A senior NATO official said Osama bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri are believed to be living in relative comfort in Pakistan houses and not hidden away in a cave.
“Nobody in al-Qaeda is living in a cave,” he told CNN. (BBC)
Funding Pakistan’s double game for another round, even while reports emerge of bin Laden and al-Zawahiri living in Pakistan under ISI protection, and even after years of Pakistan’s demonstrable aiding and abetting of jihadists, including the ISI’s backing of the Taliban inside Afghanistan.
The U.S. is allowing itself to be blackmailed, sending Pakistan the message that Washington can be leveraged with the choice of the ongoing, duplicitous policy, or losing even the friendly lip service to cooperation, such as the insistence of Pakistan’sForeign Ministry spokesman: “Let me reiterate that Pakistan is committed not to allow its territory for terrorist actions anywhere in the world.”
Except when it does. Funny how that keeps happening.
According to Bob Woodward’s book, Obama’s Wars, the status of U.S. relations with Pakistan was like a “cold shower“ for the Obama administration. And yet, Pakistan is in line for another $2 billion funded on the backs of the American taxpayer. “Sources:U.S. finalizing aid package to help Pakistan fight extremists,” by Elise Labott for CNN, October 18/via JW:
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