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| US warned Pakistan after foiled Times Square attack: book | |
| 2010-09-28 | |
| [Al Arabiya] The United States implied to Pakistain it would have had no choice but to hit terrorist havens in the country, had a New York car bomb plot succeeded in May, according to a new book published Monday. Obama's national security advisor James Jones delivered a warning in person to Pak President Asif Ali President Ten PercentZardari just after the failed Times Square attack on May 1, according to journalist Bob Woodward in his new book. Jones left Zardari in no doubt that Obama would have been forced to strike back had the bomb gone off, despite the anti-terror alliance between the new nations, Woodward said, in the book "Obama's Wars." Obama sent Jones, Douglas Lute, his top White House aide on Pakistain and Afghanistan and CIA chief Leon Panetta to Islamabad after the failed attack for frank talks with Zardari and top Pak officials. "The president wants everyone in Pakistain to understand if such an attack connected to a Pak group is successful, there are some things even he would not be able to stop," Jones was quoted as telling Zardari. "Just as there are political realities in Pakistain, there are political realities in the United States. "No one will be able to stop the response and consequences. This is not a threat, just a statement of political fact," Woodward quoted Jones as saying, adding that the U.S. official warned "we are living on borrowed time."
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Good to see Bambi is eventually growing some balls in regard to Pakistan. Please dont forget also Iran and the two faced saudis! |
| Posted by: Paul2 2010-09-28 12:49 |