Pak can use US aid only against Taliban and al-Qaida: Senate

Source: Times of India

WASHINGTON: The US Senate has approved the Department of Defence Authorization bill according to which the US military assistance to Pakistan can
be used only for its fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban.

The bi-partisan amendment in this regard was introduced by Senators Robert Menendez and Bob Corker, amidst growing apprehension among lawmakers that the American tax payers money given to Pakistan to fight against the Taliban and al-Qaida was being used to built up its army against India.

The Menendez-Corker legislative language would mandate a certification by the US secretary of state and secretary of defence, before Pakistan is reimbursed with coalition support funds, that the payment is both in the national security interests of the US, and will not affect the balance of power in the region.

"To this point, almost eight years and more than seven billion in American taxpayer dollars for Pakistan's military have not prevented the Taliban and al-Qaida from regrouping along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border," said Menendez.


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Finally some sense.

against the Taliban and al Qaeda.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Sometimes you have to laugh, just to keep from going crazy.

We can't even keep the English-speaking U.S. military contractors in line. How the hell are we going to "certify" the Pakistanis?

Pakistan's Ground Zero
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=907_1248546562


Congress is the definition of insanity



but this time.... the US taxpayers $$ must be used the way congress wants it used.....right

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3818603&mesg_id=3818603

The Taliban's power in Pakistan continues to grow and it now has entire towns under its control. Under US pressure, the Pakistani army is fighting the Islamists -- with limited success. Pakistani intelligence says the Americans are doing more harm than good.

Back when Qari Zainuddin still believed that he could win this war, he stood in front of his office in the Pakistani town of Dera Ismail Khan, surrounded by masked men, each of them with an AK-47 at the ready. A few white doves cooed as the sun blazed down on the flat brick buildings.

Zainuddin, 26, a powerfully built Taliban commander, was wearing a shimmering, gold-colored cap over his dark hair and a Palestinian scarf wrapped loosely around his shoulders. He was speaking into the microphones of the journalists he had invited.

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Qari Zainuddin was dead two days later. A bodyguard, one of Mehsud's mercenaries who had infiltrated Zainuddin's ranks, shot him in his sleep.

The news of Zainuddin's death spread like wildfire through Pakistan's North West Frontier Province. The implicit message was that the same fate would await anyone who defies Mehsud or even goes as far as to align himself with the Pakistani army.


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http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,638083,00.html

always have, always will. Even after we leave, Pakistan will fund Pashtuns to fight the government of Afghanistan to incorporate Pashtun areas of Afghanistan into Pakistan.