Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has called on the United States to halt its drone attacks against al Qaeda and Taliban fighters on Pakistani soil and warned that the missile strikes were fuelling militarism in the country’s troubled tribal border region.
This comes amid what appears to be a media blitz by Pakistan’s President Zardari and former President Musharraf to get more funding for Pakistan from the U.S. Both men say Pakistan has been the number one ally of the U.S. in the anti-terror fight.
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From AFP
Pakistan on Wednesday hit back against US Defence Secretary Robert Gates, saying US missile strikes inside its borders were “counter-productive” to anti-terrorism efforts.
“Our policy remains unchanged and we believe drone strikes are counter-productive,” foreign ministry spokesman Mohammad Sadiq told AFP.
He was speaking in response to a statement from Gates that the United States would “go after Al-Qaeda wherever Al-Qaeda is” and affirming that the new US administration’s position had been transmitted to the Pakistani government.
“Both President (George W.) Bush and President (Barack) Obama have made clear we will go after Al-Qaeda wherever Al-Qaeda is, and we will continue to pursue that,” Gates told the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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An unmanned Predator drone.(AFP/File/US Air Force)
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January 28, 2009 at 6:20 pm |
what the FU#$#% does it mean when Gilani says we have the will and the “ability” but NOT the capacity??
What happened to the Billions of Dollars that the sucker bush gave to you towards capacity???? I believe it went into the “capacity” of the state sponsored agencies!!! Ooops I am sorry, I think they are now called “stateless” actors 🙂
I say screw them all who DO NOT even understand that you cannot PRODUCE Kids if you CANNOT raise them properly….. this is 50% of the menace. ANYONE who treats Birth control is a Sin is “part of the problem” and not the solution…..
January 29, 2009 at 4:14 am |
Pakistan’s intentions are quite clear, for even a child to read.
Pakistan has been misleading and milking the US for billions, in the last few decades.
The Americans, including Obama, have now seen through the game, Pakistan has been playing successfully for decades.
Now the Paki mask has dropped, and open blackmail of the international community, has become its last ploy.
Give us Kashmir, give us Dollars, or else………!!!
And where this policy will take Pakistan in future, is not hard to visualize !