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F-16s needed for counterterror ops, Pakistan tells US
[DAWN] Pakistain said on Monday at the start of strategic talks with the United States that a contentious sale of F-16 fighter jets would strengthen country's ability to mount counter-terrorist operations and promote regional stability.The US government this month approved the sale of the aircraft, radar and electronic warfare equipment to Pakistain in a deal worth nearly $700 million. Neighboring India opposes the sale, which has drawn criticism from some US politicians. Congress could block the deal, although such action is rare. Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj PrunefaceAziz  ...Adviser to Pak Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on National Security and Foreign Affairs, who believes in goodjihadis and badjihadis as a matter of national policy... said he appreciated the US leadership's public assessment that Pakistain uses F-16s effectively against terrorists. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... last week told a House committee that Pakistain's existing fleet of F-16s has been critical for its counter-terrorism fight on its western border with Afghanistan. But Aziz urged the B.O. regime to do more "to bring Congress fully in the picture about the positive steps taken by Pakistain to further our mutual interests and the very significant change in ground realities that has taken place in the past two-and-a-half years,". Posted by: Fred 2016-03-01 |
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