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US must get tough with Pakistan, says adviser
WASHINGTON, July 30: A senior Bush administration adviser urged the United States on Monday to consider direct military action at alleged Al Qaeda targets inside Pakistan and link US aid to Islamabads performance in the war against terror. Lee Hamilton, a member of President George Bushs Homeland Security Advisory Council, wrote in an article published in several US newspapers that Washington could not allow Al Qaeda to retain a safe haven in Pakistans tribal areas and it could not permit another terrorist attack on the United States. Further US military aid to Pakistan should be conditional on Pakistani action. And we must be clear with Gen Musharraf that if Pakistan wont take out Al Qaeda, the United States will. Mr. Hamilton said the US did not have to send its own troops to destroy Al Qaeda hideouts.Posted by: JohnQC 2007-07-31 |
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