Voice of Russia
December 9, 2011
Pakistan-NATO spat widens
Konstantin Garibov
Pakistan will deploy anti-aircraft weapons on the border with
Afghanistan to curb NATO air raids. Breaking the news on Friday, a
Pakistani command spokesman, General Ashfaq Nadeem, said that
Islamabad would no longer tolerate the heavy presence of CIA agents in
Pakistan.
The move came in retaliation for the late November NATO air strike on
a Pakistani army post. More than 20 Pakistani servicemen were killed
in what the Pakistani command says was a preplanned attack. General
Nadeem called the United States a pseudo-ally capable of carrying out
more strikes.
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The bloody raid prompted Pakistan to cut one of the two supply routes
for NATO troops in Afghanistan, which may create serious problems for
NATO. Another supply route lies through Russia, but it is only for
non-military cargo. The alliance has not yet officially requested
Moscow to expand NATO cargo transit through Russian territory. On
Thursday, a rocket attack by militants targeting a NATO supply convoy
in southwestern Pakistan destroyed more than 30 NATO fuel tankers and
food trucks.
The sudden illness of Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, who left
for Dubai this week to undergo treatment for heart problems, has
sparked rumors about a military putsch. Mr. Zardari's mysterious heart
failure had been preceded by his emergency meeting with foreign
ambassadors to Pakistan. But U.S. State Department spokesman Marc
Toner denied any link between the worsening health of the Pakistani
president and his possible resignation. Observers inside Pakistan do
not rule out Mr. Zardari's return, only perhaps not as president.
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