Pakistan Pulls Out Of Talks With U.S. On Afghan War -- L.A. TimesBy pulling out of upcoming talks on the war in Afghanistan, Pakistan signals its anger over an American drone missile strike that it says killed civilians along the Afghan border. The U.S. says it hit a compound where militants were meeting.
Pakistan on Friday pulled out of upcoming talks with the U.S. on the war in Afghanistan, a move meant to convey Islamabad's anger over an American drone missile strike that it claims killed a gathering of civilians along the Afghan border.
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More News On Pakistan Reaction To US Drone Strikes In Their Country
Dozens die as US drone hits Pakistan home -- Al Jazeera
Drone attack kills 38 -- The Telegraph
Drone attack kills 38 Pakistan elders -- Financial Times
US missiles 'kill 30 militants' -- Press Association
After strike, Pakistan cancels US-Afghan talks -- AP
Pakistan to boycott Afghan meeting over deadly U.S. strike -- Reuters
Pakistan Cancels US-Afghan Talks After Drone Strike -- Voice of America
Pakistan summons US envoy over drone attack -- AFP
Pakistan: Calls for revenge after US drones kill 40 -- BBC
Pakistan army chief Kayani in US drone outburst -- BBC
Pakistan army chief condemns US drone attack -- Miami Herald/AP
Pakistan army chief condemns US drone attack -- AP
Pakistan demands US apology for deadly drone strike -- AFP
Pakistan must take action in North Waziristan:US -- AFP
US-Pakistan relationship increasingly strained -- AP
Drone strike threatens to strain Pak-US ties afresh -- Hindustan Times
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I think Pakistan's withdrawal from talks may also relate to the CIA's refusal to identify other covert operatives in Pakistan during negotiations over Raymond Davis' release. Especially in view of the loud, angry protests that have accompanied his released - fueled by the 27 texts on Davis’ cellphone to Taliban and Al Qaeda leaders and his offers to provide them with nuclear fission and biological warfare agents: http://www.zerohedge.com/article/cia-agent-caught-red-handed-aiding-pakistani-terrorism
Obviously all this would have come out at trial - which won't happen now. Despite the CIA's refusal to disclose all their other CIA and Blackwater operatives to the Pakistani government (who's not cooperating in the war on terror?), Pakistan has launched their own investigation of 414 Americans with diplomatic passports who serve no diplomatic function. (see http://realisticbird.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/blowback-from-the-arrest-of-the-cias-raymond-davis/ ).
Hopefully it will also shed light on the role of CIA "freedom fighters" in the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) in the terrorist violence on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The Pentagon/CIA make no secret of their desire to see energy and mineral rich Balochistan secede from Pakistan to become a US client state - just like energy and mineral rich Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and the other former Soviet republics.
Moreover there’s no way to ascertain whether random acts of terror in the border regions are caused by the Taliban, Al Qaeda or the CIA-funded BLA. However there's no question that CIA-sponsored BLA terrorism is responsible for much of the violence - especially around the Chinese-built port in Gwadar, Pakistan (employed to offload Iranian oil destined for China). Given that Iran and China are major political/economic rivals, it's a pity the US media fails to report on any of this.
I blog about this at "Our CIA freedom fighters in Pakistan"
http://stuartbramhall.aegauthorblogs.com/2011/03/07/our-cia-freedom-fighters-in-pakistan/
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