Tensions between the United States and Pakistan continued to deteriorate today after Defense Secretary Robert Gates insisted that the United States has the right to launch attacks into Pakistani territory. Pakistani Prime Minister Raza Gilani released a statement...
Gates Defends Right of US Military to Launch Attacks Into Pakistan
Updated 9/18 8:10 PM EST If last night's attack in South Waziristan threw into doubt Admiral Michael Mullen's earlier promise that the United States would respect Pakistan's sovereignty over its tribal areas amid reports of further planned US escalation in the region,...
Mullen Promise on Pakistan Sovereignty Undermined by US Attack Only Hours Later
Updated 9/18 10:35 AM EST US ties with Pakistan took another hit today after US drones launched yet another attack in the South Waziristan Agency, killing seven and injuring three others. Pakistani Prime Minister Raza Gilani condemned the strike, which is just the...
CIA Chief Speaks of Trying to Provoke Terrorists as Latest Drone Strike Kills Seven in South Waziristan
Admiral Michael Mullen made a surprise visit to Pakistan yesterday. and according to the US Embassy he "reiterated the US commitment to respect Pakistan's sovereignty". Just hours later, US drones fired four missiles into South Waziristan, killing at least seven and...
Admiral Mullen Makes Surprise Visit to Pakistan as Tensions Worsen
Admiral Michael Mullen arrived in Pakistan today on a hastily arranged, unannounced visit. He will hold meetings with Pakistan's Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, Defense Minister, and Chief of Army Staff. The visit comes one day after a reported border incident in...
Officials: Pakistani Troops Fired on US Helicopters Trying to Cross Border
Early this morning, US helicopters crossed the border into Pakistan's South Waziristan Agency and attempted to land in Angor Adda, in a raid reminiscent of September 3rd's unprecedented attack by US helicopters and ground forces in the same region, which killed 20...
“The Gloves Have Come Off” – US Attack in Pakistan No Isolated Incident
An early morning attack on a South Waziristan village by US helicopters and ground forces on September 3rd may have been unprecedented, but according to a report by National Public Radio, this was no isolated incident but rather "phase one" of a three stage plan to...
Pakistan Hardens Stance Against US Strikes
Angry protesters took to the streets today as a US airstrike early this morning near Miramshah reinforced anti-US sentiment in Pakistan. The strike, which Pakistan's military confirmed occurred at 5:30 AM this morning, hit a residence and a former government school in...
Latest US Drone Strike in North Waziristan Kills at Least 14
Pakistan's military has confirmed that at about 5:30 AM this morning a US drone struck a home and a former government school near the North Waziristan town of Miramshah. The strike killed at least 14 people and injured 12 others. Residents said the shuttered school...
Tensions With Pakistan Rise Amid Reports Bush Authorized Ground Forces
President Bush secretly gave his approval for unilateral US ground assaults on Pakistani soil without prior Pakistani government approval, the New York Times reported today. The revelation comes just one day after Admiral Mullen's testimony to Congress indicated he...