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Cato Scholar Comments on Plans to Shift $230 Million in Aid to Pakistan from Counterterrorism...
                   
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Malou Innocent, foreign policy analyst: Because F-16s fighter jets are rarely used for law enforcement or counterterrorism, it appears that President Bush's recent shift of $230 million in aid to Pakistan from counterterrorism programs to upgrading that country's aging fleet of F-16s is an attempt to sustain Pakistan's cooperation in the fight against terrorism. The plan, however, is a dangerous quid pro quo. Not only has Pakistan's military proven unable, and at times unwilling, to uproot militant safe havens along the Afghan-Pakistan border, but by most accounts, Pakistan's national intelligence agency, Inter-Services Intelligence ('ISI'), still actively assists the Taliban. Even worse, despite billions in U.S. military aid already given to Islamabad, much of it has evaporated due to widespread corruption and mismanagement.... [read full story]                    

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Oct 18, 2008: Berkeley County Democratic Party at Moncks Corner

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The Berkeley County Democratic Party will be having their monthly meeting at 10am. We will meet at the Berkeley Middle School in Moncks Corner 320 N Live Oak Dr Moncks Corner, SC 29461 We also will be serving breakfast at this...

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Oct 11, 2008: Release of Book 'Apratima Horatagara' at National Alliance of People's Movements -...

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National Alliance of People's Movements - Karnataka Presents Release of book 'Apratima Horatagara' - a biographical sketch on the life and struggle of A T Babu, by freedom fighter H S Doreswamy, at Indian Statistical Institute.

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One suspected Islamic militant killed in southern Philippines

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Zamboanga City, Philippines - One suspected Islamic militant was killed and three were arrested in a shootout with police in the southern Philippines, the military said Saturday. The fighting erupted in Jolo town on Jolo...

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Sweden leads women's team event: U.S 4th

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Sweden leads women's team event: U.S 4th - 10/10/2008 By Associated Press ADELAIDE, Australia — The U.S. team was fourth after the third round of the Espirito Santo women’s amateur golf tournament on Friday. Alison Walshe shot...

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