Tag Archives: Pakistan

Pakistan Blocks Facebook And YouTube On “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day”

Spawned by a Seattle cartoonist who later denounced the campaign, today is “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day.” In response, Pakistan has instituted a block on YouTube, Facebook and other social media sites. Prompted by a court order, the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority today told providers to suspend access. The order runs until 31 May. The Facebook group for “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day” …

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Unibrower Had Big Plans

Would-be Times Square car bomber Faisal Shahzad, had he been successful, had plans to attack several other very high profile NYC locations. If the bomb inside the pathfinder in Times Square went off as planned, a source tells fox 5 that Faisal Shahzad says he was taking aim at four other high-profile targets: Rockefeller center, grand central terminal, the world …

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Sen. Joe Lieberman Wants To Strip Citizenship From Unconvicted Suspects

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Backlash Against Pakistani-Americans

Fox News is wondering if it isn’t time to start picking up recent Pakistani immigrants. Just, you know, in case. You knew this was coming, right? Lieberman shoots that right down.

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Times Square Car Bomb Suspect Faisal Shahzad: I Acted Alone

Federal investigators say that Faisal Shahzad, arrested at JFK yesterday for the attempted car bombing of Times Square, has implicated himself and says that he was acting alone. The law enforcement official who said Mr. Shahzad had implicated himself also revealed more details of the transaction. He said authorities had found Mr. Shahzad through the email address he had given …

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PAKISTAN: Taliban Claims Credit For Failed Car Bomb Attack In Times Square

A Pakistani sect of the Taliban is claiming to be behind yesterday’s failed car bomb attack in Times Square. Homeland Security officials and the NYPD say no evidence has yet been uncovered to verify the Taliban’s involvement. According to the Associated Press, a one minute video allegedly released by the group says the attack is revenge for the death of …

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S. Korea Gives Asylum To Gay Pakistani

A South Korean court has granted political asylum to a gay Pakistani man who says he faces persecution at home. The individual had petitioned the government for refugee status in February of last year. The Justice Ministry rejected his application four months later, however, saying his petition did not meet the criteria of a “well-founded fear of being persecuted” as …

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Flogging Gay Pakistanis

Andy Towle points us to this LiveLeak video which purports to show gay Pakistanis being flogged in the street. Clip description: “Homosexuals Pakistanis recieving their punishment. You can see two lovers kiss at 0:15 before their flogging.” Andy notes that the comments on LiveLeak are sickening.

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Pakistan Grants Transgender Rights

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ruled that transgender people are “full and equal citizens” and should be accorded all the rights and benefits of federal and provincial governments. The following story is from DAWN, Pakistan’s leading English language newspaper, which while sympathetic, refers to trans folks as “transvestites,” “hermaphrodites”, and “gender-confused.” “They are citizens of Pakistan and enjoy the …

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Dow Plummets, Bankruptcy For Iceland, Pakistan May Be Next

The stock market plummeted again today and now Iceland is essentially bankrupt. People go bankrupt all the time. Companies do, too. But countries? Iceland was on the verge of doing exactly that on Thursday as the government shut down the stock market and seized control of its last major independent bank. That brought trading in the country’s currency to a …

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Dubya’s Legacy

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Pakistan’s President Zardari Gets Fatwa For Flirting With Palin

Ruh roh. An Islamic cleric has issued a fatwa against Pakistan’s president Asif Zardari for “flirting” with Sarah Palin. The prayer leader of the infamous Lal Masjid in the heart of Islamabad has issued a decree against President Asif Zardari for publicly making indecent gestures towards the American Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin during their Washington meeting, saying the …

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Pakistan President Musharraf Resigns

Big news out of Pakistan: Under pressure over impending impeachment charges, President Pervez Musharraf announced he would resign Monday, ending nearly nine years as one of the United States’ most important allies in the campaign against terrorism. Speaking on television from his presidential office here at 1 p.m., Mr. Musharraf, dressed in a gray suit and tie, said that after …

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Benazir Bhutto Assassinated

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in a suicide attack today. RAWALPINDI, Pakistan – Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was killed Thursday in a suicide attack as she drove away from a campaign rally just minutes after addressing thousands of supporters, aides said. The attacker shortly after Bhutto addressed the rally in the garrison city of Rawalpindi. There …

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