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Haqqani seeks proof in embassy bombing charges
Ambassador Husain Haqqani on Saturday challenged those alleging Pakistani intelligence service's involvement in the Indian embassy's bombing in Kabul, and asked them to produce "hard evidence" to support the charge.
| That's a pretty common tactic. Demand "hard evidence," and make sure no evidence will ever meet the standard of hardness. |
Haqqani said, "If India and Afghanistan level some allegations and the United States supports them, we need hard evidence."
| "Then we can argue for a few months and other things will happen, most of them mundane, and attention span deficit disorder will kick in and the whole thing will be forgotten." |
He said during the prime minister's visit, the two governments had agreed upon a set of measures that both sides would take to ensure that American concerns are allayed and Pakistan's concerns about its sovereignty, civilian authority and control, and its concerns relating to Afghanistan and India are all addressed together. He said the Pakistani military leadership and its intelligence services are going to work on the issue under civilian direction.
| ... which implicates the civilian leadership in their actions. |
Haqqani said the two sides "are now trying to deal with the trust deficit" that exists in the field of intelligence. He said, "Action will be taken against networks the Central Intelligence Agency says it has hard intelligence on, but it will have to share that intelligence with us."
Posted by: Fred 2008-08-04 |
