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| Kayani tells US problem lies in Afghanistan, not Pakistan |
| 2011-10-20 |
| ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani told a Parliamentary committee on Wednesday that the United States should focus its efforts on stabilizing war-shattered Afghanistan, rather than pressuring Pakistan to step up its war against militants on Pakistani territory. Can't expect a leopard to change its spots, after all... "The real problem lies in Afghanistan, not in Pakistan," Kayani was quoted as saying by a parliament member who attended the three-hour briefing at army headquarters in Rawalpindi. Kayani said Pakistan alone would decide if and when to launch a full-scale offensive in North Waziristan, which Western intelligence agencies say is a sanctuary for militants who cross the border to attack US-led NATO forces in Afghanistan. He also said the United States would have to think "10 times" before taking any unilateral action there. Pakistan is not like Iraq or Afghanistan, the parliamentarian quoted Kayani as saying, suggesting that any North Waziristan operation would be very risky. To whom? We seem to be drone-zapping the bad boyz at will... "The problem lies in Afghanistan, not Pakistan," the parliamentarian quoted Kayani as telling the committee in a national security briefing at army headquarters in Rawalpindi. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 I'd say in Washington, but what do I know. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-10-20 11:00 |
| #1 See RELATED ARTIC [old] > WORLD NEWS = DON'T MESS WITH NUCLEAR POWER PAKISTAN, ARMY CHIEF GENRALASHFAG PERVEZ KAYANI WARNS US. and * SAME [old] > THINK TEN TIMES BEFORE YOU RAID [attack] US: KAYANI WARNS US. * SAME > WEST HAS FAILED TO ERADICATE RADICAL ISLAM. Lest we fergit, RADICAL/MAD MULLAHS = "ISLAM RULES, OR ISLAM WILL BE DESTROYED". Simple, yes, but oh so brutal, effective, or realistic as far as Radical Islam = MilTerrs are concerned. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-10-20 01:57 |