>Op 14 juli maakte ik, dankzij Abdul Haq, melding van Amerikaanse aanvallen in Pakistan. Inmiddels begint de situatie danig uit de hand te lopen, en lijkt er van de Amerikaans/Pakistaanse vriendschap weinig meer over:

US attack inside Pakistan threatens dangerous new war

A ground assault by US Special Forces troops on a Pakistani village on Wednesday threatens to expand the escalating Afghanistan war into its neighbour. Pakistan is already confronting a virtual civil war in its tribal border regions as the country’s military, under pressure from Washington, seeks to crush Islamist militias supporting the anti-occupation insurgency inside Afghanistan.

The attack, which left up to 20 civilians dead, marks a definite escalation of US operations inside Pakistan. While US Predator drones and war planes have been used previously to bomb targets, Wednesday’s raid was the first clear case of an assault by American ground troops inside Pakistani territory. The White House and Pentagon have refused to comment on the incident but various unnamed US officials have acknowledged to the media that the raid took place and indicated that there could be more to come.

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Pakistan reserves right to retaliate in future: Gen Tariq

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan reserves the right to appropriately retaliate against unilateral attacks by coalition forces from Afghanistan, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Tariq Majid said on Friday.

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In het kort komt het er op neer dat Amerikaanse en NATO-troepen, die doelen op Pakistaans grondgebied aanvallen, potentiële doelwitten voor het Pakistaanse leger zijn. Wat je noemt een vliegende start voor de nieuwe Pakistaanse president Zardari...En o ja, had ik al gezegd dat Pakistan kernwapens heeft?