Pakistan Slams ‘Irresponsible’ US Claims About Journalist’s Killing
Information Minister Warns Comment Will Harm Bilateral Ties
In comments today Pakistani Interior Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan condemned the claims by Admiral Michael Mullen that the Pakistani government had approved the killing of a journalist in late May.
Awan termed the allegation “extremely irresponsible” and warned that it would do considerable damage to US-Pakistan ties, which are already under serious strain after repeated cross-border attacks and the US refusal to give up the Shamsi Air Base in Balochistan.
Mullen insisted that the government “sanctioned” Saleem Shahzad’s killing, but then later defended the claim by saying “I have not seen anything to disabuse that the government knew about it.” He did not name the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) as previous officials had.
Shahzad had been repeatedly threatened by the ISI for articles which they claimed harmed the “national interest” and went missing in late May, only to be found beaten to death in Islamabad. The ISI mocked the notion that they played a role in the killing.
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Jamie
July 9th, 2011 at 3:25 am
They want war with Pakistan withch is a huge mistake.They lie constantly just like they did in Aganistan,Iraq,Iran,Yemen,Lybia and others.They are all neocon zionists warmongers exept the very few.It really disgusts me.Growing up just watching media propoganda I thought America was great.Now for about 4 years I've used the internet to get the truth and now realize I was sadly mistaken.Sicknig.
Wootie Berster
July 9th, 2011 at 4:24 am
I've not seen anything to disabuse of the notion that aliens are hatching little green babies on the dark side of the moon in preparation for a giant invasion of Ohio.. therefore.. it must be true. What ho! I must now be a master of neocon logic.. a special branch of logic in which anything can be proven for any purpose.. but preferable nefarious.
thedissenter
July 9th, 2011 at 11:09 am
He said, she said. Blah blah blah. And all that. I'm pretty sick and tired of the Pakistan/US games. This is all a fix. Maybe if we all ignore it, they'll both go away.