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India-Pakistan
Pakistan considering 'soft apology' offered by US
2012-06-18
[Dawn] An offer by the United States to apologise ' softly' for the death of 24 Pak troops killed in a cross border attack by US forces on a Pak security checkpost in November last year, Dawnnews reported.

A meeting of the Defence Committee of the Cabinet has been immediately summoned to tackle the issue.

Ten days remain to the passing of seven months since the closure of NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
 supplies after the cross border attack and experts are hoping that the strained relations between the US and Pakistain would be resolved.

Diplomatic sources have said the US has offered a 'soft low level apology' over the checkpost attack incident and it is expected to be delivered next week.
Posted by:Fred

#7  ION TOPIX > [Washington Examiner]PAKISTAN SPY AGENCY MOVES TOWARD OPEN DEFIANCE OF US.

ARTIC = US fears Pak ISI + aligned Radical Islamist extremists, e.g. HAQQANIS, aspire to create a post-2014, anti-American, MilTerr "safe haven" in Afghanistan.

And "safe havens" in PAKISTAN???

* SAME > PAKISTAN: NO SUPPLY ROUTES/TRANSIT DEAL WIDOUT APOLOGY.

IIUC, Pakistan desires a PCorrect-Deniable, good/proper-sounding "soft" apology acceptable to the Pak People; OR THE DEAL'S OFF, I.E. THE NATO SUPPLY ROUTES = SDN STAYS CLOSED.

SOME KIND OF APOLOGY THAT ISLAMABAD CAN USE, OR NO-GO.

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OTOH SAME > THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NDN [Northern Distribution Network], to the US-NATO.

* SIASAT DAILY > [Mass]RIOTS IN PAKISTAN OVER POWER CUTS.

* RELATED DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > POWER PROTESTORS GO ON RAMPAGE.

* WAFF > [Afghanistan] WOULD-BE SUICIDE BOMBERS: WE WERE [profiled, recruited, +] TRAINED IN PAKISTAN, vee Madrassas.

The "lazy", the dirty, the poor + poverty-stricken, ...@etc.

* BHARAT RAKSHAK > UGANDA ARRESTS FIVE PAKISTANI REBEL SUSPECTS.

And then there's IRAN ...

* MEMRI.ORG > IRAN REGIME OFFERS OBAMA A "WIN-WIN" DEAL - RECOGNIZE OUR NUCLEAR RIGHTS, + YOU WILL BE RE-ELECTED.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T, like Aretha Franklin.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-06-18 23:54  

#6  That ISAF aviation unit didn't just vector over to a PAK border outpost and open fire. Those helo's were FIRED UPON and they finished the scrap! Get a grip Pakistan.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-06-18 17:34  

#5  Kinda sorta like this?

Yeah, we did it. We're not sorry. And it's pro'lly gonna happen again. Now stop shooting at us.
Posted by: SteveS   2012-06-18 17:30  

#4  "We're terribly sorry that your Dumfuks started a war so now you're killed by Drones.
"
"We're also sorry the asses hide behind your Civilians so they die as well."
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2012-06-18 11:28  

#3  Soft? You mean kinda-sorta-maybe?
Posted by: Lonzo Dark Lord of the Sith5381   2012-06-18 09:54  

#2  TOPIX > [US-PAK] TALKS STALL ON RESTORING NATO SUPPLY ROUTES.

and

* SAME > PAKISTAN'S HARDLINE GROUPS CALL ON GOVT. TO SHOOTDOWN US DRONES.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-06-18 01:18  

#1  As per DEFENCE.PK.FORUMS, in return has Pakistan conveniently "lost" = weirdly-n-mysteriously-n-...... can't find, its costs records on how much it spent andor is owed by the US-NATO [read, USA]as per the GWOT???

D *** NG IT, INQUIRING PAK BLOGGERS-POSTERS WANNA KNOW!
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-06-18 00:06  

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