The Pakistani army is out of his silence Thursday on the raid of commando U.S. who killed Osama bin Laden, recognizing its own "gaps" in efforts to find the leader of al-Qaeda but threatening consider cooperation with Washington is there another similar Pakistani sovereignty violation.
The tough-survey was a sign of anger in the army. Also, it appeared designed to placate politicians, the public and the media in the country in what is considered by many as a national humiliation by a very unpopular America.
While international concerns are centered on suspicion that the elements of sheltered security forces bin Laden, majority of Pakistanis seem more upset that American soldiers uninvited flew into the country, landed on the ground and launch an attack on a House - and that the army was not in the current and unable to stop them. It is produced in a town in the army, next to an Academy military and close to the capital added embarrassment.
The links between the two countries were already tense before the raid because of the American allegations that Islamabad was not to punish the Taliban Afghan factions shelter on Pakistani soil. Pakistan was angry on drone strikes U.S. rajouteraient and the case of Raymond Davis, a CIA contractor who killed two Pakistani in January.
Pakistani police officers stand guard at the main entrance of a house where al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was captured and killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on Wednesday, may 4, 2011. Residents of Abbottabad, Pakistan, were still confused and suspicious Wednesday on the killing of Osama bin Laden, which took place among them before dawn Monday. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed) CloseWhile the US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Washington would continue to engage with Pakistan, the benefits of raid on Monday added a new layer of tensions to a relationship that is crucial to stabilizing the Afghanistan and allowing American troops begin to withdraw this year.
The United States a need for cooperation of Pakistan for, among other things, carrying supplies to the forces of NATO in Afghanistan. Washington gave the Pakistani army more than 10 billion dollars in aid over the last decade to help him fight against the militants.
The tone of the army statement was a contrast to the initial response to the raid by the civilian leadership of the country. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has hailed the operation as a "great victory" but made no mention of concerns about sovereignty.
The army statement was issued after 12 of the country's top generals met with Army Chief General Ashfaq Kayani, regarded as the most powerful in the country man, to discuss the operation and its implications on "military for relations with the United States."
He said that Kayani told his colleagues that he had been decided to reduce the number of us military personnel at levels "minimum essential". The statement gave no more details, and an army spokesman refused to elaborate. The United States about 275 declared military personal U.S. to Pakistan at any time, some of them help to train the Pakistani army. The US authorities were not immediately available for comment.
The case Davis has also led to criticism of the army after that it supported an agreement which allows him to walk free after the United States agreed to pay compensation to the relatives of the victims. Some media reports indicated Kayani requested a reduction of us military personnel then, and it was not clear if statement Thursday which covered.
The army for the first time acknowledged "shortcomings in the development of intelligence on the presence of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan." But he said his agency Inter-Services Intelligence had arrested or killed 100 al-Qaida terrorists and associates with or without the cooperation of the CIA.
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