Only a week ago, U.S. Chief of Staff Mike Mullen, publicly accused the Pakistani intelligence of supporting the activities of the Taliban. Today the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that cooperation with Pakistan has helped lead the U.S. to the hideout where the Al Qaeda leader was hiding. But just hours after it was denied by John Brennan, head of counterterrorism in the White House that, at a press conference, explained how the authorities in Islamabad had been kept in the dark of the American raid.
In short, what is emerging is an Islamabad-Washington axis real international intrigue. Especially in view that relations between the two foreign ministers, after the start of the war in Afghanistan, have been erratic to say the least. Only on April 23, during an interview on Pakistani television, the army chief accused the U.S.
Inter-Services Intelligence, the Secret Service, Islamabad, to be in communication with the terrorists. In particular, the Haqqani Network, a network of guerrillas who organizes attacks in Afghanistan against the troops fighting the Taliban. According to the admiral, there are also ties, set up, between the network and other terror groups operating in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Including Al Qaeda. Heavy words that immediately aroused the indignation of the Pakistani authorities, with Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, chief of the armed forces of Islamabad, which had condemned "firmly on the negative propaganda that Pakistan is not doing enough to combat terrorism." This is just one of the last chapters of the tormented history of relations between Washington and Islamabad.
On one hand, America says that the Pakistani intelligence are related to the Haqqani network, the other Islamabad accuses U.S. forces to continue without their permission, their policy of air strikes made with the drones (unmanned aircraft) in Pakistani territory. Moreover, that relations between Pakistani and American intelligence services are tense it shows what happened in January when, in the center of Lahore, an undercover CIA agent was arrested for having shot two people on a motorcycle then found to be related of 'ISI.
Today, during the press conference the head of anti-American, went on stage to another chapter of this story. Brenner, denying the Secretary of State on "cooperation" offered by Islamabad in the blitz, said: "It is unthinkable that he had not support bin Laden in Pakistan." Hard to blame him given the size of his hiding place: a compound that is housed in a real town located military junta for only a few kilometers from the capital.
As reported by U.S. sources, the mansion is inhabited by senior retired generals of the Pakistani forces. "We are considering all possibilities," said Brennan yet responded to the question whether it is possible that the Pakistani government was indeed ignorant of everything. In short, the hiding place of al Qaeda leader generates more than a suspicion about the involvement of U.S.
authorities in Islamabad. We talked to the Pakistanis - he added Brennan - but they appeared surprised as we were we surprised when we found out where he was hiding "remain a mystery Clinton's statements on Pakistan's help in finding the elusive lair of bin Laden. Even so, local sources interviewed by fattoquotidiano.
it, argue that in fact, pressed, ISI leaders have decided to "sell" the leader of al Qaeda after having protected him for years. 
In short, what is emerging is an Islamabad-Washington axis real international intrigue. Especially in view that relations between the two foreign ministers, after the start of the war in Afghanistan, have been erratic to say the least. Only on April 23, during an interview on Pakistani television, the army chief accused the U.S.
Inter-Services Intelligence, the Secret Service, Islamabad, to be in communication with the terrorists. In particular, the Haqqani Network, a network of guerrillas who organizes attacks in Afghanistan against the troops fighting the Taliban. According to the admiral, there are also ties, set up, between the network and other terror groups operating in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Including Al Qaeda. Heavy words that immediately aroused the indignation of the Pakistani authorities, with Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, chief of the armed forces of Islamabad, which had condemned "firmly on the negative propaganda that Pakistan is not doing enough to combat terrorism." This is just one of the last chapters of the tormented history of relations between Washington and Islamabad.
On one hand, America says that the Pakistani intelligence are related to the Haqqani network, the other Islamabad accuses U.S. forces to continue without their permission, their policy of air strikes made with the drones (unmanned aircraft) in Pakistani territory. Moreover, that relations between Pakistani and American intelligence services are tense it shows what happened in January when, in the center of Lahore, an undercover CIA agent was arrested for having shot two people on a motorcycle then found to be related of 'ISI.
Today, during the press conference the head of anti-American, went on stage to another chapter of this story. Brenner, denying the Secretary of State on "cooperation" offered by Islamabad in the blitz, said: "It is unthinkable that he had not support bin Laden in Pakistan." Hard to blame him given the size of his hiding place: a compound that is housed in a real town located military junta for only a few kilometers from the capital.
As reported by U.S. sources, the mansion is inhabited by senior retired generals of the Pakistani forces. "We are considering all possibilities," said Brennan yet responded to the question whether it is possible that the Pakistani government was indeed ignorant of everything. In short, the hiding place of al Qaeda leader generates more than a suspicion about the involvement of U.S.
authorities in Islamabad. We talked to the Pakistanis - he added Brennan - but they appeared surprised as we were we surprised when we found out where he was hiding "remain a mystery Clinton's statements on Pakistan's help in finding the elusive lair of bin Laden. Even so, local sources interviewed by fattoquotidiano.
it, argue that in fact, pressed, ISI leaders have decided to "sell" the leader of al Qaeda after having protected him for years.
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