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It’s been 8 years of cat-and-mouse chase between the US government and Osama bin Laden, the seemingly slippery leader of the slithery terrorist group al-Qaeda. With the US doing all the chasing and bin Laden doing all the skirting, one wonders at the vaunted reputation of American spies. In the news not too far back, we learned that the US military [...]

The issue of safety of the Pakistani nuclear arsenal has made more than a few people worried, wary, and beleaguered. Maybe it is because Pakistan, the purported ground zero of Islamist armed terror, also has an image of having a weak government and fast turning into a failed state. While pouring in supposedly much-needed military funding into the country, [...]