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Folsom Telegraph
April 23, 2018
He was also quarter-master general of the mounted San Francisco volunteers in 1851, raised by Governor Burnett to help quell Indian disturbances at San Diego. As an associate of Folsom's in the military establishment, he chose to honor him by naming Sibley Street after him. Sibley died on August 23,Ãâà...
Aljazeera.com
April 23, 2018
Canel will try to enable change in a way that it will not let the old Castro revolutionary guards or military establishment feel uncomfortable." "The military and security apparatus play a key role behind the scenes, controlling the economy and any gradual opening of the economy will have to be done at theÃâà...
Voice of America
April 22, 2018
Manzoor Pashteen, the 26-year-old leader of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (Pashtun Protection Movement, also PTM), said he wanted to present the facts to the people of Lahore that the mainstream media was not bringing to them, due to pressure from the military establishment. Pakistan's military saidÃâà...
Middle East Monitor
April 16, 2018
Erdan said: “We will continue to move against Iran's military establishment in Syria, which threatens Israel's security,” while Bennett said: “Israel has full freedom to move on its borders and is ready for all possible scenarios.” Last week Russia, Syria and Iran accused Israel of launching an air strike againstÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
April 16, 2018
"Press freedom is under attack in Pakistan and the situation has worsened in the last few years, with attacks against journalists intensifying, especially those orchestrated by the powerful military establishment," said Taha Siddiqui, a journalist who was forced into exile after an attempted kidnapping earlierÃâà...
Sputnik International
April 15, 2018
Lebanese movement Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah stted that the US-led missile strikes on Syria failed to achieve its goal and namely "to terrorize Syrian troops, raise morale of insurgents or serve interests of Israel." He went on saying that the US military establishment kept its strikes limited since itÃâà...
The Conversation AU
April 15, 2018
The most recent events in Syria were really about aligning Trump's understanding of Syrian policy with that of the state and military establishment. The policy is to stay in Syria beyond IS, preventing its revival and preventing Iranian and Assad forces from regaining territory. It is unlikely there will be anyÃâà...
Asia Times
April 12, 2018
It is a season of inventing doctrines and spreading propaganda in Pakistan. Old wine is presented in new bottles and termed “new doctrines” and the “new change.” The judiciary is busy with judicial activism; the military establishment is inventing new doctrines, while the political parties are busyÃâà...
The Tribune
April 8, 2018
Pakistan is working on a draft Bill to permanently ban Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud Dawa as well as other terror groups and individuals on the watch list of the interior ministry, a move which has the backing of the powerful military establishment. The Bill will replace the presidentialÃâà...
The Week UK
April 6, 2018
With murders, forced disappearances, death threats and censure of journalists and media outlets becoming increasingly common, concerns have been raised about the extensive influence of the powerful military establishment. The military's stranglehold means that “anyone who attempts to report on what'sÃâà...
Global Village space (blog)
April 5, 2018
Chief Minister Punjab and Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) President offered an olive branch to the military establishment. He stressed that the military should work along with the civilian administration for toppling the challenges faced by the country. Earlier, media had speculated that ShahbazÃâà...
Daily Times
April 4, 2018
But closer to home, it seems that Pakistan's military establishment is no more interested in flirting with the idea of coming directly out of the barracks. Though today there is talk of behind-the-scenes string-pulling; especially when it comes to the judiciary's collision course with the King and all his men.
TRT World
April 3, 2018
This time he made the headlines, over a tussle in Islamabad between the government and a military establishment unhappy with Ali's recent change of careers. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, from the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party, nominated Ali as Pakistan's ambassador to the US inÃâà...
Daily Times
April 3, 2018
Pakistan's elections are already underway; some three months ahead of schedule. And are being contested by the big three. Namely, the ruling civilian leadership, the military establishment and the US. Everything else, at this stage, is but a sideshow. Washington, for now, may or may not have the upperÃâà...
Deutsche Welle
April 3, 2018
The military establishment fears that Sharif could still win the upcoming general elections and Geo TV is promoting his agenda. This, in my opinion, is a reason behind the channel's suspension." Imran Aslam, president of Geo TV Network, says there has been no official confirmation of the channel'sÃâà...
The Nation
March 30, 2018
The government, i.e., the civilian, as well as the military establishment, needs to come up with a clear policy against the confusing and erratic carrot and stick policy of the United States. The meeker Pakistan turns, more hawkish does the US become in blaming Pakistan for its failures in Afghanistan.
Global Village space (blog)
March 29, 2018
Director General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Ghafoor clarified the much-hyped Bajwa Doctrine and described it as a doctrine with limited scope restricted to security measures only. DG ISPR addressed the media in Rawalpindi and denied the stories published in newspapersÃâà...
Daily Times
March 26, 2018
The Haqqani network is most qualified, loyal, veritable arm and sophisticated militant group for Pakistan military establishment against Afghanistan during and after cold. The group recently is led by Siraj Haqqani, the son of the famous anti-Soviet Jihadist Jalaluddin Haqqani, who also led deputy commandÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 26, 2018
In February, the Defense One website quoted a US spokesperson for Al Udeid who said that the airbase will undergo projects regarding infrastructure development throughout the military establishment. There are currently more than 9,000 US soldiers, most of them from the Air Force, and 100 militaryÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
March 26, 2018
A military appellate court in Bahrain on Monday examined appeals submitted by seven civilians convicted earlier on different charges, according to Bahrain's official news agency. Last year, Bahrain's constitution was amended to allow civilians to be tried by military tribunals. The seven defendants includeÃâà...
Durham Herald Sun
March 25, 2018
Pampering the Pentagon is one of those rare bipartisan issues where lawmakers consistently trip over one another to bestow more money on the military establishment than what has been officially requested. Our own Senators Burr and Tillis are right there with them. As a result, we charge down the path ofÃâà...
smallwarsjournal
March 24, 2018
The elitist military establishment considers this unity as a direct threat to their monopoly of the War Machines in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Manzoor Pashteen founded his movement in 2016 in South Waziristan and initially demanded clearing of thousands of landmines laid out by the Pakistan Army and the Taliban to fightÃâà...
Foreign Affairs
March 23, 2018
Sisi, who as defense minister led the 2013 coup against the Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, has forced out every credible electoral contender—including two prominent challengers from the military establishment, Ahmed Shafiq and Sami Anan—using threats and even imprisonment. Moussa MustafaÃâà...
Myanmar Times
March 22, 2018
With the current status quo likely unchallenged, the new administration chief will have to build friendly ties with the military establishment that controls three key ministries – Home Affairs, Border Affairs and Defence. Apart from U Win Myint having to give priority to the crisis in northern Rakhine, Sai WansaiÃâà...
TBO.com
March 22, 2018
The public's willingness to finance a large military establishment has subsequently been linked to the perception that these expenditures perform a positive overall economic function in the national economy — and prove Eisenhower wrong. Yet World War II was characterized by special circumstancesÃâà...
Daily Times
March 22, 2018
The Pakistani military establishment has long dismissed the agreement as one that never was while, at the time, the US insisted it would likely not act without keeping Islamabad in the loop. This was a proviso that both Obama and Hillary took off the table when they were battling it out for the DemocratÃâà...
Middle East Eye
March 21, 2018
Now, as the veil of secrecy is lifted, there is little nervousness in the Israeli military establishment over the expected reaction from Assad, if he responds at all. Members of the Israeli intelligence expect that Assad will once again swallow his pride and not react. If he does, it will be an admission that he wasÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
March 21, 2018
Cairo hosted a meeting on Tuesday -- the sixth of its kind -- to discuss means of “unifying” Libya's chaotic military establishment, according to Egypt's official MENA news agency. From the Egyptian side, the meeting was attended by Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri, acting General Intelligence chief AbbasÃâà...
Business Standard
March 20, 2018
Hussain further said that his address to the participants of the 34th Foundation Day is also being watched by the military establishment and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) at the General Headquarters (GHQ) and Aabpara respectively, which is a proof that despite restrictions on local media to cover him, theÃâà...
Daily Pakistan
March 17, 2018
The alleged footprint of the country's military establishment behind the scene on the very outcome of Senate elections looms large. The deep-state was not willing to risk allowing the nominee of the disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to occupy the top Senate offices or to gain the enough number ofÃâà...
Business Standard
March 17, 2018
He called on the international community to hold Pakistan responsible for using terror groups as proxies to further its own interests. All speakers agreed that this dangerous trend of terror groups being gradually brought into the political mainstream at the behest of the Pakistani military establishment had toÃâà...
Daily Times
March 17, 2018
Of course, the answer is dependent on the extent to which the military establishment is prepared to go in order to distance itself from accusations of behind-the-scenes meddling. This is a question full of loaded meaning and intent. After all, the latter's collision course with the ruling civilian set-up wasÃâà...
The Siasat Daily
March 16, 2018
“Never ever an army general or judge has been convicted of war crimes or wrong judgement,” Hussain underscored. Discussing the slain MQM leader Professor Dr. Hassan Zafar Arif, he said that Pakistan's military establishment assassinated him in custody because he “refused to take dictation and liveÃâà...
Seacoastonline.com
March 15, 2018
Even the most rabid libertarians would probably agree that there are many functions for which we need government, such as a military establishment for our defense, police and fire protection, a court system to provide for rule of law, and provision for public education. They might also agree that we need atÃâà...
Business Standard
March 15, 2018
Continuing his tirade against the Pakistan Army, Nusrat stated that the "racist military establishment" and the "Punjabi ruling elite" had purposely diverted Karachi's resources to areas of their choice in order to create huge economic, social, educational and constitutional disparity in the minority communities.
The National Interest Online (blog)
March 15, 2018
The T-80 is a glaring lesson in why heavily-armored tanks can hide major weaknesses. Once considered a premium tank by the Russian military establishment, T-80s suffered savage losses to lightly armed guerrillas during the First Chechen War. The tank's reputation never recovered. It wasn't supposedÃâà...
World Socialist Web Site
March 14, 2018
Her speech follows a wave of anti-Russia hysteria unleashed by the media, political and military establishment, including the mobilisation of 180 military personnel in the cathedral city of Salisbury. May did not provide a shred of evidence to support her claims that Russia had developed the chemical agentÃâà...
Deutsche Welle
March 14, 2018
Why did Zardari, whose party was once headed by an internationally-recognized democrat like Benazir Bhutto, opt to side with Imran Khan and not with Sharif, who many analysts say has been under pressure from the military establishment? Zardari and his PPP are losing their relevance in PakistaniÃâà...
The Siasat Daily
March 14, 2018
Geneva: Pakistani journalist Taha Siddiqui on Monday said that the military establishment in Islamabad is using people like Hafiz Saeed, who is ... “We have seen double standards and hypocrisy of the Pakistani policy-makers, particularly the military establishment, which actually manages the policy for theÃâà...
The Diplomat
March 14, 2018
A firm determination on the part of the military establishment to prevent civilian leadership from gaining effective decision-making power in security and foreign affairs has limited the ruling party's chances to govern. The unexpected result of the Senate election demonstrates that the military establishmentÃâà...
Business Standard
March 12, 2018
"We have seen double standards and hypocrisy of the Pakistani policy-makers, particularly the military establishment, which actually manages the policy for the country," Siddiqui said. "I mean there's a civilian government, it's only for the stamp. They don't have that kind of authority." "The real authority liesÃâà...
The American Conservative
March 12, 2018
Now that key senators have introduced measures that would end U.S.-aided hostilities in Yemen, we can expect that a coordinated backlash from the military establishment is imminent. The multi-trillion-dollar military-industrial-counterterrorism complex (MICC) has a business model for scuttling legislationÃâà...
Millennium Post
March 12, 2018
The revamp of the military establishment also includes a new strategy to restructure the Defence Ministry for improved organisation and governance. ... their own businesses (a step away from the Kingdom's guardianship system) and allowing women to join the military establishment under strict conditions.
New York Times
March 12, 2018
Like many other former admirers of Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi, the museum said it understood the pressures on her from a military establishment that still holds most of the country's power, and a Buddhist majority which regards the Rohingya as trespassers who have no historic place in Myanmar. Hundreds ofÃâà...
The American Conservative
March 12, 2018
Now that key senators have introduced measures that would end U.S.-aided hostilities in Yemen, we can expect that a coordinated backlash from the military establishment is imminent. The multi-trillion-dollar military-industrial-counterterrorism complex (MICC) has a business model for scuttling legislationÃâà...
DunyaNews Pakistan (blog)
March 8, 2018
... civilian areas,” said a Batal resident Ashiq while talking to this writer. People in Batal appealed to the world human rights organisations to take the notice of truce violation on the LoC and put pressure over Indian military establishment to stop attacking the civilian areas. FeaturedIndial armyLine of Control.
Daily Times
March 8, 2018
A principled position by the civil and military establishment to obey and apply the law/constitution has been taken as a declaration of war against the elected rulers. Instead of making pillars of democracy (led by the two houses of Parliament) strong, credible and respected, the latest staged bazaar of buyingÃâà...
Hindustan Times
March 7, 2018
The statement hinted Asif's decision had the backing of the powerful military establishment as it said the foreign minister gave his approval “after consulting with all the stakeholders”. Asif also suggested the humanitarian measures should be extended to prisoners above 60 years and below 18 years, andÃâà...
Independent Tribune
March 7, 2018
In fact, we forbade the Japanese from forming a new military establishment, simultaneously promising to protect the island nation from any other country's military aggression. We started to regret the ongoing nature of that stewardship during the Cold War. Japan was a ward when what we really neededÃâà...
Kuwait News Agency
March 7, 2018
He urged the graduates to maintain allegiance to His Highness the Amir, the homeland, Kuwait, and the military establishment. The major general pledged to His Highness the Amir that the armed forces would remain the unbreakable shield for protecting dear Kuwait and His Highness. After the speechÃâà...
