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US Quietly Releasing $1.6b In Pakistan Assistance |
2013-10-21 |
[FoxNews] The U.S. has quietly decided to release more than $1.6 billion in military and economic aid to Pakistain that was suspended when relations between the two countries disintegrated over the covert raid that killed the late Osama bin Laden ... who is now sometimes referred to as Mister Bones... and deadly U.S. Officials and congressional aides said ties have improved enough to allow the money to flow again. American and NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and organization.... supply routes to Afghanistan are open. Controversial U.S. drone strikes are down. The U.S. and Pakistain recently announced the restart of their "strategic dialogue" after a long pause. Pakistain's new 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... , is traveling to Washington for talks this coming week with President Barack Obama Ready to Rule from Day One... . But in a summer dominated by foreign policy debates over the coup in Egypt and chemical weapons attacks in Syria, the U.S. hasn't promoted its revamped aid relationship with Pakistain. Neither has Pakistain. The silence reflects the lingering mutual suspicions between the two. The Paks do not like being seen as dependent on their heavy-handed partners. The Americans are uncomfortable highlighting the billions provided to a government that is plagued by corruption and perceived as often duplicitous in fighting terrorism. Congress has cleared most of the money, and it should start moving early next year, officials and congressional aides said. |
Posted by:trailing wife |
#5 What's a billion $ now, nothing. The Fed prints $85Billion a month for Wall St. to put in their crack pipe. Why not give the Paks a Trillion, and a Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier? Now THAT would be headline material! Lord knows, there's nothing that we could do with $1.6 Billion here in the States. Probably just sit in a Govt "Trust Fund" somewhere gathering |
Posted by: Glolump Barnsmell5758 2013-10-21 19:13 |
#4 So much for a) the sequester and b) $17 trillion worth of debt. |
Posted by: Pappy 2013-10-21 10:51 |
#3 Key word take away in support of #2: "Quietly" |
Posted by: Besoeker 2013-10-21 03:05 |
#2 they need the money bad, after all we shot to death one of their most profitable tenants. |
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2013-10-21 00:59 |
#1 See also BHARAT RAKSHAK > [TheNews.PK] PAKISTAN NEEDS US$76.19BILYUHN [Rs$8.0Trilyuhn] TP PAY OFF DEBTS: IMF. Islamabad + other claim that while the situation in the country is far from ideal, Pakland is successfully holding its own despite serious national, foreign pressures. PAK NOT AS BAD AS IT COULD BE??? |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-10-21 00:12 |