ISLAMABAD- U.S. Senator John Kerry will push the Pakistani leaders Monday to explain how Osama bin Laden could hide in their country for years, without further feeding Pakistani anger on the U.S. raid that killed the Chief of al-Qaeda.
Compounding the reputation of Pakistan as an unstable Muslim countries infested by activists, men armed on motorcycles shot and killed a Saudi in the city of Karachi diplomat as he was driving to work.
Linked to Al-Qaeda militant Pakistani Taliban, who have promised to strike for the murder of Saudi-born bin Laden, claimed responsibility.
Us special forces flew from Afghanistan on an undercover operation to find and kill bin Laden on 2 may, 10 years after he orchestrated the attacks of September 11 in the United States.
Its discovery hidden in comfortable garrison of Abbottabad city, only 50 km (30 miles) from the Pakistani capital, has revived the suspicion that ally U.S. Pakistan knew where he was and was a double game.
Pakistan which dismissed as absurd. He commended for the killing of Osama bin Laden as an important step in the fight against militancy, but objected on left on the raid to get him in the dark.
Parliament condemned the raid Saturday as a violation of the sovereignty of Pakistan and called for a review of the links.
He also said that the Government should consider cutting U.S. supply lines by Pakistan for American forces in Afghanistan in the event of another aggression "unilateral".
Kerry arrived in Pakistan on Sunday of the Afghanistan, where he said to journalists that some United States wanted Pakistan to be a true ally in the fight against militancy.
Kerry, a Democrat close to the administration of the Obama and who is the President of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, met the powerful army Chief General Ashfaq Kayani, at the headquarters of the army later Sunday and was due to meet with other leaders Monday.
While Kerry has some difficult questions for Pakistan, the military can be expected to convey his anger on the aggression of U.S. on bin Laden, who, according to the military authorities caused a breakdown in trust and cast a shadow on security cooperation.
"... Informed Kayani the dignitary visits the intense feelings of rank of the Pakistani army on the incident of Abbottabad," the army said Monday, referring to the operation for the bin Ladens.
There no details but said Kerry would hold detailed discussions on relations with the heads of Government Monday.
"DISENCHANTED AND DISMAYED."
The journal of the Nation, which generally reflects the thinking of the military establishment, said Kerry mission is to pressure Pakistan to accept all U.S. applications, even at the cost of national interests of Pakistan.
"To the United States may have episode post-Osama of serious issues, but Pakistan is totally disenchanted and dismayed," the paper said in an editorial.
The Government should stick to the position set out by Parliament the weekend, he said.
"There should be no compromise on the sovereignty and national interests at all costs."
The US administration has not accused Pakistan of complicity in hiding of bin Laden, but said that he must have had some sort of support network, he wants to discover.
Secretary of State American Hillary Clinton spoke Sunday to President Asif Ali Zardari by telephone of the situation since the death of bin Laden, Office of Zardari said, adding that Zardari said Clinton on the concerns of Parliament.
"Both have agreed to resolve the issues in dispute settlement and to move forward", said the Office of the President.
Police in the South of the commercial centre of Karachi said gunmen on motorcycles killed the Saudi diplomat. The attack came days after the attackers launched two grenades in hand at the Saudi Consulate in Pakistan's commercial hub. No one was injured in the attack.
Al-Qaeda is violently opposed to the Saudi Government, which is a close ally of Pakistan and has promised to avenge the assassination of its leader. Their allies, the Pakistani Taliban, said that they killed the diplomat.
"We take responsibility", a Taliban spokesman said by telephone from an undisclosed location, referring to the assassination of diplomat earlier in the day.
"" America stops, al-Qaeda and stops drone strikes that we will keep carrying out such attacks ", he said, referring to the U.S. attacks with planes without a pilot on the militants in northwestern Pakistan.".
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