Pakistan Times: Bush WILL NOT BE DETERRED by "risks" of visit

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Friday, March 03, 2006 E-Mail this article to a friend Printer Friendly Version

Bush’s trip to Pakistan today not without risks: White House

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C03%5C03%5Cstory_3-3-2006_pg1_7

NEW DELHI: President Bush’s visit to Pakistan is not without security risks but he will not be deterred by attacks such as the suicide bombing in Karachi, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley said on Thursday, AP reported. Bush will fly to Pakistan late on Friday for a day of talks Saturday in Islamabad with President Musharraf. But the White House waited until the beginning of Bush’s trip to disclose that he would spend the night in Islamabad.

Hadley said security risks and precautions had been assessed prior to Bush’s decision to go to Pakistan. “It is something that they reassess up to the point where we head to Pakistan,” he said. “And at this point people are comfortable that the necessary precautions are in place. But this is not a risk-free undertaking.” Hadley said there was evidence the diplomat had been targeted in the Karachi bombing. Umer Farooq adds from Islamabad: Officials here hope Bush’s visit will broaden cooperation between Pakistan and the US in trade, defence and security.

The two countries are likely to sign a bilateral investment treaty on Saturday despite reservations expressed by some quarters at clauses of the treaty relating to intellectual property rights. Bush will hold delegation-level talks as well as a one-on-one meeting with President Musharraf. He will be accompanied by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and new Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Richard Boucher. Bush will attend a conference on earthquake relief and reconstruction. He will also be briefed on the status of Pakistan-India talks.



My MUTHAF**KIN' HERO...

:grouphug:

[central scrutinizer]

1. Just, great

Get a clue - with tensions at a boiling point because of torture, the cartoons, etc.,Bushco goes to Pakistan, a state with NUKULAR capabilities and stirs the pot - if Pakistan is destabilized and Musharraf falls - then Al Qaeda will have nukes.

[Ilsa]

2. "...but he will not be deterred ..." Good. Go. I'm sure he won't mind if

we don't wish him and his SS detail good luck. My only regret is that his handlers keep him insulated from seeing the throngs of protestors and their signs.

[OnyxCollie]

3. He will not be deterred?

Good. Perhaps he should ask them to "bring it on", too.

[MrMonk]

4. I might take on the "risks", too

If I had 5,000 guards and a small air fleet looking out for me.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C03%5C02%5Cstory_2-3-2006_pg1_2

5,000 personnel, over dozen aircraft to keep watch: Bush visit toughest security challenge

. . . During Bush’s meetings with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other officials and business leaders, the Presidential Protection Division (PPD) security detail will be watching everyone, including the other officials’ bodyguards. . . .

Paranoid much?

[flordehinojos]

5. BIG WORDS FOR THE LITTLE MAN. YOU WANNA BET HE DOESN'T SHOW UP?

AND, IF HE DOES, HE WON'T LEAVE THE AIRPORT. I BET.