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    LeT and Kashmir

    LeT’s collaboration with local groups in Kashmir is not surprising given the denial plausibility and the ability to avoid crossing the LOC. LeT’s collaboration with groups within Kashmir is a an old...
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    MEMRI...old here?

    http://www.memrijttm.org/

    I rally like this website. Great for white papers etc....
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    very cool....

    ganulv,

    This guy seems like an amazing artist. Will be exploring his music for the next few days. Ill let you know :-)
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    oxymoron?

    Mr. Bourbon...that is an oxymoron right there...but I guess people are complex!
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    What is up with that?

    Seriously the Israelis and the Palestians in the East Coast seem numb to that - minus some Hassidums I've met(but several of even the the Hassidumu seem antiwar pro Palestiinian rights--- does that...
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    Great documentary. Very talented!!! They must...

    Great documentary. Very talented!!!

    They must be connected to Goldman Sachs and the Israel Lobby...what you say?
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    Great documentary. Very talented!!! They must...

    Great documentary. Very talented!!!

    They must be connected to Goldman Sachs and the Israel Lobby...what you say?
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    Just arrived in NYC after living in the ME for...

    Just arrived in NYC after living in the ME for the past couple of years, and got a very negative perspective from most of my friends here(yes, very lefty people).
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    I know of Sir Burton, but what is the name of...

    I know of Sir Burton, but what is the name of that book?

    Thank you for your kind words. It's Miss Parvati.
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    Mr. Dayuhan, I totally agree with you on both...

    Mr. Dayuhan, I totally agree with you on both points. Learning a language is to communicate with locals and best way is though the play scenario (playing toys when younger, and drinking when older-...
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    Combination?

    My background is that I have several years experience working as a Linguist for the govt. I speak 5 languages fluently plus another 5, I barely speak and/or understand. The 5 that I speak fluently, I...
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    Same kind of issues regarding Hindi and Urdu. In...

    Same kind of issues regarding Hindi and Urdu. In the upper classes in Pakistan and India, people tend to speak a mixture of English and Hindi/Urdu. I can totally relate to Mr. Stan for being laughed...
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    To your question about classroom vs. real...

    To your question about classroom vs. real language- there is generally a difference in how the language is spoken, for example, rural vs. urban, regional accents and dialects, slang etc.
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    It really depends on you.

    I think language learnt in a classroom is only good to a certain extent. What is learnt in a classroom can be rapidly lost after the class is over until you find a medium to continue to practice.
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    Non-enhanced more likely to be effective...

    I meant detainee program as a catch all phrase, and was thinking specifically about non-enhanced when I wrote about the successes leading to UBL. You can see the failure of enhanced depicted in the...
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    Must watch!

    The torture scenes were totally disturbing, it makes me queasy even thinking about it!

    Like Bourbon said, there isn't a pro/anti stance regarding torture. It does show that the detainee program...
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    On the Khowst debacle...

    The Triple Agent by Joby Warrick

    So far, so good.
  18. Major transformation of the DIA coming...

    DIA is projecting to have around 1,600 collectors worldwide:


    Big change, according to Lt.Gen Flynn:
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    Nov. 15-18 Gallup poll

    Petraeus' Image Takes Hit, Still More Positive Than Negative
    Majority says it was necessary he resign
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    Sir, The Dengue issue is all over the...

    Sir,

    The Dengue issue is all over the Indi-Pak mainstream(very mainstream) and social media. I think the Indian Government should not have done it in secrecy given South Asia's propensity towards...
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    Kasab hanged amid secrecy

    Questions are being raised surrounding the sudden and secret hanging of Kasab in India.

    From International Business Times India:

    The rumor of Kasab dying of dengue has become a hot topic of...
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