of Islam - an examination of the Organization of Islamic Conference's Observatory Report on Islamophobia
http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08030149.htm

February 29, 2008 - OIC Statement on Islamophobia
http://www.oicun.org/articles/83/1/OIC-Statement-on-Islamophobia-29-February--2008/1.html

February 23, 2008 - Aftenposten - Norway threatened in Pakistan
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2273436.ece

February 1, 2008 - Jihad, Islamism, and the United Nations - Counterterrorism Blog - by Jeffrey Imm
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/02/islamism_and_un.php

February 3, 2006 - Pakistan: Christian sentenced to death, lawyer threatened
http://asiapacific.amnesty.org/apro/aproweb.nsf/pages/appeals_pakistan_ASA330122007

December 13, 2005 - Pakistan's Christian Community Terrified Amid Calls for Execution
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/pakistan.christian.community.terrified.amid.calls.for.execution./4777.htm

April 2, 2002 - CNS News: Islamic States Can't Agree On Terror Definition
http://www.cnsnews.com/ForeignBureaus/Archive/200204/FOR20020402k.html


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S.11. Jihad's Influence on Taliban Conquered Areas

February 3, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: 18 militant hideouts in Swat
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C02%5C03%5Cstory_3-2-2008_pg1_2

February 3, 2008 - Long War Journal: Swat fighting as deadly as Iraqi insurgency
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/02/swat_fighting_more_d.php

Jamestown Foundation: The Emerging Militancy in Pakistan's Mohmand Agency -- by Imtiaz Ali
http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?issue_id=4363

South Asia Terrorism Portal - Suicide Attacks in North West Frontier Province
http://satp.org/satporgtp/countries/pakistan/nwfp/datasheet/suicideattack.htm

South Asia Terrorism Portal - Bomb blasts in the North West Frontier Province - 2008
http://satp.org/satporgtp/countries/pakistan/nwfp/datasheet/blast.html

South Asia Terrorism Portal - Bomb blasts in the North West Frontier Province - 2007
http://satp.org/satporgtp/countries/pakistan/nwfp/datasheet/2007.htm

South Asia Terrorism Portal - Suicide Attacks in FATA
http://satp.org/satporgtp/countries/pakistan/Waziristan/datasheet/suicideattack.htm

South Asia Terrorism Portal - Bomb Blasts in FATA, 2007
http://satp.org/satporgtp/countries/pakistan/Waziristan/datasheet/2007.htm

South Asia Terrorism Portal - Bomb Blasts in FATA, 2008
http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/pakistan/Waziristan/datasheet/index.html


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S.12. Reports on Pakistan Terror Attacks

June 3, 2008 - MEMRI: Report: 250 Bomb Blasts In Pakistan This Year
http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/7768.htm

Wikipedia: List of terrorist incidents in Pakistan - 2008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_Pakistan#2008

February 3, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: 18 militant hideouts in Swat
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C02%5C03%5Cstory_3-2-2008_pg1_2

January 14, 2008 - Reuters: Recent bomb attacks in Pakistan
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSHAR45938220080114?sp=true

January 7, 2008 - PIPS Security Report 2007: 1442 Attacks/Clashes took 3448 Lives
http://san-pips.com/PIPS-SAN-Files/SAN-Home/SAN-PAK-Article11/San-Main-A11-D.asp

January 5, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Attacks, clashes claim 3,448 lives in 2007
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\01\05\story_5-1-2008_pg1_10

January 2008 - Combating Terrorism Center - Sentinel: A Profile of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan - by Hassan Abbas
http://www.ctc.usma.edu/sentinel/CTCSentinel-Vol1Iss2.pdf

December 10, 2007 - Long War Journal: Suicide attack at Pakistani nuclear weapons complex - by Bill Roggio
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2007/12/suicide_attack_at_pa.php

Long War Journal: The Fall of Northwestern Pakistan: An Online History - by Bill Roggio - Documenting the Taliban's rise to power in Waziristan and beyond over the course of 2006 and 2007
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2006/09/the_fall_of_wazirist.php

Wikipedia: List of terrorist incidents in Pakistan - 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_Pakistan#2007

South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP): Terrorism-related Fatalities in Pakistan, 2007
http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/pakistan/index.htm

Wikipedia: 2007 timeline of the War in Waziristan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Taliban_Waziristan_Offensive

January 7, 2007 - Press Trust of India: 2 killed per day in terror attacks in Pakistan last year
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-29171799_ITM

January 6, 2007 - Dawn: Terrorism dogs Pakistan in '06: Over 900 killed in 657 attacks
http://www.dawn.com/2007/01/07/top7.htm

Wikipedia: List of terrorist incidents in Pakistan - 2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_Pakistan#2006

Wikipedia: List of terrorist incidents in Pakistan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_Pakistan#List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_Pakistan

Wikipedia: Terrorism in Pakistan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_Pakistan

June 7, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Suicide bomb plot foiled in Rawalpindi -- "confess to planning attacks on President's Camp Office, LEAs"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\07\story_7-6-2008_pg7_7\

June 6, 2008 - Pakistan Post: Attempt to bomb Presidency foiled - Camp Office, guesthouse also target
http://thepost.com.pk/Fb_ShortNewsT.aspx?fbshortid=3084&fcatid=14&fstatus=Current&bcatid=14&bstatus=Current

July 7, 2007 - Pakistan Daily Times: Musharraf escapes yet another assassination bid
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\07\07\story_7-7-2007_pg1_1

Wikipedia: Pervez Musharraf - Assassination attempts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pervez_Musharraf#Assassination_attempts

September 20, 2002 - CNN: Musharraf assassination plot foiled
http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/09/19/pakistan.arrests.plot/


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S.13. News Articles on Pakistan Taliban Sharia Campaign Against Freedom

June 6, 2008 - AFP: Music shops get Taliban deadline - in Mir Ali
http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Pakistan+%26+Sub%2DContinent&month=June2008&file=World_News2008060631040.xml

June 5, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Militants blow up 2 dozen music shops in Kohat, Miranshah
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\05\story_5-6-2008_pg7_26

June 4, 2008 - Reuters: Militants blow up video, music market in Pakistan
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/June/subcontinent_June136.xml&section=subcontinent&col=

June 4, 2008 - BBC:  Music stores bombed in Pakistan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7435821.stm

June 4, 2008 - AKI: Pakistan: Bomb attack kills three in border region
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2224095824

May 15, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Blast at CD Centre, 4 shops damaged
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\05\31\story_31-5-2008_pg7_23

May 15, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Music shop owners warned of suicide attacks in Quetta
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\05\15\story_15-5-2008_pg7_12

May 6, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Taliban ban music in Tribal Areas
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\05\06\story_6-5-2008_pg7_63

May 5, 2008 - AFP: Pakistan Taliban leader gives beard warning: residents
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iozHgX9A_MRpDY2p_5ioRM3BUKVg

January 19, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Bomb explodes outside CD shop
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\01\19\story_19-1-2008_pg7_22

December 20, 2007 - Pakistan Daily Times: Blast damages music shop
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\12\20\story_20-12-2007_pg7_35

December 7, 2007 - Pakistan Daily Times: Militants bomb five CD shops in Swabi
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\12\07\story_7-12-2007_pg7_42

December 4, 2007 - Pakistan Daily Times: Video shop blown up in Mardan -- pamphlets warning people to halt 'un-Islamic' businesses, or face consequences
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\12\04\story_4-12-2007_pg7_2

December 4, 2007 - Times of India: Militants blow up CD, barber shops in Pakistan - Mardan
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Militants_blow_up_CD_barber_shops_in_Pakistan/articleshow/2594240.cms

November 30, 2007 - Times of India: Bomb blast hits music shops, bank in Pakistan's NWFP - Mardan
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Bomb_blast_hits_music_shops_bank_in_Pakistans_NWFP/articleshow/2562026.cms

October 17, 2007 - Dawn: Tailoring shops, music centres blown up
http://www.dawn.com/2007/10/17/top17.htm

October 9, 2007 - AP: Bomb explodes in CD and video shop in northwestern Pakistan, 12 people wounded
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/09/asia/AS-GEN-Pakistan-Music-Shop-Bombed.php

September 30, 2007 - Pakistan Daily Times: Militants fail to destroy Buddhist carvings in Swat
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\09\30\story_30-9-2007_pg7_19

September 18, 2007 - Pakistan Daily Times: Jirga bans CDs, narcotics, in Mohmand Agency
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\09\18\story_18-9-2007_pg7_41

September 14, 2007 - KUNA: Explosion at CD center in N. Pakistan wounds five, 14 shops destroyed
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1841732&Language=en

September 9, 2007 - Dawn: CD shop blown up - NWFP Swat
http://www.dawn.com/2007/09/10/nat22.htm

August 31, 20007 - Pakistan Daily Times: Video shops closing in Swat
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\08\31\story_31-8-2007_pg7_24

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S.14. Debate on Addressing Sharia

February 23, 2008 - Ignoring Sharia's Advance Extremely Stupid -- by Diana West
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DianaWest/2008/02/23/ignoring_sharias_advance_extremely_stupid

June 4, 2008 - JihadWatch.org: What to call the jihadists: not just an academic exercise
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021272.php

June 9, 2008 - Newsweek: Religion: Hadith and the New Face of Islam
http://www.newsweek.com/id/139433/page/1

November 10, 2007 - Excerpts: Pakistan on the brink - by Diana West
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/018748.php

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S.15. Sources on Pakistan Nuclear Weapons and Black Market

January 27, 2008 - The Hindu: Pakistan's Lt. Gen. Khalid Kidwai - "Pakistan is not vulnerable to extremist takeover"
http://www.thehindu.com/2008/01/27/stories/2008012758460800.htm

January 23, 2008 - BBC: Are Pakistan's nuclear weapons safe?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7190033.stm

January 10, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Foreign Office rejects Western propaganda on Pak nukes
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\01\10\story_10-1-2008_pg7_4

January 9, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: IAEA Chief El Baradei fears for security of Pakistan’s nukes
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\01\09\story_9-1-2008_pg7_9

December 10, 2007 - Long War Journal: Suicide attack at Pakistani nuclear weapons complex - by Bill Roggio
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2007/12/suicide_attack_at_pa.php

June 21, 2007 - ABC News: New Photos Show Secret Pakistan Plutonium Plant; Fear of More Weapons Being Made
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/06/new-photos-show.html

June 21, 2007 - The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS): Pakistan Appears to be Building a Third Plutonium Production Reactor at Khushab Nuclear Site - by David Albright and Paul Brannan
http://www.isis-online.org/publications/southasia/ThirdKhushabReactor.pdf

October 4, 2006 - The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS): Update on the Construction of the New, Large Khushab Reactor - by David Albright and Paul Brannan
http://www.isis-online.org/publications/southasia/khushabupdate.pdf

July 24, 2006 - Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS): Commercial Satellite Imagery Suggests Pakistan is Building a Second, Much Larger Plutonium Production Reactor: Is South Asia Headed for a Dramatic Buildup in Nuclear Arsenals? by David Albright and Paul Brannan
http://www.isis-online.org/publications/southasia/newkhushab.pdf

The US Navy Center for Contemporary Conflict - The Risk of Inadvertent Nuclear Use Between India and Pakistan - Strategic Insights, Volume II, Issue 2 (February 2003) - by Peter R. Lavoy and MAJ Stephen A. Smith
http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/si/feb03/southAsia2.asp

June 9, 2000 - Washington Times: Pakistan's Nuclear Arsenal Underestimated, Reports Say
http://www.fas.org/news/pakistan/2000/e20000609pakistan.htm

Federation of American Scientists (FAS): Pakistan Nuclear Weapons
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/pakistan/nuke/index.html

Federation of American Scientists (FAS): Khushab / Khusab Reactor
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/pakistan/facility/khushab.htm

Wikipedia: Pakistan and weapons of mass destruction
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction

GlobalSecurity.org: Pakistan Nuclear Weapons
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/pakistan/nuke.htm

GlobalSecurity.org: Khushab / Khusab Reactor
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/pakistan/khushab.htm

NTI: Pakistan Nuclear Chronology 2001-2008
http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles/Pakistan/Nuclear/5593_6387.html

June 6, 2008 - Times of India: Pakistan's A.Q. Khan: 'All nuclear powers used stolen technology'
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/All_N-powers_used_stolen_technology/articleshow/3107231.cms

May 30, 2008 - ABC News: Pakistani Bomb Scientist Breaks Silence - ABC reports A.Q. Khan states Pakistan govt knew of network that sold nuclear secrets to North Korea, Iran and Libya
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4964884&page=1

May 29, 2008 - Voice of America: Pakistan's Khan Now Denies Selling Nuclear Weapons Technology
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-05-29-voa51.cfm

May 28, 2008 - Pakistani students rally on nuclear anniversary: witnesses - call for Jihad until Khan is freed
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jNFrL2tZEOp2APdSJHqwRMOWirRA

May 24, 2008 - Dawn: Evidence in nuclear smuggling case destroyed
http://www.dawn.com/2008/05/24/top19.htm

February 8, 2008 - Gulf Times: Nuclear scientist Khan 'free to meet anyone he wants'
http://gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=200384&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23

February 8, 2008 - McLatchy News: Pakistan's 'mad scientist' keeps mum on nuclear riddles
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/226/story/27003.html

October 12, 2007 - The Ongoing Mystery of A.Q. Khan's Network - by Douglas Farah
http://www.douglasfarah.com/article/261/the-ongoing-mystery-of-aq-khans-network.com

Wikipedia: A. Q. Khan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Qadeer_Khan

Febuary 6, 2005 - Time: The Man Who Sold the Bomb
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1025193,00.html

September 5, 2006 - Council on Foreign Relations: The Legacy of A.Q. Khan
http://www.cfr.org/publication/11316/treacherous_legacy_of_aq_khan.html

December 31, 2004 - International Herald Tribune: A.Q. Khan's secrets
http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/12/30/opinion/edpak.php

December 22, 2004 - BBC: Breaking the Khan network
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4118939.stm

GlobalSecurity.org: A.Q. Khan
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/pakistan/khan.htm

May 26, 2008 - MEMRI: Al-Jazeera TV - Taliban Commander Beitullah Mahsoud: Pakistan Should Use Its Nuclear Weapons to Challenge the Enemies
http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1778.htm
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/7607.htm

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S.16. Authorization for Use of Military Force

Authorization for Use of Military Force (Enrolled Bill), September 18, 2001
http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/terrorism/sjres23.enr.html

September 18, 2001 - U.S. Authorization for Use of Military Force
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_Against_Terrorists


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