Earlier this summer, as U.S. Army helicopters began evacuating stranded people from Pakistan's flood-ravaged northwest, one Pakistani newspaper chose to focus on a more sinister dimension of American military activity in the country.
According to sources cited in an article in the Pakistani daily, the Nation, Washington is constructing a "huge base" in Islamabad to "control" South Asia. American soldiers and "personnel of Blackwater" will soon arrive, with a Guantanamo Bay-style detention camp to follow. The article noted that the base lies near Pakistani nuclear sites, offering "all kinds of opportunities" for Washington. ...