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| Pakistan to expel US military advisors |
| 2011-06-04 |
| [Iran Press TV] US military chief Admiral Mike Mullen says Pakistain is to reduce sharply the number of US military trainers stationed in the country. Mullen, the US chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, declined to offer figures on plans to cut the military mission, but said he saw "a very significant cutback." He also acknowledged that ties between Washington and Islamabad reached a new low after the alleged killing of al-Qaeda leader the late the late Osama bin Laden ... who walked in the shadow of the Valley of the Shadow of Death and didn't make it out... by US forces on Pak soil. "There clearly is an ongoing contraction of that support and it is tied to the difficult time we are going through," Mullen told defense news hounds in Washington. "We're going through a pretty tough time right now and that's going to continue," he said. The administration of US President Barack B.O.Obama is divided over the future of its relations with Pakistain. Obama claimed that bin Laden was killed by US forces on May 1 in a hiding compound in Pakistain. Some White House officials suggest that Islamabad was aware of bin Laden's location, demanding a strong response. Others, however, believe any retaliatory measure will jeopardize Pakistain's help which they describe as crucial to the US military operations in Afghanistan. Pak politicians have recently passed a resolution condemning the US raid inside Pakistain that allegedly killed bin Laden, demanding a review of ties with the US and other Western countries. The resolution also called for an independent probe into the raid, which the Parliament called a unilateral action and a violation of Pakistain's illusory sovereignty. It warned that the repetition of such attacks could have dire consequences for peace and security in the region and the world. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Another question that comes to mind, Paul, is whether the Land of the Pure is backing into open war with Dar al Harb instead of covert war. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-06-04 11:04 |
| #1 Did we kill their hero or are they just embarrassed we found him under their nose? |
| Posted by: Paul D 2011-06-04 04:03 |