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A dangerous mix of humiliation and desperation is the prevailing mood in the Pakistani Armed Forces and its Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in the wake of the death of Osama bin Laden in a...

India and US enhance partnership in joint anti-terrorism

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 May 2011

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security, in partnership with the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), on May 13 concluded a two-week seminar on the role of police leaders...

How Pakistan's Proxy War Began - IV

By: B Raman |Issue: Book Excerpts: A Terrorist State as a Frontline Ally | Date: 17 May 2011

The Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM): During the 1980s, many ostensibly humanitarian relief organisations came into being in Pakistan through which Western and Saudi intelligence agencies could funnel...

All eyes on Gilani's visit to China

By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 May 2011

All eyes in Pakistan are on the four-day visit to China from May 17,2011, by Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani. The dates of the visit were finalized some weeks ago to enable him to participate...

Pakistan:Hit,Hit,Talk,Talk!

By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 May 2011

Senator John Kerry, Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is presently in Afghanistan on his way to Pakistan. His visit to Pakistan has been triggered off by the discovery of...

An Intelligence failure, not an ISI failure!

By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 May 2011

The success of Osama bin Laden in evading detection and arrest by the Pakistani security agencies for nearly six years since 2005 when he lived in a house near the Pakistan Military Academy...

Pak nukes now became an embarrassment and a problem

By: Sunita Joshi |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 May 2011

Abbotabad Raid : The Decision Nearly 3 years ago, in July 2008 the author came across a book that dealt with the likely locating of Osama Bin Laden (OBL for short) in a Pakistani city. The book...

AgustaWestland and the European Defence Agency Launch Synthetic Helicopter...

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 May 2011

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that it has signed a contract with the European Defence Agency for the provision of an Interim Helicopter Tactics Training Service....

SELEX Galileo acquires UTRI and reinforces its UAS capability

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 May 2011

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica company and leader in Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), is pleased to announce the acquisition of Italian technology firm UTRI (Unmanned Technologies Research...

Boeing Awarded CH-47F Chinook Modification Work by US Army

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 May 2011

Boeing received a $23.7 million contract on May 9 to perform Initial Production Fielding Support modifications on 49 CH-47F Chinook helicopters at the Boeing Millville Modification Center. The...

Osama bin Laden: Significant pointers

By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 May 2011

It used to be said that Osama bin Laden moved around with a large number of bodyguards to protect him. They had instructions to kill him to prevent his being captured. It would be diificult for...

Boeing Delivers UAE Air Force and Air Defence's 1st C-17

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 May 2011

Boeing delivered the first of six C-17 Globemaster III airlifters to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force and Air Defence during a ceremony at the company’s final assembly facility in Long...

Netizen support for Osama bin Laden in China

By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 May 2011

The Chinese authorities seem to be concerned over the admiration for Osama bin Laden as an “anti-US warrior” that seems to prevail among some sections of its growing community of netizens...

SELEX Galileo foresees strategic opportunities within the Turkish market

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 May 2011

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, has been working with Turkey for decades, establishing strong industrial links with a number of local industries. SELEX Galileo is primarily working with...

Can Pakistan unilaterally renounce US assistance?

By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 May 2011

Can Pakistan unilaterally renounce US assistance in protest against the violation of its sovereignty by the US naval commandos who raided Osama bin Laden’s house at Abbottabad on the night of...

Ten thousand Chinese teachers for India from Taiwan?

By: Claude Arpi |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 May 2011

Ten thousand Chinese teachers for India: that’s good news. In the years to come, it will be more and more important to know Chinese, whether the rise of China is peaceful or not. The initiative...

Nagaland: The Beginning of Insurgency - II

By: Brig (Dr) SP Sinha |Issue: Book Excerpt: Lost Opportunities | Date: 10 May 2011

The Shillong Accord The defeat of Pakistan in the 1971 Indo-Pak war was a grievous blow to Naga insurgency. The insurgents lost their bases in East Pakistan. During the war self-styled General...

Al Queda intends to nuke heart of Christianity - The Vatican?

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 May 2011

In the aftermath of operation Geronimo , that killed Osama Bin Laden, leaders around the world are expecting some kind of retaliation from Al Queda. In the last week on April ‘ 2011, Wikileaks...

Nagaland: The Beginning of Insurgency - I

By: Brig (Dr) SP Sinha |Issue: Book Excerpt: Lost Opportunities | Date: 09 May 2011

The origin of the word ‘Naga’ is shrouded in mystery. It is however clear that the appellation “Nagas” was quite foreign to Nagas themselves. It is only after the advent of the British...

Did General Kayani and Pasha give shelter to Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad?

By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 May 2011

Gen.Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, the present Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), Gen.Nadeem Taj, who retired recently, and Lt.Gen. Ahmed ShujaPasha, who is on an year’s extension after having...