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| Pakistan summons US charge d'affaires over drone attacks |
| 2012-06-06 |
| [Iran Press TV] Pakistain's Foreign Ministry has called US Charge d'affaires Richard Hoagland over Washington's continued liquidation drone attacks in the country. The ministry "officially conveyed the government's serious concern regarding drone strikes in Pak territory," it said in a statement. The ministry protested against the drone strikes, calling them "unlawful, against international law and a violation of Pakistain's illusory sovereignty." The move came following a recent hike in the number of the unauthorized air attacks, which Pakistain has repeatedly criticized as counter-productive. "The parliament had emphatically stated that they were unacceptable. Drone strikes represented a clear red-line for Pakistain," the statement said. Pak-US relations experienced particularly serious strains in 2011 after a CIA contractor killed two Paks and a US team infiltrated the Pak territory under the pretext of killing al-Qaeda chief the late Osama bin Laden ... who is now among the dear departed, though not among the dearest... This was topped by US air strikes in November which killed 24 Pak soldiers at two army outposts on the Afghan border. The last incident prompted Islamabad to shut down supply routes to US-led foreign military forces in Afghanistan. On Monday, Pakistain's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar reiterated Islamabad's demand for a US apology before the supply lines could be opened, a demand Washington has so far rejected. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 They didn't stop to wonder why there was no ambassador and only a Charge d'affaires? In my world, they would have sent a robot Charge d'affaires. Klaatu barada nikto, mammals! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2012-06-06 22:12 |
| #3 PAKISTAN DEFENCE FORUM > PAKISTAN KEEPS HAGGLING US ON TRANSIT [closed NATO Supply Routes] FOR CASH. US cutbacks to Pak CSF taking a deep toll. * CHINESE MILITARY FORUM LINK > [Defence Professionals] OPENING THE NATO SUPPLY ROUTES: DOES PAKISTAN HAVE ANY [real] OPTION? Given Islamabad's subtantive reliance of the CSF for mucho of its indigenous annual Budget-Defense appropriations??? and * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > PANETTA: US TO KEEP UP [post-AL-LIBI] ATTACKS [drone strikes] ON AL-QAEDA IN PAKISTAN. * SAME > OBAMA AIDE [NatSecAdv Ton Donilon] THREATENED KAYANI [Pak COAS], BUT HE STILL REFUSED TO HELP, i.e. promised to take or NOT take Pak Army-Mil action agz Haqqani Network. ARTIC > COAS KAYANI SEEMINGLY "UNMOVED" BY US PLAN TO KEEP 10-15,000 CT TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN PROPER AFTER 2014, TROOPS WHICH TECHNICALLY COULD CROSS OR ENTER INTO PAKISTAN IN CASE OF CRISIS. * PAKISTAN DEFENCE FORUM > WE DO NOT TRUST NOR UNDERSTAND PAKISTAN: PENTAGON CHIEF. > US-shared/supplied INTEL leaks by internal Pak sources ending up wid Militants. > Why Osama in Abbottabad = major PAK MIL REGION? Panetta could not trust Pak enough to NOT inform Osama US Commando task force = SEAL TEAM 6 were coming to get him. > Top Pak Govt Politicos, Officers non-informed, misinformed, or disinformed compared to lower level Subordinates, i.e. are weirdly-n-mysteriously routinely "out of the loop" as per normal or sensitive information. TRUST? KNOWLEDGE? PROFICIENCY? .....@ETC. GAP??? YOKAY, I'LL SAY IT - OUCH! * SAME > 9-11 ATTACKS WAS PLANNED IN PAKISTAN [Tribal Areas]: PENTAGON CHIEF. **** cough **** cough **** cough **** ... |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-06-06 21:59 |
| #2 "under the pretext"? They don't think he's dead? |
| Posted by: mojo 2012-06-06 16:13 |
| #1 They didn't stop to wonder why there was no ambassador and only a Charge d'affaires? |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2012-06-06 00:40 |