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Curious, is pakistan a failed state? if so, what is a failed state? what does it mean? >> its a failed state in one sense for sure. it is not controlling the territory to prevent terrorists from attacking american soldiers in afghanistan and elsewhere or is actively abetting them. i think a country like that loses in a way, its legal right to sovereign control of its territory because its allowing the attacks. we do have to think of it as a failed state and if you look politically, the country h...

time. next up, lots to talk about with our "gps" panel this week. from syria to egypt, iran to iraq, and of course asia. finally, why egypt went way retro this week, back to the age of the pharaohs. ill explain. first, heres my take. you wouldnt have thought anti-americanism in pakistan could get any worse, but last week, nato attacked a pakistani army post, killing 24 pakistani soldiers. even before this episode for which nato expressed deep regret, you couldnt have found a coun...

is at the center of it. hear his story for the first time. next up, lots to talk about with our "gps" panel this week. from to egypt, iran to iraq, and of course asia. finally, why egypt went way retro this week, back to the age of the pharaohs. ill explain. first, heres my take. you wouldnt have thought anti-americanism in pakistan could get any worse, but last week, nato attacked a pakistani army post, killing 24 pakistani soldiers. even before this episode for which nato expre...

Hi, everyone. im tamron hall. well hear from white house press secretary jay carney on the breaking news about president obamas decision not to release the pictures of osama bin ladens body. plus, ill talk to the special agent who oversaw interrogations at guantanamo bay. he is giving his thoughts on the debate over harsh interrogation tactics that some claim may have led to the capture and killing of bin laden. and osama bin ladens will, a kuwaiti paper is claiming that it obtained a copy of hi...

Here are some of the key points of the log. we talked about this extensively last week -- pakistans intelligence agency, isi, allegedly aiding the afghan taliban for years. the founder of wikileaks says theres evidence of what he calls war crimes committed during the war. the taliban allegedly is using shoulder-fired heat-seeking missiles to shoot down aircraft. they helped them defeat the soviet occupation in the 19 # 0s. a huge number of civilians have been killed in the war, caught in the cro...

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There were a huge number of civilians caught in the cross fire in land and air operations and also seek let u.s. commando raids against taliban leaders, some successful, others resulting in civilian deaths. again, one of the most devastating points in these documents is the allegation that pakistans spy agency is supplying weapons, training and even planning some operations for the afghan taliban. now, on friday, i spoke with matt waldman, this is before these wikileaks were made. matt waldman...