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The Stratfor emails tell us nothing about Saleem Shahzad’s purported CIA connection

By Ahsan Butt Fri, Mar 09, 2012 1:56AM UTC View Comments

I awoke this morning to the news that one WikiLeaks memo speculated on the late Saleem Shahzad’s professional affiliations. In particular, this bit stood out: The poor bastard went down the rabbit hole and was neutralized. ISI is fully infiltrated by sympathizers and operatives. So, he was killed by ISI. Will we find a smoking...

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Pakistan slams US allegation over slain journalist

By AP News Fri, Jul 08, 2011 5:45AM UTC View Comments

ISLAMABAD (AP) – A state-run news agency in Pakistan says an allegation by a U.S. official that Islamabad sanctioned the killing of a Pakistani journalist is “extremely irresponsible.” The Associated Press of Pakistan late Thursday quoted an unnamed government spokesman as saying that authorities have created a panel to investigate the killing of Saleem Shahzad....

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Pakistan journalist Saleem Shahzad dead: Another one bites the dust

By Ahsan Butt Tue, May 31, 2011 10:08PM UTC View Comments

Four days ago, Saleem Shahzad, a journalist working for the Asia Times, penned this report on the extent of al-Qaeda’s infiltration in the Navy at lower levels, and how the attack on PNS-Mehran tied into an investigation of the same. At the top of the story, we read that “this is the first article in...

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