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| US rejects Pakistani criticism of raid |
| 2011-05-10 |
| [Dawn] The United States said Monday it would not "apologize" for launching a raid to kill the late Osama bin Laden Osama bin Laden is dead. He took two shots to the head. That made him frown and he had to lie down. Osama bin Laden is dead. on Pak soil, after the Islamabad government complained about US "unilateralism." White House front man Jay Carney said Washington took Pak complaints seriously but added: "we also do not apologize for the action that this president took." He said Obama was convinced that he had the "right and imperative" to mount the raid, and noted that the president said during his campaign he would act to get bin Laden in Pakistain if necessary. Pakistain's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani earlier complained about the US raid on Abbottabad last week which killed bin Laden, after the Pak government was not informed in advance. Gilani also insisted Pakistain reserves the right to "retaliate with full force," although he stopped short of spelling out what, if anything, would be done should the United States stage another high-profile anti-terror raid. Carney also said the United States was still seeking cooperation from Islamabad to gain access to three of the Al-Qaeda leader's widows who are in Pak custody and may have vital information on the terror group. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 That CYA is about as effective as a toddler covering its eyes to make the angry mother disappear, JohnQC. The entire world has noticed that not only are they either complicit or stupid about bin Laden's presence, but their military was unable (for whatever reason) to respond to the American raid. What the Pakistni place in the ranks of nations will be after this has yet to be seen, but like Greece, et al, it most certainly isn't going to be anything as cushy as it was before. I'd bet their mercenaries aren't going to earn the country near what they do now, either... just when the IMF is about to realize the loans are a bad idea without more controls, and Britain and the U.S. openly consider more stringent controls on their jizya payments. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-05-10 13:46 |
| #2 Lot of CYA going on by the Pakis. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-05-10 10:18 |
| #1 "FULL FORCE" > Iff anything, IMO Gilani means INDIA, NOT THE USA. * NEWS KERALA > OSAMA RAID: US HAD WARNED PAKISTAN [repeatedly] OF UNILATERAL ACTION, since June 2008 iff OBL was ever found to be in Pakistan + the US feared Pak inaction agz him. * PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUM > BIN LADEN RAID: PAK ARMY CHIEF KAYANI [initially]FEARED OSAMA RAID WAS US STRIKE AGZ PAKISTAN'S NUKES. * BHARAT RAKSHAK > PAKISTAN IGNORED US WARNINGS ON UNILATERAL ACTION ON OSAMA: REPORT. SAME > [DailyBashkar] US REJECTS GILANI JIBES, SAYS IT DOESN'T REGRET UNILATERAL ACTION. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-05-10 02:22 |