[October 19 2007] Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary: Commentary Zen For The Internet Age - Thinking About Stuff & Talking About What I Think Is NOT That Complicated , But The Internet Changed That...

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[October 19 2007] Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary: Commentary Zen For The Internet Age - Thinking About Stuff & Talking About What I Think Is NOT That Complicated , But The Internet Changed That...

Travus T. Hipp - Cabale News Service

In The News: Welcome Back! With thousands of people in the streets to greet her, two suicide bombers attack Benazir Bhutto's motorcade. There are conflicting reports about who might be responsible. Comments below... Meanwhile, there are reports that the Waziris and other tribal groups in the Autonomous Tribal Zone decide to side with al Qaeda and the Taliban, and a battalion or more of Pakistani troops fighting them in the region have defected to the tribal groups. From Informed Comment, Global Affairs: Friday, October 19, 2007 Barnett R. Rubin Karachi Bombing: Afghanistan and Pakistan Are a Single Front The bombing of Benazir Bhutto's motorcade in Karachi signals a new level of integration of the politcal arena of Afghanistan and Pakistan. If, as now seems likely, the attack is traced back to the "Pakistani" Taliban of South Waziristan and al-Qaida, it will constitute a strike at the center of the Pakistani political process by groups based on the frontier who are part of both the transnational Afghan-Pakistani Taliban movement and the transnational global al-Qaida movement. The moment is reminiscent of events in Central Africa in 1996. The 1994 genocide in Rwanda ended with the defeat of the Hutu-power regime, whose remnants and constituents fled into Eastern Zaire. This regional crisis in a distant border region unexpectedly linked up with the national political process of Zaire when the advent of elections made the citizenship of ethnic Rwandans (Kinyarwanda speakers) an issue that the Rwandan regime used as a vehicle for launching the war that overthrew the Mobutu regime. [ In Full ] Opinion from William M. Arkin @ Early Warning (WaPo): Al Qaeda Attacks Bhutto? Not So Fast Pakistani officials have been quick to implicate the Taliban and al Qaeda in yesterday's assassination attempt against former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. But before anyone gives too much credence to such reports, remember: This is Pakistan. And Pakistan harbors many terrorist groups of its very own. Yes, both the Taliban and al Qaeda are active in Pakistan, especially where the country drifts into anarchy on its border with Afghanistan. And they could well be involved in this attack. The larger issue, however, is Pakistan's inability (or unwillingness) to take on terrorists -- militarily and otherwise -- within its borders. On that score, yesterday's attack could give President Pervez Musharraf the political cover he needs to finally do something about Pakistan's terrorist problem. Musharraf labeled the attack part of a "conspiracy against democracy" [ In Full ] The FDA is mulling the possibility that cough medications for children just don't work. More. Hillary Clinton & Charles Shumer are 'outed' for adding an earmark of a million dollars to a spending bill for construction of a "Woodstock Museum". The house fails to override a presidential veto of the SCHIP bill meant to supply underprivileged children with health care. The Bush family values are showing. Economic indicators: Harley-Davidson reports a 15% profit decline in it's largest market, the U.S. --30-- "All The News You Never Knew You Needed To Know ...Until Now." Travus T. Hipp - Cabale News Service Recorded by The Buffalo In Da' Midst @ My Buffalo River Home Current Postings @ My Buffalo River Home There Have Been Thanks For Stopping By Related @ Technorati: Travus T. 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