The Pakistani government has vowed to block any attack on the major city of Quetta by the United States, following persistent reports that the Obama Administration last week threatened to move against the city if Pakistan did not tackle the so-called “Quetta Shura,” a group of leaders of the ousted Afghan government which have allegedly taken up residence in the city.
Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik challenged the Obama Administration to provide some evidence for their charges, and said the Pakistani government would be happy to move against the group if the US did so. At the same time, he insisted their own intelligence suggests that the Quetta Shura does not exist.
The prospective US attack has risen considerable consternation among Pakistanis, already resentful of the growing American influence over their nation’s policies. Officials have suggested the attack could not only include attacks from CIA drones, but ground troops as well.
The US has alleged that Mullah Omar, the former leader of Afghanistan, is among those hiding in Quetta, though Malik says he believes Omar is actually in the Afghan city of Kandahar.
"Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik challenged the Obama Administration to provide some evidence for their charges"
When it comes to legitimate evidence, it's the same old story, time after time. There is no evidence. It's good to see someone standing up to the FedGov bullies when they threaten to attack the cities of allied nations.
"Hey yaa…. Why not send in lottza green, gunz blazzin… and shoot teams of dose WOGS in their own cities.. That will showem whose BOSS"…. Let's hope this type of thinking rtakes over at world-death-central….. All the NeoCon plams call for killing tens or hundreds of thousands Muslims….
Didn't some outfit estimate that an attack on Iran's nuclear infrastructure could kill nearly a million people.
All the folks that are promoting actions that kill tens, hundreds, thousands, tens and hundreds of thousands of 80 to 90% innocent MUSLIMS….. need to think of the ultimate outcome of an open
barely disguised WAR on Muslim people and WHO it is that will suffer the most……hint…not them..
well, i am from the Quetta city of pakistan and i know better that the pasthoon terrorests " taliban" are here in the large number , but i don't know that why the government of pakistan asking for the evidence form the US . i well know that talibans are here and i also know about the area where talibans are the name of the area are " pashtoon abad , karoatabad , zabzal road , satlite town and jinnah town " where the talibans are in the large numbers, and i see daily in the bazar the talibans . now a days the bomb blast and target killing of the innocent people are going on and everyday and night the civilian are targeted so this shows that taliban are active at here . i wish from the US to attack on the taliban and make target most of the madrasas where the talibans are founding 24 hours .
Abid Ali Changazi From the Quetta City .