Posted on 11/03/2008 7:27:49 PM PST by Flavius
ISLAMABAD, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. commander running the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, held talks on Monday with Pakistani defence officials who told him Pakistan was fighting a war for its survival against militancy.
His visit to Pakistan, apparently his first stop on a foreign tour since taking charge of U.S. Central Command on Friday, highlights U.S. concern about a country seen as crucial to stability in Afghanistan and to defeating al Qaeda.
U.S. analysts say Pakistan is facing a major threat from Islamist militants at a time when the nuclear-armed nation and its new civilian government are engulfed in extraordinarily difficult economic problems.
Petraeus was being accompanied by Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Richard Boucher.
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In the meantime, serious & scary stuff is going on elsewhere in the world.
This is serious and scary stuff. An islamic regime, with elements know to be very islamic, and that close to the bombs? How much more serious and scary does it need to be?
I was referring to Pakistan, and Iran, etc
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