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Posts Tagged ‘Condoleezza Rice’

Another Telephone Call from US : History Repeats Itself

By Gul Raiz • Dec 1st, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

There is lots of hue and cry over the so-called notorious telephone called by Colin Powell just after the 9/11 to the then Pakistani president General Pervez Musharraf, and then all kinds of derogatory paintings were hung over the walls of media as how Musharraf kowtowed in front of Americans promptly, hastily, cowardly, without discussing […]



Mullen Twisting Arms

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Sep 18th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen has once again come running to Pakistan while sprouting flames from his nostrils, and he is about to meet Prime Minister (Yousuf Raza) Gilani and General (Ashfaq) Kayani to discuss ongoing operations in the border region with Afghanistan.
The tension is running high in the tribal […]



Yousuf in America : FATA Top Issue

By Rohail Butt • Jul 29th, 2008 • Category: Politics

While Yousuf Raza Gillani, the Prime Minister of Pakistan tried in vain to gain some public support from the PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif in London while enroute to Washington, the media guns of Pakistanis along with the hired lobbies in Washington now trumpeting that the outgoing American administration has weakened its support for their favorite […]



Condoleezza Rice Is Not That Stupid

By Rohail Butt • Jul 7th, 2008 • Category: Politics

At least I didn’t know that. Any companion or supporter of Bush and Mush is certainly an object of very careful investigation, and incite deep apprehension. Among with other aides and sidekicks of George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice is the most charming (depends upon your aesthetic sense) girl, though she has always pained everybody by […]



Protesters break into U.S. embassy in Serbia

By fzuberi • Feb 22nd, 2008 • Category: Misc

ELGRADE, Serbia - Protesters broke into the U.S. embassy in Belgrade on Thursday and set fires, cheered on by crowds outside rallying against U.S. support for Kosovo’s independence.
Doors were ripped off, set on fire and wedged in the embassy windows. Black smoke billowed from the building. Papers and chairs were thrown out of the windows.
One […]