Posted on 11/19/2006 4:54:07 PM PST by blam
UK and Pakistan forge terror pact
The meeting marked Mr Blair's third visit to Pakistan
The UK and Pakistan have agreed to strengthen their ties to fight terrorism following talks between the countries' two leaders in Lahore. Prime Minister Tony Blair and President Pervez Musharraf agreed that restoring order in Afghanistan was crucial.
Mr Blair praised Pakistan's co-operation. The president said his country was doing all it could to help.
But he added that defeating the Taleban could not be done by force alone and said a "broader strategy" was needed.
'Marshall Plan' call
He urged a "massive inflow" of development aid to rebuild the south-east of the country - the centre of the Taleban insurgency.
He likened the effort needed to the US Marshall Plan to reconstruct Europe after World War II.
Mr Blair pledged a commitment to battling the Taleban, saying: "Nobody should be in any doubt at all about our commitment to Afghanistan."
It was of "fundamental importance" to global security "to stick with it and see the job through," he said.
Mr Blair's official spokesman later said Britain had always pursued security alongside reconstruction in Afghanistan, and the problem was not funds but getting security and infrastructures in place.
Pakistan's co-operation in cracking down on cross-border infiltration by Taleban militants is seen as critically important for the success of US and Nato military operations in Afghanistan.
Gen Musharraf said: "The Taleban problem is an Afghan problem. It is in the south-eastern region of Afghanistan, being supported by elements from this side," he said.
Blair in Pakistan
"We need to put our house in order here on our side and make sure that this support is cut off. But the main battle is in Afghanistan."
The BBC's political editor Nick Robinson said: "The prime minister has heard warnings here in Pakistan that the war in Afghanistan will not be won simply through military means.
"Nato's own commander says the next few months will be vital.
"With questions growing about the war in Iraq, he can ill afford to have another war described as pretty much a disaster."
Aid doubled
The president also said he believed resolution of the Palestinian dispute was at the "core" of the fight against terror, adding Mr Blair "agrees totally with me".
Mr Blair said the UK would double its development aid to Pakistan to £480m ($960m) over the next three years.
Much of this will go to the reform of the Islamic religious schools, or madrassas, some of which have been accused of encouraging extremism.
This reflects concerns a generation of young British Muslims are being radicalised through contact with militants in Pakistan.
There will also be a counter-terrorism package of technical assistance, worth some £8m ($15m), UK officials said.
Describing the weekend's talks as "immensely constructive", Mr Blair paid tribute to the president's "courage and his leadership" in taking Pakistan on "this journey of change and modernisation".
He said relations with Pakistan were at "their highest point for many years".
Intelligence service row
The leaders' expressions of unity follow a leaked British report in September, which claimed Pakistan's intelligence service, ISI, had indirectly helped the Taleban and al-Qaeda.
Mr Blair assured Gen Musharraf at the time that the report, by a naval commander at the Ministry of Defence, did not reflect his government's view.
Gen Musharraf rejected the claims, and said ISI's support was vital.
Following the talks with Gen Musharraf, Mr Blair returned to the capital, Islamabad, where he visited the Faisal Mosque and met moderate Islamic religious leaders.
India-China Ties At Crossroads
Whole lot of visiting going on for some reason.
hmmmnnnn,
I thought in order to qualify for Marshall Plan funding a prerequisite was that the nation had to be levelled.....
can we do our end?
give them all the money (and tea in china) and all they are going to do is get stronger...
they have to drop the killer cult philosophy
thats the only way we can get peace from them excepting irradication of the infected areas.
Whole lot of visiting ping.
Hubba-hubba, dey's a whole lot of happennin's goin' on!
Gotta pull-up some bookmarks.
Back in a bit...........FRegards
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1740867/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1741288/posts?page=4
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1741273/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1741162/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1741126/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1741124/posts
Hope these go active............FRegards
Thanks. A lot of 'stuff' going down around the world recently.
The thread I started with:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1737561/posts?page=136#136
Map of Iraq:
http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=Maps+of+Iraq&page=1&offset=1&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D559608fe416a282c%26clickedItemRank%3D1%26userQuery%3DMaps%2Bof%2BIraq%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.lib.utexas.edu%252Fmaps%252Firaq.html%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3DNSCPIndex%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lib.utexas.edu%2Fmaps%2Firaq.html
Map of Iran:
http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=Maps+of+Iran&page=1&offset=1&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D22f63d97dcb1f611%26clickedItemRank%3D1%26userQuery%3DMaps%2Bof%2BIran%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.lib.utexas.edu%252Fmaps%252Firan.html%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3DNSCPIndex%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lib.utexas.edu%2Fmaps%2Firan.html
Map of Syria:
http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=Maps+of+Syria&page=1&offset=1&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D8a92d095cdb6bd16%26clickedItemRank%3D1%26userQuery%3DMaps%2Bof%2BSyria%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.lib.utexas.edu%252Fmaps%252Fsyria.html%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3DNSCPIndex%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lib.utexas.edu%2Fmaps%2Fsyria.html
Map of Lebanon:
http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=Maps+of+Lebanon&page=1&offset=1&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D559608fe416a2bd2%26clickedItemRank%3D2%26userQuery%3DMaps%2Bof%2BLebanon%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.lib.utexas.edu%252Fmaps%252Flebanon.html%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3DNSCPIndex%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lib.utexas.edu%2Fmaps%2Flebanon.html
Map of Afghanistan:
http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=Maps+of+Afghanistan&page=1&offset=2&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D559608fe416a2c7b%26clickedItemRank%3D1%26userQuery%3DMaps%2Bof%2BAfghanistan%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.lib.utexas.edu%252Fmaps%252Fafghanistan.html%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3DNSCPIndex%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lib.utexas.edu%2Fmaps%2Fafghanistan.html
Map of Pakistan:
http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=Maps+of+Pakistan&page=1&offset=1&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D8a92d095cdb6bf72%26clickedItemRank%3D1%26userQuery%3DMaps%2Bof%2BPakistan%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.lib.utexas.edu%252Fmaps%252Fpakistan.html%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3DNSCPIndex%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lib.utexas.edu%2Fmaps%2Fpakistan.html
There! I just wanted to get all these maps together in one place, so I don't have to keep looking them up all the time..............FRegards
We may need the above maps to figure out what's happenning, and where soon. Maybe these too:
Map of North Korea:
http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=Maps+of+North+Korea&page=1&offset=1&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D8a92d095cdb6c223%26clickedItemRank%3D7%26userQuery%3DMaps%2Bof%2BNorth%2BKorea%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.lib.utexas.edu%252Fmaps%252Fkorea.html%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3DNSCPIndex%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lib.utexas.edu%2Fmaps%2Fkorea.html
Map of South Korea:
http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=Maps+of+South+Korea&page=1&offset=1&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D8a92d095cdb6c30b%26clickedItemRank%3D5%26userQuery%3DMaps%2Bof%2BSouth%2BKorea%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.lib.utexas.edu%252Fmaps%252Fkorea.html%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3DNSCPIndex%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lib.utexas.edu%2Fmaps%2Fkorea.html
Map of Russia and Former Soviets:
http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=Maps+of+Russia&page=1&offset=1&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D559608fe416a315d%26clickedItemRank%3D1%26userQuery%3DMaps%2Bof%2BRussia%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.lib.utexas.edu%252Fmaps%252Fcommonwealth.html%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3DNSCPIndex%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lib.utexas.edu%2Fmaps%2Fcommonwealth.html
Map of China:
http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=Maps+of+China&page=1&offset=2&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D22f63d97dcb1fe09%26clickedItemRank%3D2%26userQuery%3DMaps%2Bof%2BChina%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.lib.utexas.edu%252Fmaps%252Fchina.html%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3DNSCPIndex%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lib.utexas.edu%2Fmaps%2Fchina.html
These maps are all from the University of Texas. I've found them to be pretty comprehensive................FRegards
"UK And Pakistan Forge Terror Pact"
To encourage and promote more terrorism in the world?
Very good map links.
Thanks. Those U of T maps give a lot of info. I got so damned tired of googling them all the time. Now they're all together in ONE bookmark..............FRegards
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1740867/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1740821/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1740929/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1739179/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1739931/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1739156/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1739143/posts?page=58#58
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1739190/posts?page=59#59
More links to do with Iran.
Shoulda figured this out months ago............FRegards
The US Navy has 4 carrier groups in the Persian Gulf, and Iran is fully aware of the power of those carrier groups.
Post another link, (I'm just adding the pertinant ones here):
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1741877/posts
...........FRegards
bump for some great maps
Another link:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1741825/posts
FRegards
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