Al-Qaeda Meddles While Karachi Burns -- Syed Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani police claimed on Tuesday that a lawmaker from the Muthahida Quami Movement (United National Movement - MQM), Syed Raza Haider, had been murdered by the al-Qaeda-backed South Waziristan-based Fazl Mehsud group.
Haider and his bodyguard were killed on Monday by gunmen at a mosque in the Nazimabad area of the southern port city of Karachi.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
CUSTER is the strategy: But CYA is the name of the game -- Arnold De Borchgrave, Washington Times
Is Afghanistan Worth It? -- Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal
Lebanon, Israel -- A return to war? -- Xinhunet
The Widening Rift Among Iran's Clerics -- Geneive Abdo and Arash Aramesh, New York Times
Rage and Floods in Pakistan -- New York Times editorial
Significant Challenges in Iraq Remain Despite “End” Of U.S. Combat -- Center For A New American Security
Britain’s new export: Islamist carnage -- Daniel Pipes, Jerusalem Post
Does Nigeria have the best Somalia policy? -- Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Policy
U.S. vs. Mexico in Borderlands -- George Friedman, Stratfor
Are actors better at politics than musicians? -- Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy
In Germany, a Broad Recovery Is Under Way -- Jack Ewing, New York Times