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| Pakistan will not nuke US for incursions | |||
| 2008-11-03 | |||
Pakistani Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani says Islamabad will not use its nuclear arsenal against the US to stop its incursions inside the country.
Gilani's remarks come after two deadly US air strikes in two Waziristan villages Friday that killed 32 people, raising tensions between Washington and Islamabad. The incident in the lawless province is the latest in a string of attacks on Pakistani soil that have raised tensions between Islamabad and Washington. Gilani urged the International community to stop the United States' incursions into Pakistan's tribal belt near the Afghan border. The prime minister said that he would raise the issue in a meeting with the US ambassador to Islamabad. Also last week on Wednesday, the Pakistani government had summoned the US ambassador to protest over the issue. Gilani noted that the Afghan President Hamid Karzai would also take the matter up with the US-led NATO forces based in Afghanistan. Pakistan has frequently protested over the US incursions into Pakistan's tribal region, with Prime Minister Gilani earlier terming the attacks as 'acts of terrorism'. President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday also strongly condemned the recent US air raid inside Pakistani territory and termed the strikes as attacks on the sovereignty and autonomy of Pakistan. | |||
| Posted by:Fred |
| #15 Some of us ran ships that carried them. If we faced down the Soviet Union, we sure as Hell aren't going to be worried about a pack of goatherders who've gotten their butts kicked by India three times. Those Pak boys better not let their mouths write a check their butt can't cash. |
| Posted by: Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-11-03 21:34 |
| #14 Some of us have tea parties just for fun. On the other hand, I think my rabbi's brother drove nuclear submarines before he got promoted; they have all sorts of cool toys, right? /No haven't got a tour. I haven't even met him -- he's busy these days, or so she says. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-11-03 20:31 |
| #13 Let's see... The US has 5000+ nuclear weapons and has ICBMs. Pakistan has 50-100 nuclear weapons and no ICBMs. Pakistan "will not demonstrate any irresponsible attitude." Good thinking, dude. Pretty rational for an Islamic state. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2008-11-03 17:36 |
| #12 And some of us built the things. Can you show me how? I need some for landscaping, yeah, that's the ticket... ("It blocked my view of Venus.") |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2008-11-03 16:58 |
| #11 And the rest of us are just snarky. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-11-03 16:41 |
| #10 And some of us built the things. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2008-11-03 16:38 |
| #9 Indeed. And others here collected the intel that identified targets. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-11-03 16:01 |
| #8 you guys are s tough and cool, wow hard to believe you are so informed and at the same time hold the keys to the US nuke arsenal Don't lump us all together, dipschidt. Some of us actually are informed. And some of us do (or did) hold the keys. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-11-03 15:48 |
| #7 Rantburg, keyholder of the US Nuclear Arsenal. Now there's a scary thought. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-11-03 15:00 |
| #6 unless they wait for o-bam admin, then a nuke against our troops will result in an apology from our DOS and a trip to the UN for hand wringing and possibly, a strongly worded letter. |
| Posted by: Abu do you love 2008-11-03 14:54 |
| #5 if they did use a tac nuke against our troops I don't belieeve we would have too worry about the taliban anymore, or pakiland, iran at all you guys are s tough and cool, wow hard to believe you are so informed and at the same time hold the keys to the US nuke arsenal |
| Posted by: Ebbiger and Tenille6918 2008-11-03 14:52 |
| #4 if they did use a tac nuke against our troops I don't belieeve we would have too worry about the taliban anymore, or pakiland, iran at all Shouldn't you wait, like 48 hours, before making statements like this? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-11-03 12:41 |
| #3 if they did use a tac nuke against our troops I don't belieeve we would have too worry about the taliban anymore, or pakiland, iran at all |
| Posted by: sinse 2008-11-03 12:38 |
| #2 Whew! That's a relief. However, let me play Devil's Advocate and suggest that a theater nuke war might provide just the sort of urban (and political!) renewal Pakistan needs. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-11-03 11:10 |
| #1 A slip of the lip? That's how green glass parking lots get made, genius. |
| Posted by: mojo 2008-11-03 10:27 |