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The Hindu
| 1 year ago
Pakistan on Saturday said it was following a well-thought strategy to eradicate terrorism and would follow its own timeline in this endeavour. This statement which seeks to send across the message that Pakistan would not be dictated to on how to...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
US President Barack Obama has ordered a "sharp increase" in drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal areas in recent months, a report said. According to a Bloomberg report, US officials said they expect Pakistan to halt Central Intelligence Agency...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
Luis Ramirez June 09, 2012 They are robots in the sky and some say they are revolutionizing the way the United States wages wars. Drones are playing a growing role in the U.S. military...Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has given no indication...
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India Abroad
| 1 year ago
United States Defence Secretary Leon Panetta's recent statement -- that the United States was losing patience with Pakistan for its refusal to eliminate safe havens for insurgents who attack American troops -- has created a new row between the two...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
Pakistan on Saturday rejected US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta's recent comments on militant safe havens in Pakistan, a move that could intensify tensions between troubled allies Islamabad and Washington. "We feel that the Secretary of Defence is...
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Fox News
| 1 year ago
FoxNews.com Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has not visited Pakistan since taking over as defense secretary a year ago. In a visit to India and Afghanistan this week, he skipped Islamabad again and expressed outright frustration with the Pakistani...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 1 year ago
Story continues below This week the US confirmed that one of its planes had killed al-Qaeda's second in command, Abu Yahya al-Libi. The Obama administration has embraced the program, ordering a sharp increase in strikes against suspected terrorists...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
VOA News June 08, 2012 Officials in northwestern Pakistan say a bomb blast has ripped through a bus, killing at least 19 people, including six women. Authorities say some 35 people were wounded in the attack Friday in the city of Peshawar, near...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
The US military strategy of continued drone strikes to fight insurgents in Pakistan and Afghanistan once again stands accused of violating international law, this time by UN's human rights chief Navi Pillay and Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Share...
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Indian Express
| 1 year ago
Pakistan's Ambassador to the US Sherry Rehman said the remraks have further reduced the space for narrowing bilateral differences, that have been hit by a series of conflagrations in the recent past. "This kind of public messaging from a senior...
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The Gleaner
| 1 year ago
For an ambitious young terrorist looking for quick promotion, it's hard to beat al-Qaida as an organization...Monday after a U.S. drone killed Abu Yahya al-Libi, who had been functioning as a general operations manager and headquarters liaison with...
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Al Jazeera English
| 1 year ago
52 Leon Panetta, the US secretary of defence, has put renewed pressure on Pakistan to do more to combat armed groups in Pakistan, particularly the Haqqani Network, a group believed to be linked to al-Qaeda. Panetta's warnings came during a press...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 1 year ago
United States defence secretary Leon Panetta says his country is reaching the limits of its patience with Pakistan because of the safe havens the country offers to insurgents in neighbouring Afghanistan. It was some of the strongest language by a...
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BBC South Asia
| 1 year ago
UN's Navi Pillay Drone attacks are a major cause of anti-American sentiment in Pakistan US military drone attacks in Pakistan raise serious legal questions, the UN's human rights chief has said. Navi Pillay was speaking at the end of a fact-finding...
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Guardian Unlimited
| 1 year ago
Reuters The US defence secretary has raised the pressure on Pakistan over insurgent bases along its border with Afghanistan , saying Washington is running out of patience. "It is difficult to achieve peace in Afghanistan as long as there is safe...
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India Abroad
| 1 year ago
In the strongest warning so far to Pakistan, the United States on Thursday said it is reaching the limits of its patience with Islamabad [ Images ] for allowing terrorist safe havens, specially the dreaded Haqqani network. The warning was sounded by...
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The Globe & Mail
| 1 year ago
Paul Koring Washington The Globe and Mail Published Thursday, Jun. 07 2012, 7:47 AM EDT Last updated Thursday, Jun. 07 2012, 7:52 AM EDT Pakistan continues to harbor terrorist groups that pose a deadly threat to American interests and imperil...
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Tulsa World
| 1 year ago
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, center right, speaks with U.S...John Allen, center left, upon his arrival at Kabul International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan...Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday pressured Pakistan to do more to root out the...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said on Thursday the United States was reaching the limits of its patience with Pakistan because of the safe havens the country offered to insurgents in neighbouring Afghanistan...It is an increasing concern, the issue...
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Chicago Tribune
| 1 year ago
Afghanistan, upon his arrival at Kabul International Airport June 7, 2012. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Thursday the United States was reaching the limits of its patience with Pakistan because of the safe havens the country offered to...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 1 year ago
Panetta arrived in the Afghan capital on his second visit in less than three months as President Hamid Karzai branded Wednesday's air strike on a home in Logar province "unacceptable" and cut short a visit to China. Taliban insurgency, is planning to...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 1 year ago
Afghanistan, about the "ability to confront these threats from the Taliban and from the Haqqanis", a reference to the hardline, Al Qaeda-linked Haqqani network. Mr Panetta also planned to visit troops and hold talks with the Afghan defence minister,...
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BBC South Asia
| 1 year ago
US Defence chief Leon Panetta in surprise Kabul visit The defence secretary says he wants to familiarise himself with "ground realities" in Afghanistan US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has arrived in Afghanistan on an unannounced visit. He told...
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Pak Tribune
| 1 year ago
Panetta also acknowledged that India and the US had "often deep" differences with Pakistan but said New Delhi and Washington needed to work to overcome them. "Pakistan is a complicated relationship for both of our countries but one that we must work...
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US Dept of Defense
| 1 year ago
Afghan leaders, visit with American troops, and assess the situation on the ground. This is Panetta's fourth trip to Afghanistan as defense secretary. He will meet with International Security Assistance Force commander Marine Corps Gen...Panetta told...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 1 year ago
Before his arrival, Panetta told reporters that he wanted to hear an assessment from commanders about a recent rise in insurgent attacks and plans for troop withdrawals...Panetta, who flew to Kabul from New Delhi, said he wanted "to get a sense of...
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Indian Express
| 1 year ago
Defence Secretary Leon Panetta who is on a two day visit to India has said that the two nations must move beyond individual arms sales and increase both the quality and quantity of their defense trade. Panetta also assured India to provide the best...
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Open Democracy
| 1 year ago
The tension between Washington and Islamabad over the former's drone assaults on targets in Pakistan is rising. But a prospective geopolitical rivalry involving both countries has even wider ramifications. The reported death of Abu Yahya al-Libi in a...
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International Herald Tribune
| 1 year ago
Defense Chief Shrugs Off Objections to Drones Pool photo by Jim Watson/Reuters Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta at a welcoming ceremony at the Defense Ministry in New Delhi, India on Wednesday...Panetta brushed aside concerns on Wednesday that drone...
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Arab News
| 1 year ago
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta promised yesterday to let India buy America's best weapons technology and jointly produce and develop equipment in a bid to increase trade with the world's top arms importer. "The United States is firmly committed to...
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The Herald
| 1 year ago
Panetta defends drone strikes Defense Secretary Leon Panetta brushed aside concerns Wednesday that drone strikes against al-Qaida leaders in Pakistan violate that country's sovereignty. "We have made clear to the Pakistanis that the United States of...
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NewKerala
| 1 year ago
Rejecting Pakistan's objection that the US operations against the Al Qaeda chief was a violation of its sovereignty, Mr Panetta said the US had made it clear to Pakistan that 'the US was going to attack them (terrorist havens).' He expressed...
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NewKerala
| 1 year ago
At a practical level, our defence partnership is coming of age. Expanded military exercises, defence sales and intelligence sharing are key examples of the relationship's maturation. Last year alone we held more than 50 cooperative defence events,...
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NewKerala
| 1 year ago
Defence Secretary Leon Panetta on Wednesday said the two nations are leaders in technology development and can do incredible work together. "I want to stress that the United States is firmly committed to providing the best defense technology possible...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta has discussed a number of important issues, including security in Afghanistan and the India n Ocean, as well as New Delhi's tense relationship with Pakistan , ahead of the third India-U.S. Strategic Dialogue that will...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
His assertion came a day after Pakistan summoned the US envoy in Islamabad and lodged a protest over continued drone strikes, terming these as "unlawful" and violative of the country's sovereignty. Pakistan lodged the protest soon after a drone...
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The Hindustan Times
| 1 year ago
Panetta confirmed the strike on a "another deputy leader" of the terror group, referring to al-Libi who once escaped from a US jail in Afghanistan and had escaped previous assassination attempts. A trusted lieutenant of Osama bin Laden, Libi appeared...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
VOA News June 06, 2012 The United States has no plans to curtail drone attacks on Pakistani soil, saying its right to target terrorist leaders "is about our sovereignty."...Defense secretary Leon Panetta issued the defense of the strikes Wednesday,...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 1 year ago
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is delivering a strong defense of the U.S. use of drones to kill insurgents in Pakistan, telling an audience next door in India on Wednesday that America has made it clear to Islamabad it will continue to target al-...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
The premises of the US diplomatic mission in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi came under attack during the night but there were no casualties, embassy and security sources said on Wednesday. "There was an attack late last night on the United States...
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Mail Online UK
| 1 year ago
Al Qaeda's second-in-command Abu Yahya al-Libi has been killed in a CIA drone strike in Pakistan. Al-Libi was targetted in a pre-dawn US drone strike in North Waziristan, a Taliban and Al Qaeda stronghold along the Afghan border, on Monday. He was a...
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Pak Tribune
| 1 year ago
The United States said on Tuesday it was certain a CIA drone strike killed al Qaeda number two Abu Yahya al Libi, claiming its top scalp from the terror group since eliminating Osama bin Laden...The official described the killing of Libi as a "major...
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The New York Times
| 1 year ago
In the world of violent global jihad, Abu Yahya al-Libi was an evangelist, a philosopher and a social media rock star. He was even being mentioned as a likely candidate to take over as the head of Al Qaeda. I call him a man for all seasons for A.Q.,...
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The Hindu
| 1 year ago
AP/IntelCenter This undated image taken from video provided by IntelCenter shows al-Qaeda's second-in-command Abu Yahya al-Libi. Al-Qaeda's deputy leader Abu Yahya al-Libi was dead, according to a White House official on Tuesday, but he did not...
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DAWN
| 1 year ago
A theologian who rose to prominence in 2005 when he escaped US custody in Afghanistan, Abu Yahya al-Libi became a major motivational figure for al Qaeda, masterminding its propaganda machine. American officials have described Libi as second-in-...
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Zee News
| 1 year ago
Al-Libi was last capable pillar' of al Qaeda Washington: Al Qaeda leader Abu Yahya al-Libi, who has been killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan, was one of the last-remaining pillars at the core of the terror group, according to a report. Al-Libi,...
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The Courier-Mail
| 1 year ago
Osama bin Laden was killed, the loss of charismatic propagandist Abu Yahya al-Libi is a crippling blow to al-Qaeda that could break up its central leadership, US experts say. Killed on Monday in a CIA drone strike in Pakistan, al-Libi was considered...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| 1 year ago
Abu Yahya al-Libi, the charismatic commander who helped steer the terrorist group after Osama bin Laden's death last year, was killed by a CIA drone strike in Pakistan's lawless frontier region, U.S. officials confirmed Tuesday...Libyan jihadist, who...
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Zee News
| 1 year ago
US will hit al Qaeda leaders wherever they hide' Washington: The US would go after al Qaeda leaders wherever they are hiding in the world, the Pentagon on Tuesday said amidst reports of killing of the group's second-in-command Abu Yahya al-Libi in...
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Taiwan News
| 1 year ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2012-06-06 11:54 AM The U.S. drone that spotted al- Qaeda's second-in-command getting into a car, followed him to a house in a North Waziristan tribal region and...
