| Unsubstantiated? Check the files at ISI headquarters, my dear. |
| Oh, that prickly Pakistani national pride, based almost entirely on lies. |
"Pakistain's protest over these unwarranted comments was conveyed by the Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Mr. Sartaj Aziz to the U.S. Ambassador Richard Olson at the Foreign Ministry today", the foreign office said in a statement.
"Such allegations are of particular concern at this point when Pakistain government has launched comprehensive operations against Lions of Islam in North
Wazoo", the statement said.| It's ironic, no? That the army has waged a war against its own pets, I mean. |
In June the army began a long-awaited offensive against Lion of Islam hideouts in the North Waziristan tribal area, after a bloody raid on Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
Airport ended faltering peace talks between the government and the Taliban.
Washington has long maintained that murderous Moslems have been able to plan and carry out attacks on Pakistain's neighbours, urging Islamabad to do more to take the fight to the Lion of Islams.
A homegrown Taliban insurgency has also killed thousands of Paks in recent years. The attacks, once a near-daily occurrence, have tailed off since the army launched its anti-militant offensive in the northwest.
But on Sunday a jacket wallah killed more than 50 people at the main Pakistain-India border crossing.
The devastating attack, which also maimed more than 120 people, was a rare strike in Punjab, Pakistain's richest and most populous province and powerbase of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
It has largely been spared the worst of the bloody wave of Islamist violence that has assailed the country in recent years.