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| Pakistan Clears Way For NATO |
| 2012-04-13 |
| Pakistan's Parliament approved new guidelines on relations with the U.S. in a vote that could pave the way for the reopening of North Atlantic Treaty Organization supply routes to Afghanistan. Islamabad has blocked NATO from using Pakistan soil to provision troops in Afghanistan since November after the inadvertent killing of 24 Pakistani soldiers in U.S. helicopter airstrikes. NATO and U.S. forces have had to reroute supplies through Central Asia, a more costly proceduren republics. Pakistan's government and military had said it wouldn't reopen the routes until its Parliament had a chance to re-evaluate the country's relations with the U.S., a process aimed at dousing growing anti-U.S. sentiment in the country. The debate appeared to end Thursday with lawmakers voting to accept guidelines that include calling on the U.S. to end drone strikes in Pakistan and formally apologize for the killing of the soldiers. Parliament also recommended that Pakistan allow NATO to begin using the supply routes again, but charge a higher fee. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #5 CLEAR PATH ... versus * THE DIPLOMAT > [Activist Post = long] > US ATTEMPTING TO TRIGGER COLOR REVOLUTION IN PAKISTAN. AS PAKISTAN RE-ASSERTS NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY, THE US RESPONDS BY ARMING + BACKING BALUCHI REBELS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-04-13 23:31 |
| #4 At last check, the US is still refusing to end CIA-led Drone Strikes inside Pakland, but is mulling Islmabad's request for a formal apology -the US has admitted that "LIMITED" DRONE STRIKES inside Pakistan have been highly successful + effective. OOOOOOOOO, THE PCORRECTNESS IS JUST EVERWHERE. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-04-13 23:13 |
| #3 Strategypage has a good article on this: The big payday Pakistan is willing to reopen its Afghan border to NATO truck traffic if a large ($1,000-1,500 per truck) bribe is paid. Apparently the size of the bribe is calculated to be a bit below the additional cost of moving in goods via Central Asian railroads. As NATO forces depart Afghanistan in 2014, Pakistan does not want to miss out on a one-time opportunity to make some money from the heavy traffic generated by NATO forces shipping their equipment home. Pakistani officials see this as a big payday for themselves. |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2012-04-13 21:45 |
| #2 "Doze are nize supply rouds jew got hea, be a shame if..." |
| Posted by: Gabby Cussworth 2012-04-13 19:07 |
| #1 Parliament also recommended that Pakistan allow NATO to begin using the supply routes again, but charge a higher fee Its all about the money! |
| Posted by: Gruth McGurque5303 2012-04-13 11:24 |