The United States government has officially added the Indian Mujahideen to the list of foreign terrorist organizations making the IM the 49th foreign terrorist organization on the list putting it on the shelf next to the more known terrorist organizations such as Al-Shabaab, FARC (the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) and al-Qaeda. The Indian Mujahideen is accused...

It was solely a tragic event that suddenly murdered 2,658 people and injured millions more both physically and mentally, some may say spiritually as well. After the September 11 attacks in 2001 along with the crashes at Shanksville in Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon, the day that was to live in infamy [the attack on Pearl Harbor] was unfortunately overshadowed. Panic,...

Bin Laden “was used in the same way that 9/11 was used to mobilize the emotions and feelings of the American people in order to go to a war that had to be justified through a narrative that Bush junior created and Cheney created about the world of terrorism.” — Dr. Steve R. Pieczenik With the (at least second) death of Usama bin Laden now creating a tsunami of feelings...

Out of nowhere for many people, U.S. President Barack Obama appeared on television Sunday and announced the death of former-U.S. ally Osama bin Laden which occured in Abbottabad, Pakistan; just 50 kilometers north of the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. The symbolic face of al-Qaeda died at the hands of a small, special operations team made up of Navy SEALs directly under...

Life is ever changing, and this is its real beauty. Who would have known, hardly a few months back, that Egypt and Tunisia would lose their iconic dictatorial leaders. Morocco, Oman and Yemen would head for some major changes. Till these lines are being written, Libya is the battleground central. If Qaddafi thinks that crushing the rebellion will be the end of his woes,...

In Pakistan’s domestic politics, its army’s role and clout remains unchanged. The army lords over the country, its resources, it politicians and its people. The Pakistan People’s Party-led coalition government worked hard to keep the army happy. The army got what it wanted; an ever-increasing military budget, a final say in the foreign policy, plots of...

  Premier Wen Jiabao is visiting India with a 400 strong business delegation from 15 to 17 December soon after the Nobel Peace  Prize diplomatic difference between the two countries. The list of issues at the geo strategic levels between the two Asian Giants has been adequately covered in earlier posts. There are issues ranging from Dalai Lama, Border Disputes, stapled...