From The Nation…..

Other sources however told TheNation that Durrani was sacked for his controversial statements to Indian media about the identity of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone suspect of 26/11 Mumbai attacks. His disclosures created a lot of confusion about Pakistan’s stance on Mumbai incident.

Sources further said that more heads could roll in the days to come as consequence of these developments that had forced Islamabad to confirm on Wednesday that Ajmal Amir Kasab was a Pakistani national, a confession dealing severe blow to the image and credibility of the PPP-led coalition government.

Pakistan has a new director for its intelligence agency. He is supposed to put a new face agency and convince everyone that Pakistan is not supporting terrorists. But listen to what he has to say. From Spiegel….

Pasha is apparently adept at overcoming old divisions. However, it is worth listening closely when the general explains why he too is unwilling to apprehend the Taliban leadership, even though many claim that Taliban leader Mullah Omar, for example, is in Quetta, a city where Pasha lived until a few years ago. “Shouldn’t they be allowed to think and say what they please? They believe that jihad is their obligation. Isn’t that freedom of opinion?” he asks, defending extremist rabble-rousers, who are sending more and more Koran school students to Afghanistan to fight in the war there.

Such words from Pasha arouse the old suspicion that the ISI is playing a double game.

I don’t think you can accuse this dude of playing a double game. He flat out told you what his views were.

Edit: Wretchard has a good point…..

The US already knows the Pakistani government — if such an entity can be collectively referred to — was guilty of the Mumbai attacks. But since the “international community” can’t nerve itself to use force and Pakistan possesses nuclear weapons, the plan is to support the international community’s Pakistani guys fight al-Qaeda’s Pakistani guys. Because only Pakistanis are actually going to be allowed to act directly in this situation.

But they need help. To strengthen their political hand the US has conveniently slipped signals intelligence into the hands of the Indians, because although the al-Qaeda Pakistani guys know they have nothing to fear from the US, for reasons we must pass over here, they may still have something to fear from India next door. And that fear may give the international community’s Pakistani guys the edge in what comes next.

But what comes next?

From Spiegel…..

Motorcycle gangs have long kept the police busy with violence and drug trafficking. But now investigators are alarmed by a new threat: Militant neo-Nazis are rising through the ranks of the Hells Angels in Germany.

To a certain extent, neo-Nazis in Germany always get more press than they warrant due to the nation’s past. But there does seem to be some real social degradation going on.

All across Europe, organized groups willing to use violence are growing in strength and popularity. Meanwhile, the states that make up Europe seem to lack the will to tackle thugs with a cause effectively. If they keep up that lack of will long enough, pretty soon they won’t have the means regardless of the will.