CIA chief confronts Pakistan over collusion with militants

[cosmicone]

Source: Times of India

ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON: CIA chief Leon Panetta has confronted Pakistan's military leadership with evidence of collusion between militants and security officials in the country, causing fresh strains in the troubled US-Pak ties.

Panetta, who arrived in Islamabad on Friday, presented the evidence during meetings with Pakistan army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and ISI head Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha late on Friday night, media reports said.

The CIA had passed intelligence in the past few weeks to its Pakistani counterparts on two facilities where militants made improvised explosive devices but when Pakistani forces raided the facilities, the militants had disappeared, the reports said.

Panetta showed Pasha "satellite and other intelligence that the CIA believes is evidence of Pakistani security's efforts to help Islamic militants based in Pakistan," ABC News quoted US and Pakistani officials as saying.

Read more: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/CIA-chief-confronts-Pakistan-over-collusion-with-militants/articleshow/8812804.cms

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A day late and a dollar short, but needs to be done at some point.

Pakistan needs to be kept on a short leash and no aid money until it carries out the commands for which the aid is being given.

[xchrom]

1. we use drones & high flying bombers -- they use militants.

keep an eye on pakistan/china relations -- which is really about india.

[nyy1998]

7. It's always about India when it comes to Pakistan

nt

[No Elephants]

2. Yet, we continue to send them money.

[sendero]

3. Anyone with an IQ...

... above 90 can see that Pakistan is playing both sides this. Fuck them.

[blueclown]

4. The Pakistani government continues to look the other way with the ISI.

The Pakistani government's inability or unwillingness to keep the ISI in check is ultimately going to end or severely damage the U.S. Pakistani relationship.

[FreakinDJ]

5. Yet Cheney / Haliburton can sell them Nuclear Detonators

makes good sense to me

[Arctic Dave]

6. And Pakistan said, "so what are you gonna do about it"?

"Be a shame if all those supply convoys suddenly burst into flames".

[bemildred]

8. Right.

:sarcasm: