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| 'Consequences' if Pakistan car bomb link - Hillary Clinton |
| 2010-05-08 |
| PAKISTAN faces "very severe consequences" if a terror plot like the failed Times Square bombing was traced to that country, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. However Mrs Clinton also acknowledged Pakistan's increased cooperation in the war on terror, but said the United States expected more, AFP reported. "We've made it very clear that if -- heaven-forbid -- an attack like this that we can trace back to Pakistan were to have been successful, there would be very severe consequences," Mrs Clinton told 60 Minutes, according to excerpts released by the CBS TV network. The interview is scheduled to be broadcast this weekend. Faisal Shahzad, a Pakistani-born US citizen whose large but poorly made bomb failed to detonate in New Tork's Times Square a week ago, has been grilled since he was arrested Monday aboard a plane as it prepared to take off for Dubai. The 30-year-old son of a retired Pakistani Air Force officer is facing five terror charges. Mr Shahzad's family knew at least two key Pakistani militants who were involved in terrorist activities, The Los Angeles Times reported late Friday. Mrs Clinton said Pakistan's attitude toward fighting Islamic terrorists had changed remarkably. "We've gotten more cooperation and it's been a real sea change in the commitment we've seen from the Pakistan government," she said. "We want more. We expect more," she added. Meanwhile, The Washington Post reported that a Federal Bureau of Investigation team arrived in Pakistan on Friday, with investigators focusing on whether foreign terrorist money helped finance the operation. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #3 Johnson, get a thesarus and prepare the sternly worded letter. Right away, Madame Secratary. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-05-08 20:44 |
| #2 Love(d) those stories. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2010-05-08 06:30 |
| #1 I used to think that Retief stories are satire. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-05-08 05:46 |