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| Petraeus warned to end US-led strikes on Pakistan |
| 2008-11-03 |
| Pakistan's Defence Minister has held talks with the new United States commander for the region, General David Petraeus. Chaudry Ahmad Muktar used the meeting to call for an end to US missile strikes on Pakistani soil. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari says continued US missile strikes on targets in Pakistan are counterproductive and detrimental to the war on terror. Pakistan's Government is warning of outrage and anti-US sentiment if the raids continue. Mr Muktar is calling on the US to respect Pakistan's sovereignty and territorial integrity. He delivered the warning during the meeting with General Petraeus in the capital, Islamabad. The US has conducted continued raids on insurgent targets in Pakistan's north-west border region. Last week more than 20 people were killed in two suspected missile strikes. But the US says the raids are necessary to protect its forces in neighbouring Afghanistan. |
| Posted by:Oztralian |
| #7 I wonder what the *real* reason for his visit was? I hazard to guess that it is something dreadfully important. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-11-03 21:29 |
| #6 Glenmore: Or because the real big-turbans are in I'bad, or just outside it. Either way, put it in their faces. |
| Posted by: mojo 2008-11-03 20:58 |
| #5 Mojo, IF Pakistan's outrage is real (and not just internal cover) it may be because they don't want us pushing the wacko's any further away from the border and towards I'bad. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-11-03 18:54 |
| #4 Start moving the strikes slowly closer and closer to Islamabad... |
| Posted by: mojo 2008-11-03 17:53 |
| #3 Was HE warned of outrage and anti-Pakistan sentiment if the raids ended? |
| Posted by: Darrell 2008-11-03 16:43 |
| #2 Pakistan's Government is warning of outrage and anti-US sentiment if the raids continue. Did he also warn of outrage and anti-US sentiment if the raids ended? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-11-03 16:38 |
| #1 If Pakistan does nothing against those people, then their insistence that we end these strikes amounts to Pakistan giving them official protection. That then makes the government of Pakistan an accessory to their crimes in a very public way. I wonder why they would want to take that path unless what Patraeus is being told in private is completely different from what Pakistan is telling the public, which is fairly likely. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2008-11-03 16:30 |