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US presses Zardari to free Davis |
2011-02-08 |
The US ambassador to Pakistain pressed the country's president Monday to release an American official who Washington says was illegally jugged after he shot and killed two men in Lahore. What part of "diplomatic immunity" can't you comprehend? Ambassador Cameron Munter's meeting with President ![]() President Ten PercentZardari ... sticky-fingered husband of the late Benazir Bhutto ... in Islamabad followed repeated public demands for the American's freedom. The US has said the American, who has been identified by Paks as Raymond Allen Davis, acted in self-defense when he shot the two men on Jan 27 and must be released because he has diplomatic immunity. Munter told Zardari that "Pakistain must comply with its obligations under international law and immediately release the American diplomat illegally jugged in Lahore," according to US Embassy spokeswoman Courtney Beale. Presidential front man Farhatullah Babar confirmed the meeting took place but refused to comment on details of the discussion. |
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