US-Pakistan relations worsen with arrest of two alleged spies

[steven johnson]

Source: The Guardian

Relations between Washington and Islamabad deteriorated further when the US justice department charged two men alleged to have been in the pay of the Pakistani intelligence service.

One was involved with the Kashmiri American Council, through which it is alleged Pakistan channelled millions of dollars to influence members of the US Congress. The US said there are also Kashmiri centres in London and Brussels that the FBI alleged are run by elements of the Pakistani government. FBI special agent Sarah Webb Linden, in an affidavit unsealed , named the one in London as the Justice Foundation/Kashmir Centre run by Nazir Ahmad Shawl.

The FBI arrested the executive director of the Kashmiri American Council, Ghulam-Nabi Fai, aged 62, at his home in Fairfax, Virginia, later. The other, Zaheer Ahmad, 63, is believed to be in Pakistan. Both are US citizens and face a prison sentence of five years if convicted.

Relations between the US and Pakistani intelligence have been increasingly strained this year after the arrest of a CIA operative, Raymond Davis, in Pakistan and the revelation that Osama bin Laden had been in hiding near Islamabad.



Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/19/us-pakistan-arrest-alleged-spies

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You just can't trust anyone.

[pennylane100]

1. Slightly off topic but mentioned in the article.

Did the fake vaccine program run by the CIA really use fake vaccine. If so, where is the outrage. Did we expose children to the risk of contracting this deadly disease and if so, where is the outrage. We could have spent a few bucks more and delivered real drugs, delivered by trained medical personnel. I hope I have my facts wrong, but if not, I hope all the victims come to this country to sue the government.