Pakistan Tips off Militants AGAIN

It’s pretty clear that the word “ally” will need to be redefined if it is applied to Pakistan. The AP reports that Pakistan has tipped off militants again: U.S. officials say Pakistan has apparently tipped off militants at two more bomb-building factories in its tribal areas, giving the terror suspects time to flee, after U.S. [...] Full Story »

Posted by Fabrice Florin - via Google News (Pakistan), NewsRack (World), NewsRack (Afghanistan), The Moderate Voice, NewsRack (Pakistan)

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Randy Morrow
3.4
by Randy Morrow - Jun. 19, 2011

The latest incidents bring to a total of four bomb-making sites that the U.S. has shared with Pakistan only to have the terrorist suspects flee before the Pakistani military arrived much later.

The article links too and comments on an AP article. He offers some suggestions on rout the US could take to improve relations with Pakistan, but it some areas it is lacking (e.g. “Third, Washington should stop asking the Pakistan army to go into North Waziristan to hunt down the Haqqani network of insurgents, the highly effective Afghan Taliban group.” Just leave that group alone? That does not sound reasonable.).

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