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  • Pakistan: "Hip-hop diplomacy" hits a snag as military briefly detains American dance troupe

    11/16/2011 9:13:18 AM PST · by Nachum · 4 replies
    Jihad Watch ^ | 11/16/11 | Marisol
    They had bin Laden living nearby for all that time in Rawalpindi, but dancers with cameras clearly face a zero-tolerance policy. An update on this story. "US hip-hop diplomacy hits speed bump in Pakistan," by Sebastian Abbot for the Associated Press, November 16: ISLAMABAD (AP) — A U.S. attempt to smooth relations with Pakistan using a bit of hip-hop diplomacy hit a speed bump Wednesday when the Pakistani military briefly detained an American music group accused of taking photographs of sensitive installations. The F.E.W. Collective, a hip-hop group from Chicago on a U.S.-sponsored tour of Pakistan, was traveling in embassy...