[{"command":"openDialog","selector":"#drupal-modal","settings":null,"data":"\u003Cdiv class=\u0022ds-1col clearfix\u0022\u003E\n\n  \n\n  \n  \u003Cp\u003EWestern media have recognized the Haqqani network\u2019s character as a \u201cmilitant\u201d Islamist group in open alliance with the Taliban.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EDeclan Walsh and Eric Schmitt, \u201cU.S. Blacklists Militant Haqqani Network,\u201d \u003Cem\u003ENew York Times\u003C\/em\u003E, September 7, 2012, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/09\/08\/world\/asia\/state-department-blacklists-militant-haqqani-network.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/09\/08\/world\/asia\/state-department-blacklists-militant-haqqani-network.html\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E For the most part, the media concur with the widespread assumption among Western intelligence agencies that the Haqqani network is the most lethal arm of the insurgency in Afghanistan.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EChelsea Carter and Joe Sterling, \u201cHaqqani leader turned network into \u2018killing machine,\u2019 intelligence officials say,\u201d CNN, September 7, 2012, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2012\/09\/07\/world\/asia\/pakistan-haqqani-profile\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2012\/09\/07\/world\/asia\/pakistan-haqqani-profile\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECertain media outlets have followed the lead of the Pakistani government in recognizing the Haqqani network\u2019s potential to serve as a negotiating partner with the United States in its ongoing fight against the Taliban and al-Qaeda.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EAhmed Rashid, Descent into Chaos, (London: Penguin Books, 2009), 221.\u003C\/span\u003E The London-based \u003Cem\u003ETelegraph\u003C\/em\u003E, for one, has played up the Haqqanis\u2019 willingness to enter into \u201cpeace talks\u201d with the United States. It has referred to the organization as a \u201cmilitia.\u201d\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003ERob Crilly, \u201cHaqqani network \u2018ready to enter peace talks if Taliban approves,\u201d \u003Cem\u003EDaily Telegraph\u003C\/em\u003E (London), November 13, 2012, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/asia\/pakistan\/9674405\/Haqqani-network-ready-to-enter-peace-talks-with-US-if-Mullah-Omar-approves.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/asia\/pakistan\/9674405\/Haqqani-network-ready-to-enter-peace-talks-with-US-if-Mullah-Omar-approves.html\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n","dialogOptions":{"minWidth":850,"resizable":true,"modal":true,"title":"Western Media"}},{"command":"doFootnotes"}]