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Kathianne
08-01-2008, 11:41 PM
better heading might be: Pakistan isn't our friend:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/01/world/asia/01pstan.html?_r=2&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin&oref=slogin


August 1, 2008
Pakistanis Aided Attack in Kabul, U.S. Officials Say
By MARK MAZZETTI and ERIC SCHMITT

WASHINGTON — American intelligence agencies have concluded that members of Pakistan’s powerful spy service helped plan the deadly July 7 bombing of India’s embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, according to United States government officials.

The conclusion was based on intercepted communications between Pakistani intelligence officers and militants who carried out the attack, the officials said, providing the clearest evidence to date that Pakistani intelligence officers are actively undermining American efforts to combat militants in the region.

The American officials also said there was new information showing that members of the Pakistani intelligence service were increasingly providing militants with details about the American campaign against them, in some cases allowing militants to avoid American missile strikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas...

Gaffer
08-02-2008, 07:44 AM
It's starting to look like things are going to get serious with pakistan. Long overdue.