Thursday, May 5, 2011

Pakistan threatens to review the U.S. military COOPERATION

Pakistan has criticized the United States today for killing Osama Bin Laden on its territory and threatens to suspend its military cooperation with that country if he returns to repeat a similar action. It is the first public reaction from the Government and of the spectacular military operation the U.S.

on Monday that killed the leader of Al Qaeda. The chief of staff has made it clear that any similar action that violates the sovereignty of Pakistan will require a review of the level of military cooperation and / or intelligence with the United States, according to the statement issued after a meeting of military leaders in Rawalpindi.

In its official statement, the Pakistani army has admitted failures in collecting information on Bin Laden's presence in that country, but made clear that the American secret services (CIA) did not share your information with Pakistanis (ISI). Shortly before the Foreign Secretary, Salman Bashir, rejected suspicions that the army or intelligence services were aware of the presence of Bin Laden in Abbottabad and has threatened to respond to any new venture.

The manager tried to address both the concern that the incident has caused in the country and international criticism for its ambiguous attitude to terrorism. "It's easy to say that the ISI or elements of Government are collusion with al Qaeda," Bashir said in reference to the Inter-Services Intelligence, Pakistan's powerful spy agency.

"It is a falsehood that is not supported and is a slap to the Pakistanis, especially the ISI, after what has been achieved" in the fight against terrorism, "chief executive defended the Foreign Minister of ceasing three months ago.

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