Grains de riz 2.0 #8
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Under Obama, an emerging global apparatus for drone killing
The Obama administration’s counterterrorism accomplishments are most apparent in what it has been able to dismantle, including CIA prisons and entire tiers of al-Qaeda’s leadership.
Osama bin Laden is dead, but his close ally and Taliban chief Mullah Omar still complicates the future of Afghanistan. Anti-terrorism officials around the world last year chalked up some stellar success stories, capturing or killing a number of high-profile Islamic terrorists linked to al-Qaeda. Chief among them was obviously Osama bin Laden .
Mullah Omar: Last Man Standing
The Perils of Journalism in Pakistan: Living in Fear of Intelligence Agents - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
Hamid Mir leans back in his office chair, staring at his moblie phone. "Afraid? Am I afraid?" he asks. He shakes his head back and forth. "It would be a lie to say no."
Editorial: CIA agents in Pakistan by Najam Sethi
These are difficult times for professional journalists in Pakistan. Eleven were killed last year in the line of duty.
India's Maoists Going Urban?
Naxalites reportedly switching their attack to India’s cities India’s Naxalite rebels, for years bottled up in the poverty-stricken middle and eastern regions of the country, have forged a new strategy to infiltrate into India’s premier industrial hubs, intelligence officials say.
Thailand: The Die-Hard Absolute Monarchy? | Thai Alliance for Human Rights
Pavin Chachavalpongpun is a fellow at Singapore’s Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
Banyan: The daughter’s return
THE march of sex-selective abortion in Asia seems relentless. Not every society adopts the practice, but those that do—and they include the two largest countries on earth—have seen it spread through every social group, unhampered by growing wealth. Indeed, middle-income couples seem more willing and better able to manipulate the sex of their children than are the poor.Rollover images for slideshow controls Growing up in Kashmir The Idea of Kashmir in an average Indian’s mind is that of a paradise laid waste by the ill intentions and actions of unscrupulous individuals backed by a foreign power and supported by a section of the local population.
Growing up in Kashmir, by Karan Vaid