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India-Pakistan
US withdraws negotiators from Pakistan, no supply deal
2012-06-11
The United States has withdrawn negotiators from Pakistan after talks failed to produce an agreement on reopening Nato supply routes into Afghanistan, the Pentagon said Monday.

“The decision was reached to bring the team home for a short period of time,” Pentagon spokesman George Little told reporters.

The team of negotiators had been in Pakistan for about six weeks, he said, as US officials had believed they were close to a deal with Islamabad to lift the blockade on Nato convoys.

But no breakthrough was imminent and there was no scheduled time for a resumption of the negotiations, Little said.

“I believe that some of the team left over the weekend and the remainder of the team will leave shortly,” said the spokesman. “This was a US decision.”
Posted by:tipper

#4  At last check, the new transit deal wid the CAR States was for "non-lethal goods" only, which IIUC translates into a lot of heavy US-NATO firepower + related Milwares staying behind in Pakistan until further notice.

As for the former SDN ...

* TOPIX > US - PAKISTAN SUPPLY ROUTE NEGOTIATORS ARE TAKING A BREAK [tempor hiatus], BUT ARE NOT STALLED.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [Pak COAS]KAYANI [bitch]SLAPS THE PENTAGON, REFUSES TO MEET [US Asst. SecDef] PETER LAVOY.

IIUC, Islamabad claim is that the Kayani-Lavoy meeting was no good for them because the Pak Army's Top Eggs, etc. are usually on formal leave-of-absence.

* DEFENCE FORUM INDIA > PAKISTAN "TRASHED" + INSULTED: KAYANI WON'T MEET WID SENIOR US OFFICIAL [Peter Lavoy].

versus

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > US SECDEF PANETTA THREATENS [strongly infers]GROUND INVASION INTO PAKISTAN, as based on his coment the US will "do whatever it takes" to protect its MilFors in Afghanistan, pre- + post-2014, from violent attacks originating from various Pak-based Militant-Terrorist "safe havens", e.g. Haqqani Network, which Islamabad doesn't appear to want do anything about???

HHHMMMM, HHMMMM, well, Syria or Pakistan, the US = US-Allies amy come head-to-head wid Pak BFF IRAN, as well Pak's other BFF CHINA???

WILL SAY IT AGAIN - A US-IRAN GROUND WAR NEED NOT NECESSARILY START IN IRAN PROPER???

* SAME > [TheNews.PK = Claim] NATO SUPPLIES BREAKTHROUGH: US TO FORMALLY APOLOGIZE FOR SALALA [ + pay US$2000.0 tariff/transit fee per Container], PAKISTAN TO REOPEN SUPPLY ROUTES.

ARTIC = US, Pakistan to launch "hot talks" on Supply Routes controversy + ultimately issue a "Joint Statement"???

* SAME > NEED TO PREVENT THE RETURN OF THE TALIBAN [to Power = Prominence] POST-2014: INDIA.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-06-11 23:16  

#3  And insert Stuxnet and Flame into all their computers

They're not already there? Shame on us.
Posted by: Glenmore   2012-06-11 14:38  

#2  And insert Stuxnet and Flame into all their computers
Posted by: Steve White   2012-06-11 14:06  

#1  Good. Cut off all aid $
Posted by: Frank G   2012-06-11 12:34  

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