Posted on 05/08/2010 1:48:25 PM PDT by quesney
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Obama administration has delivered new and stiff warnings to Pakistan after the failed Times Square car bombing that it must urgently move against the nexus of Islamic militancy in the country’s lawless tribal regions, American and Pakistani officials said. Related
Overseas, an Enemy That May Mutate and Even Grow (May 9, 2010) Times Topic: Times Square Bomb Attempt (May 1, 2010) The American military commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, met with the Pakistani military chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, at his headquarters here on Friday and urged Pakistan to move more quickly in beginning a military offensive against the Pakistani Taliban and Al Qaeda in North Waziristan, Americans and Pakistanis familiar with the visit said. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the delicacy of continuing diplomatic efforts here.
The Pakistani-American man who admitted to the Times Square attack, Faisal Shahzad, 30, told American investigators that he had received training in North Waziristan, the main base for the Pakistani Taliban, Al Qaeda and other militant groups.
The new pressure from Washington was characterized by both the Pakistani and American officials as a sharp turnaround from the relatively polite encouragement adopted by the Obama administration in recent months. And it comes amid increasing debate within the administration about how to expand the American military’s influence — and even a boots-on-the-ground presence — on Pakistani soil.
Though the bombing in Times Square failed, Mr. Shahzad’s ability to move back and forth between the United States and Pakistan has heightened fears in the Obama administration that another attempt at a terrorist attack could succeed.
“We are saying, ‘Sorry, if there is a successful attack, we will have to act’ ” within Pakistan, one of the American officials said.
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Carl Edwards, is that you?
That is what I suspect to.
I was referring to the Paki government. Filled with Taliban and Al qaeda, enjoying our hard earned tax dollars, donated by the maoist.
We can’t seem to keep a handle on some known Paki jihadists in the United States - how the heck does Obama propose to take on a country half-full of them.
And, in another respect, Obama’s statement is the equivalent of Bush’s much maligned “bring it on” utterance.
Obama is like Oreck except he deals in policy vacumns.
♫ Where is my Reagan? don't say it's John McCain ,,, ♫
Or better yet, give India the go-ahead to do a little surface testing of their nuclear weapons...
Only those who are ducks...
He overturned Bush’s policy and put this guy on the fast track to citizenship.
What saddens me more than anything is the career CIA, FBI and military who SEE what’s happening and just go along with it. I was hoping there would at least be some resignations.
Meanwhile, SecDef Gates is talking about huge budget cuts.
LOL!
God help America, now.
Cheers!
Obama’s pattern still holds. He threatens and/or acts against Sunnis, not Shia.
Draw your own conclusions.
Quite! What a terribly sad time from President Bush's days!
So if another American citizen attacks America, then America will attack Pakistan ?
If we get attack again..it means Obama is not doing his job!
President Bush gets “righter” and righter” every day.
BTTT for your photos.
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