.comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}

Born at the Crest of the Empire

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Our "ally" in Pakistan

I understand our priorities are different, but.....
Musharraf: Pakistan isn't hunting Osama

That bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahri are still at large "doesn't mean much," (Musharraf) said Tuesday..... He suggested they are far less a threat to his regime than Taliban-linked militants entrenched in Pakistan's west.....

But in Washington, the State Department's counterterrorism chief, Dell Dailey, said the Bush administration was displeased with "gaps in intelligence" received from Pakistan about the activities of extremist groups in the tribal regions.

"We don't have enough information about what's going on there. Not on al-Qaida. Not on foreign fighters. Not on the Taliban," he said.


Question: If Musharraf did accidentally capture Bin Laden, do you think he'd turn him over to the US?

That would stir up big domestic trouble, and it would be a whole lot easier for Musharraf simply not to find him in the first place.

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home