In an escalation of pressure on Pakistan to clarify its links with Al Qaeda, the U.S. has called on the country the names of some officers involved in the monitoring of Islamic terrorism to determine the extent to which Osama Bin Laden has been tolerated or even protected for years, according to today's The New York Times.
This requirement is a reflection of dissatisfaction has been installed in Washington after learning some details about how the leader of Al Qaeda living in Pakistan and after reviewing the record about the apparent freedom of movement that has had during his long stay in that country. The claim to provide the identity of some agents were presented, among others, in separate meetings held this week in Islamabad and in Washington between senior military and intelligence services of both countries.
In one, held last Monday at the Pentagon, Deputy Secretary of Defense for Policy Planning, Michelle Flournoy, said Pakistan had requested the clear steps to demonstrate to Congress that they are seriously committed to the fight against terrorism and to work together United States. The Congress is the place where the pressure on Pakistan has become more visible and may have greater impact.
Several leading senators and representatives have publicly complained about the attitude of that country and have threatened to withdraw the substantial aid it receives. Last October, the Governments of Washington and Islamabad signed an agreement to raise up to U.S. $ 2,000 million military aid over the next five years.
This agreement was conditional upon respect for human rights in Pakistan and his sincere involvement in the fight against terrorists. However, since then there have been accumulating data that invite suspicion that Pakistan is not willing to meet U.S. demands to prosecute members of al Qaeda and related organizations.
Those suspicions became quite evident after the death of Bin Laden. Most congressmen and officials involved in those matters doubt that the leader of Al Qaeda may have lived for five years? Although this is not confirmed yet? a few kilometers from the Pakistan Military Academy and in a residential area especially guarded, as it lives mainly senior military commanders and intelligence, without the knowledge of those responsible for the security of this country.
Bin Laden's house was also the striking uniqueness of not having a telephone line, despite being one of the largest in the neighborhood. U.S. officials have admitted anonymously to the press that is hard to believe that General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Chief of the Armed Forces, or General Ahmad Shuja Pasha, head of the powerful intelligence service, ISI, did not know anything about the whereabouts of Bin Laden.
Even if it were, it is likely that the leader of Al Qaeda found some protection in lower echelons of the military hierarchy. Some other clues suggest it. According to U.S. intelligence, bin Laden spent only a short period of time, after fleeing Afghanistan, living in the tribal areas along the Afghan-Pakistani.
At least since 2003, moves into urban areas close to Islamabad, first in a small town in the vicinity of Abbottabad and in the last six years, the place where he met his death. There must be a secret, because the journalist Christiane Amanpour said last year that bin Laden was living in a cave but in a good house in a nice neighborhood.
Pakistan problems from afar. In 1998, Bill Clinton ordered a bombing of a point in that country which was believed to be Bin Laden. When the planes arrived, opened fire on a camp empty. The commission that investigated the 11-S found after Al Qaeda leader had been briefed by the Pakistanis. 
This requirement is a reflection of dissatisfaction has been installed in Washington after learning some details about how the leader of Al Qaeda living in Pakistan and after reviewing the record about the apparent freedom of movement that has had during his long stay in that country. The claim to provide the identity of some agents were presented, among others, in separate meetings held this week in Islamabad and in Washington between senior military and intelligence services of both countries.
In one, held last Monday at the Pentagon, Deputy Secretary of Defense for Policy Planning, Michelle Flournoy, said Pakistan had requested the clear steps to demonstrate to Congress that they are seriously committed to the fight against terrorism and to work together United States. The Congress is the place where the pressure on Pakistan has become more visible and may have greater impact.
Several leading senators and representatives have publicly complained about the attitude of that country and have threatened to withdraw the substantial aid it receives. Last October, the Governments of Washington and Islamabad signed an agreement to raise up to U.S. $ 2,000 million military aid over the next five years.
This agreement was conditional upon respect for human rights in Pakistan and his sincere involvement in the fight against terrorists. However, since then there have been accumulating data that invite suspicion that Pakistan is not willing to meet U.S. demands to prosecute members of al Qaeda and related organizations.
Those suspicions became quite evident after the death of Bin Laden. Most congressmen and officials involved in those matters doubt that the leader of Al Qaeda may have lived for five years? Although this is not confirmed yet? a few kilometers from the Pakistan Military Academy and in a residential area especially guarded, as it lives mainly senior military commanders and intelligence, without the knowledge of those responsible for the security of this country.
Bin Laden's house was also the striking uniqueness of not having a telephone line, despite being one of the largest in the neighborhood. U.S. officials have admitted anonymously to the press that is hard to believe that General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Chief of the Armed Forces, or General Ahmad Shuja Pasha, head of the powerful intelligence service, ISI, did not know anything about the whereabouts of Bin Laden.
Even if it were, it is likely that the leader of Al Qaeda found some protection in lower echelons of the military hierarchy. Some other clues suggest it. According to U.S. intelligence, bin Laden spent only a short period of time, after fleeing Afghanistan, living in the tribal areas along the Afghan-Pakistani.
At least since 2003, moves into urban areas close to Islamabad, first in a small town in the vicinity of Abbottabad and in the last six years, the place where he met his death. There must be a secret, because the journalist Christiane Amanpour said last year that bin Laden was living in a cave but in a good house in a nice neighborhood.
Pakistan problems from afar. In 1998, Bill Clinton ordered a bombing of a point in that country which was believed to be Bin Laden. When the planes arrived, opened fire on a camp empty. The commission that investigated the 11-S found after Al Qaeda leader had been briefed by the Pakistanis.
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