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India-Pakistan
'Pakistan's air space being used for Nato supplies'
2012-02-10
[Dawn] United States Ambassador to Pakistain Cameron Munter on Thursday revealed that supplies for the NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
forces active in neighbouring Afghanistan were still continuing through Pakistain's air space, DawnNews reported.

The relations between Washington and Islamabad had plunged to its lowest ebb after Pakistain stopped all NATO supplies to Afghanistan through its borders in backdrop of a NATO attack on a check post in Salala which claimed the lives of 24 soldiers.

Speaking to journalists here after attending a ceremony, Munter stressed the need for continuing talks between the US and Pakistain and said dialogue is necessary to resolve issues.

He expressed the hope that the ties between the two allies, which got strained after the NATO attack, would normalise soon.

Munter said that the US needs its allies' help for sustainable peace in Afghanistan. Peace would return to Afghanistan with the help of Pakistain and the US, he added.
Posted by:Fred

#3  Flights of military materials and land movements thru Pak have gone on for years - along with considerable bilffering and "payments" to Paks for the land routes. BUT one does need consent of the land one flies over with military aircraft - without it -its an "act of aggression" by International Law. Usually triggering warnings, but can result in shootdowns as we all know.
But if anyone thinks the govt really controls the north part of PAK they had better read history, starting say in 1880 or so.

This posturing by PAK is something they had to do, but its that only. Nothing new here at all.
Posted by: Northern Cousin   2012-02-10 11:03  

#2  Yeah, your goat-humping proxies have a hard time getting above 15,000 feet.
Posted by: mojo   2012-02-10 10:42  

#1  US INTERVENTION + INVASION OF IRAN????

versus

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS [recent but still worth it] > [Iran Farsi "Alef"] WEBSITE: IRAN MUST ATTACK ISRAEL BY 2014.

Any US andor Israeli attack on Iran is likely to induce RUSSIA to stop NATO supplies via alternate CENTASIA route into Afghanistan, + what will the US-NATO do iff Pakland keeps its domestic land routes closed but now halts use of its Airspace for US-NATO supply flights???

State of Shia andor Radical Islamist led Jihad = Insurgency as per OMAN + UAE, aka Strait of Hormuz + Gulf/Sea of Oman???

STILL VERY MUCH COMES DOWN TO IRAN GETS ITS NUKES, OR ELSE IRAN GETS INVADED.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-02-10 00:21  

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