pakistan Archive
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama met in the Oval Office Friday with Malala Yousafzai, the Pakastani girl who was shot in the head on her school bus by Taliban gunmen for criticizing their rule, including banning education for girls. In a statement
An online group has created a computer animation that depicts every drone strike in Pakistan since 2004. It is a must-see and a chilling reminder of the legacy of our Nobel Peace Prize winning president. Watch it here.
Yesterday, President Obama was finally subjected to a probing question about his policy regarding drone strikes on American citizens. The question, by Lee Doren during a Google + event, left little wiggle room, but he sure did wiggle. Spoiler Alert: There wasn’t really an
The US’ official line is that its drone strikes are precise and successful in their mission to attack those deemed to be a threat to the US. Barack Obama, the US president, said: “Actually drone attacks have not caused a huge number of civilian
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — An official cabinet minister of the Pakistani government, Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, offered a $100,000 bounty on Saturday for the death of the person behind the “anti-Islam” video made in the United States. Bilour also invited members of the Taliban and al-Qaeda to
After months of championing the issue of ending foreign aid, Sen. Rand Paul succeeded in his filibuster mission to bring his legislation to a vote. No surprise, the bill failed tonight by a vote of 81 to 10. Senators voting in support of Rand
Senator Rand Paul took to the floor demanding a vote on his bill to cut off foreign aid to Egypt, Libya and Pakistan. If you agree with Rand Paul, please like the End Foreign Aid page: Moments ago, as of 4:25pm, Senator Rand
Never one to mince words, Michael Scheuer questions the status quo on just about everything. Asserting that Mrs. Clinton “has blood on her hand’s everywhere,” and “may know a little bit more about the Middle East than Jay Carney.” Mr. Scheuer is a former
Before we get to the article, I’d like to draw your attention to some of the first comments it received–and they are not the opinion of myself or iroots.org–they are what they are, full of braggadocio and fascinating…
Senator Rand Paul has now had a full week of going head to head with one establishment figure after another on the subject of foreign aid. See more of his exchanges here.