True, and if I go to the State Dept. page for Libya, it tells me that:
In December 1981, the State Department invalidated U.S. passports for travel to Libya and, for purposes of safety, advised all U.S. citizens in Libya to leave. In March 1982, the U.S. Government prohibited imports of Libyan crude oil into the United States and expanded the controls on U.S.-origin goods intended for export to Libya. Licenses were required for all transactions, except food and medicine. In March 1984, U.S. export controls were expanded to prohibit future exports to the Ras Lanuf petrochemical complex. In April 1985, all Export-Import Bank financing was prohibited.Due to Libya's continuing support for terrorism, the United States adopted additional economic sanctions against Libya in January 1986, including a total ban on direct import and export trade, commercial contracts, and travel-related activities.
The Pakistan page, on the other hand, doesn't mention anything like that. Indeed, what they say about 1981 is that we sent them $3.2 billion in military and economic aid that year.
The reason I've been dubious of this story from the start is that I sort of follow mountain climbing. Not that I do it myself, but I like to read about it, and I can remember a few climbing expeditions to Pakistan's Himalayas in that time period. I've also noticed that there are several different version of this alleged ban floating around--that it was a US ban, that it was a Pakistani ban on non-Muslims, that it was only a warning, and so on. And when I tried to research it, all I find is a lot of blogs going on about the Obama citizenship all pointing to each other. If you can find real evidence, I'd love to see it. I haven't been able to, and not for a lack of looking.
Good enough for me.
I shan’t make that claim again unless I see compelling evidence, and I’ll track you down to give you an update if I do.
Thanks!
I’m still looking into this too.
I did find, however, that Pakistan was under martial law from 1977- 1985.
Indeed, the state department would definitely have issued travel warnings, advisory, bans to a country under martial law.
Obama was there in 1981...not looking so good for him on this issue.