Though such reports had been rejected over the weekend, US officials are now confirming that the Obama Administration is suspending most of its high level contacts with the Pakistani government to “punish” them for the continued detention of a consulate employee on a double murder charge.
Congress is threatening to withdraw all aid from Pakistan over the detention, and the State Department is continuing to insist that the employee had “diplomatic immunity” from murder charges. This does not, however, appear to be in line with the US’ own standards surrounding diplomatic immunity, which only grant it to consular employees in the event they are committing an act that is part of their official duties.
The tensions are leaving growing questions surrounding the upcoming three-way talks between the US, Pakistan and Afghanistan, scheduled for February 24 in Washington DC. The talks have not yet been cancelled, but some suggest it is only a matter of time.
The consulate employee insisted he was acting in self defense, and that the two men he killed were trying to rob him. Police insisted they had ruled that out, and now reports are emerging suggesting that the two may have even been active members of Pakistan’s spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Whether this turns out to be true or not, the scandal around the Davis Affair in Pakistan is putting the Zardari government in a corner, and making it difficult to sweep the detention under the rug.
Actually the game is much more complicated as Pakistani secret agencies have informations that the black water and CIA is indulged in subvervive activities in big cities like Karachi, Lahore Rawalpindi etc. and appointing agents for their work.
These american embassy staff is driving illegally with money and recieved in this car sensetive informations which will be never disclosed by pakistan.
Enough is enough if america breaks the high level meetings will be desaster for them and their departure from afghanistan will be accelerated. America is enemy number one for Pakistan.
We will loose nothing main looser will be america or if soft corner by zardari then ppp will be wiped out in future election and america will not succeed by killing a politician in pakistan from ppp to boost their election.
This would make a good sketch on SNL! What a farce, they are punishing Quislings who are killing their own people on behalf of the Empire of Terror, JR has a correct name of Bizarro World.
That'll fix 'em.
Now, if Pakistan will just get the second amendment straight (Americans can carry guns, and use them) everything will be just …. colonial.
Wait a minute…Washington's idea of "punishing" Pakistan is to stop talking with them, cut off the bribe money and butt out of their business?
Let's see if Zardari is any smarter than Mubarak and Ben Ali…All the empire's puppets will fall! Glory be the day when the empire shall fall! Here's to PEOPLE POWER!