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| Pakistan PM: No Evidence of al-Qaida Dead |
| 2006-01-20 |
| UNITED NATIONS - Pakistan's prime minister said Friday no "tangible evidence" has been found that al-Qaida operatives were among those killed in a U.S. missile strike on a border village last week. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said security agencies in the area of Damadola "have not found any tangible evidence that a particular group or any individual was there." A senior Pakistani intelligence official earlier told The Associated Press that al-Qaida figures were casualties of the Jan. 13 attack, which killed 13 villagers. Officials believe at least four foreign militants may also have died, including an al-Qaida explosives and chemical weapons expert and a son-in-law of the terror network's No. 2 leader, Ayman al-Zawahri. The intelligence official said the al-Qaida operatives had gathered in Damadola to discuss "new attacks" in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Despite widespread protests across Pakistan this week calling for the ouster of Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, a close ally of the U.S., Aziz told reporters that his nation stands solidly behind the United States and its fight against terrorists. "As regards the relations between Pakistan and the United States, or our conviction about fighting terrorism, there is no question that Pakistan is one of the countries which has done the most because we believe terorrism is no solution to any problems," he said. But the prime minister — at the U.N. to meet with U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan — underscored that the government of Pakistan condemned the U.S. airstrike. Aziz said he will raise the issue with President Bush when the two meet next week in Washington in what he termed a "wide-ranging discussion." Iran, which shares a border with the nuclear-armed Pakistan, and its alleged push to build a nuclear weapon came up when Aziz spoke with Annan. "Pakistan is opposed to proliferation in any form," Aziz said. Aziz did say, however, that Iran has the right to use nuclear power to meets its legitimate energy needs, as long as it is done under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency. A.Q. Khan, a national hero known as the father of Pakistan's atomic bomb, ran a network smuggling nuclear technology overseas — including to Iran, according to the IAEA — and the country's nuclear program has come under widespread criticism, particularly for proliferation concerns. Pakistan is not a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the cornerstone of global efforts to control the spread of nuclear weapons Would somebody please explain what this load of tripe is all about? Very strange. |
| Posted by:Hupomoger Clans9827 |
| #6 Invite what's his name---the UN rep to Paleos. He'll find you thousands of corpses. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-01-20 23:05 |
| #5 Japan is not a signatory of the Geneva Conventions. -- 30 Seconds Over Tokyo |
| Posted by: Claiger Ulenter9779 2006-01-20 22:42 |
| #4 he's speaking Diplo - it doesn't resemble any logic or fact-based language |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-01-20 22:40 |
| #3 Is it too much to ask for organization of an article? Clarity? Perspective? Summation? At the very least - a 5 W's for the story. It's not the content - typique for Aziz. It's the mainstream publishing of complete idiocy in writing. No pretense at article. it goes nowhere. Strange new trend? So incapable of anaysis - that this spew passes as a news item? Scary. |
| Posted by: Hupomoger Clans9827 2006-01-20 21:07 |
| #2 Aziz is off his meds....he makes these wild statements all the time. |
| Posted by: Grins Sluper5274 2006-01-20 20:59 |
| #1 no really. What is the "journalist" trying to say here? Weird story. Is this a tiny wake up on the perfidity of Pakistan? In the mainstream media? Be still my heart. But really, WTF? |
| Posted by: Hupomoger Clans9827 2006-01-20 20:31 |