The Rains Came

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According to the U.N., the vast floodwaters have affected 20 million Pakistanis. Washington promised some more aid, but its primary concern was not humanitarian but political: that Islamic charities and other Muslim groups opposing the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan were delivering effective emergency aid while efforts by the corrupt, U.S.-supported Zardari regime were failing.

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The Rains Came

Pakistan's "biblical floods," as my friend Arnaud de Borchgrave aptly calls them, are having a potent effect on the twisted geopolitics of the region.

According to the U.N., the vast floodwaters have affected 20 million Pakistanis. Over 1,500 people have died, 800,000 homes have been destroy...

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