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Pakistan Reported to Be Harassing U.S. Diplomats
NY Times ^ | 12/16/09 | JANE PERLEZ and ERIC SCHMITT

Posted on 12/16/2009 8:46:20 PM PST by Nachum

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Parts of the Pakistani military and intelligence services are mounting what American officials here describe as a campaign to harass American diplomats, fraying relations at a critical moment when the Obama administration is demanding more help to fight the Taliban and Al Qaeda.

The campaign includes the refusal to extend or approve visas for more than 100 American officials and the frequent searches of American diplomatic vehicles in major cities, said an American official briefed on the cases.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; diplomats; harassing; isi; pakistan; pakistanimilitary; us
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How much money do we give these clowns?
1 posted on 12/16/2009 8:46:21 PM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Alot, Alot of Cash, and now that we project weakness, it’s a win win for those guys....


2 posted on 12/16/2009 8:51:55 PM PST by cmsgop ( Sergeant Mark Renninger, RIP, I'll miss You Dude)
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To: Nachum

They need to be paid in lead, or during this holiday season, something that says: “ Let it glow, let it glow, let it glow!”


3 posted on 12/16/2009 9:08:21 PM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: sheik yerbouty

Am I the only nut who thinks instead of wasting soldiers lives in Afghanistan we should invade Pakistan, take over their government and seize control of their nukes?


4 posted on 12/16/2009 9:45:27 PM PST by pankot
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To: pankot

No, I think it has criossed a lot of our minds. If something isn’t done, there may be a nuclear exchange with India..


5 posted on 12/16/2009 9:58:32 PM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: pankot

No, I think it has criossed a lot of our minds. If something isn’t done, there may be a nuclear exchange with India..


6 posted on 12/16/2009 9:58:36 PM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Nachum

Hmmm. They didn’t do that when Bush was president.


7 posted on 12/16/2009 10:13:07 PM PST by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: Nachum

This is but one result of having a wussy-in-chief.....


8 posted on 12/16/2009 10:51:18 PM PST by cranked
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To: Nachum

These are probably Islamist elements. They have heard 0’s message loud and clear: “I am your bitch.”


9 posted on 12/16/2009 10:59:42 PM PST by Stultis (Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia; Democrats always opposed waterboarding as torture)
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To: pankot

I’ve been saying that for quite some time.


10 posted on 12/17/2009 12:21:33 AM PST by SatinDoll (NO Foreign Nationals as our President!!)
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To: Nachum

Since 9/11, we have given Pakistan roughly $10 billion dollars in aid—and likely billions more in covert assistance. Roughly 75% of this aid has gone to reimbursement of counter-terrorism expenses and other security assistance.


11 posted on 12/17/2009 1:35:01 AM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld ("We will either find a way, or make one."Hannibal/Carthaginian Military Commander)
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To: Stultis

Nice to see you back.


12 posted on 12/17/2009 1:39:21 AM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld ("We will either find a way, or make one."Hannibal/Carthaginian Military Commander)
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To: Nachum

Haha, wow, Barry Hussain Soetoro’s really doing a great job curbing the activities of the Pakistani jihadi-compromised military and intelligence services.

Great job, O! Two thumbs up!

Quite the contrast from the bad, bad, Bush days, when the Pakistanis were so scared of us that they gave us whatever we wanted without payment, instead of taking our taxpayer money, and funneling it into activities used to kill Americans!


13 posted on 12/17/2009 4:37:47 AM PST by ketelone
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To: sonofstrangelove

Im willing to bet that roughly 75% of this money has gone towards funding the very Taleban that Pakistan CREATED!


14 posted on 12/17/2009 4:38:26 AM PST by ketelone
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To: sheik yerbouty


Hey there, Mr. Muslim, Merry F***in' Christmas!

Put down that book the Koran, and hear some holiday wishes

In case you haven't noticed, it's Jesus's birthday

So get off your heathen Muslim ass and f***in' celebrate.


15 posted on 12/17/2009 5:11:17 AM PST by chuck_the_tv_out ( <<< click my name: now featuring Freeper classifieds)
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To: Nachum
Evidently, we are not bribing all of the right people in the Pak military.

Notice it is primarily the diplomats (or CIA under diplomat cover) who are being harassed. These are Hillary's people!

Hillary was there recently and said lots of rude, patronizing, uninformed, undiplomatic things to the Pakistani audiences (just like the stuff she says everywhere), which did not help.

The Pakistan military can't have failed to notice Obama’s placement of 100,000 US troops on the Pakistan border to supposedly fight the 100 Al Qaeda and Taliban “in Afghanistan”. But these troops will be just across the border from Quetta, a no-go zone so far for US and Pakistani troops which Obama basically threatened to invade during the campaign.

The Pakistani military suspects the US and India of conspiring to invade Pakistan from both sides to seize its nukes, should an Islamic faction in the military stage a coup against the hapless and feckless husband of Bhutto. It might well be this very Islamic faction that has launched the harassment of US diplomats.

Meanwhile the Indians are pissed that the US allowed Mr. Headley (just as much a US NBC as Obama) to participate in the Mumbai terrorist attack run by a Jihadi group sheltered and backed by the Pakistan military to harrass India.

Whoever it is harassing US diplomats, they don't care that they have thrown a monkey wrench into Obama’s attempt to squeeze the Taliban and Al Qaeda from both sides in a pincher movement this coming spring with the surge. This is not good for our troops.

16 posted on 12/17/2009 9:46:05 AM PST by Seizethecarp
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

They seem to have the odd notion that heaving one’s fetid buttocks Heavenward pleases the Almighty. Perhaps it’s the ..err.. methane that affects their thought processes..


17 posted on 12/17/2009 11:25:14 AM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: ketelone

We know some of that money went to the ISI so they can build their new headquarters in Islamabad.


18 posted on 12/17/2009 11:47:08 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld ("We will either find a way, or make one."Hannibal/Carthaginian Military Commander)
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Note: this topic is from December 16, 2009. Thanks Nachum. Precursor to this:
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19 posted on 05/03/2011 5:59:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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20 posted on 05/03/2011 6:10:29 PM PDT by bigheadfred (Beat me, Bite me...Make Me Write Bad Checks)
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