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varun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-15-07 12:30 PM
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Pakistan: Give us aid unconditionally or else...
Edited on Wed Aug-15-07 12:31 PM by varun
Obama was right...

Pakistan warns U.S. on damage to relations

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070815/ts_nm/pakistan_usa_dc;_ylt=Aqr0uzZuBroXt9A5yjf3KzZ34T0D

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A U.S. law linking aid to Pakistan to progress in the fight against militancy and some comments from U.S. politicians were detrimental to cooperation between the countries, Pakistan said on Wednesday.

The warning on relations between the United States and one of its most important allies in the fight against terrorism came in talks in Islamabad between Foreign Minister Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher.

"The foreign minister ... stressed that certain recent U.S. statements were counter-productive ... (and) also expressed concern regarding the recent U.S. legislation," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The ministry did not elaborate on the statements but relations with Pakistan have become a hot topic in the U.S. presidential election campaign...
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Double T Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-15-07 12:40 PM
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1. Pissing off the entire world, one country at a time.
Edited on Wed Aug-15-07 12:48 PM by Double T
Barak, please shut up and sit down. There is no replacement for experience.
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Sen. Walter Sobchak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-15-07 12:41 PM
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2. Musharraf gives us all the support he can without getting beheaded,
Pushing Musharraf into his own downfall is not in our interest.

As for pushing for elections in Pakistan right now this cartoon from last year says everything:
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