Pakistan Rebukes U.S. Assessment Of Journalist’s Murder

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Source: Agence France-Presse

Pakistan on Friday warned its cooperation in the US-led war on Al-Qaeda was at risk after heavily criticising the top US military officer for suggesting it could have approved a journalist's murder.

The row threatened to further strain relations already damaged by a covert American raid that killed Osama bin Laden two months ago and is the latest sign that cooperation in the war on Al-Qaeda and in neighbouring Afghanistan is at risk.

Pakistani journalist Saleem Shahzad's body was found just outside the capital Islamabad on May 31, bearing marks of torture.

He had complained of being threatened by the intelligence services and his colleagues believe that Inter-Services intelligence (ISI) was responsible for his disappearance, two days earlier, en route to a television studio.

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1. shazad's murder is fascinating -- & for me

a good example of why we need to get away from our relationship w/ pakistan.

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2. All Pakistan has is terrorism and nuclear blackmail ...

Pakistan will protect them till the end of time rather than accept that it is a small country with minimal clout, not in the same league as China, Russia, India or Brazil and improve the lives of its citizens instead.

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