Pakistan: No Entry for Coalition Troops

[dogday]

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan vehemently denied Saturday the U.S. military's claim that coalition forces in Afghanistan have the authority to pursue Taliban fleeing across the border into Pakistani territory.

"There is no authorization for hot pursuit of terrorists into our territory," Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad, spokesman for the Pakistan Army, told The Associated Press on Saturday. "Whatever actions are needed to fight terrorism, we are taking them."

Pakistan's Foreign Ministry rejected an assertion by Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, chief operations officer for the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, that his forces routinely fire on and pursue Taliban into Pakistan.

"No foreign forces are allowed to cross into our territorial border," said Ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam. "Pakistan and United States are partners in the war on terror -- not adversaries."

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-pakistan-hot-pursuit,0,3732686.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines


Guess that little chat with Cheney did not go so well... :shrug:

[havocmom]

1. Our 'allies'

Sure. Allies.

x(

America has NO allies anymore. And who can really blame the rest of the world?

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Well, in Pakistan's case I think they may have something to hide

[dogday]

6. I think you may be right about that

Keeps your hands off Osama......

[havocmom]

8. Of course they do. Yet bushco counts them as allies

Fugitives hiding out aside, I can fully understand any/all nations that do not co-operate with bush/cheney pretenses. The 'war on terror' is a cover for the war on nations that have resources (or pipeline routes) coveted by the huge multi-national corporations which presently control the US Military via puppets bush & cheney.

[lazer47]

3. These People Better Straighten Up

Or we will bring them Democracy,,,, no matter how many we kill:sarcasm:

[shadowknows69]

4. They don't get democracy

because they already have nukes.

[Cass]

5. Our "friends" Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Talk about dysfunctional relationships.

[Double T]

7. Nothing a few dozen pallets of cash won't straighten out............

what's a few billion more dollars vanishing into thin air.