From the FUBAR Files: Al Qaeda operating with near impunity in Pakistan

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While we referee a civil war in Iraq:


ABC News

In testimony before Congress this week, U.S. intelligence officials were straightforward in saying they believe Osama bin Laden is in Pakistan and freely operating there.

"It's not that we lack the ability to go into that space," said Tom Fingar of the office of the Director of National Intelligence.

"But we have chosen not to do so without the permission of the Pakistani government," Fingar told members of Congress who demanded to know why the U.S. did not take more decisive action against a known enemy.

U.S. officials say Pakistan consistently denies the U.S. military permission to go after known al Qaeda training camps.

The situation has grown even worse since February, officials say, when Vice President Dick Cheney traveled to Islamabad to demand Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf take action.

"Their (al Qaeda's) situation is actually better today than it was even then," said the RAND Corporation's Jones.

"The U.S. has provided $5.6 billion in coalition support funds to Pakistan over the past five years, with zero accountability," said Congressman Patrick Murphy, D-Calif., at the hearing.

"Why is Pakistan still being paid these large sums of money, even after publicly declaring that it is significantly cutting back patrols in the most important border area?" he asked.


http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/07/terror-commande.html

 

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why wont pakistan let us clean up its mess, or take care of it.

While we referee a civil war in Iraq:


ABC News

 

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why wont pakistan let us clean up its mess, or take care of it.

This isn't just about Pakistan. These are the people who attacked us and killed 3000 americans. Bush shouldn't have pulled the plug on a Navy Seal covert op to kill Al Zawahiri in Pakistan. The president's job is to defend the nation, and hold those who attacked us on 9/11 accountable.

If we have solid intelligence where al qaeda leadership is hiding in pakistan, we do anything we have to to kill or capture them. We don't pull the plug on covert ops because it might offend President Musharaff.