Clinton questions Pakistan's real desire to get rid of Al-Queda within Pakistan
Special Correspondent
Oct. 30, 2009

''I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and couldn''t get them if they really wanted to, says Hillary Clinton to the Pakistani media.

''Al Qaeda has had a safe haven in Pakistan since 2002,'' Clinton told newspaper editors in Pakistan on Thursday.

''Maybe that's the case; maybe they''re not gettable. I don''t know.As far as we know, they are in Pakistan,'' Clinton, the senior most official of the Obama administration to visit Pakistan maintained, questioning Pakistani leadership's repeated assertions that Al Qaeda leaders are not in Pakistan.

Pakistani Government internally is upset with Mrs. Clinton's remarks. Officially they are quiet but a senior official spoke on the condition of anonymity, "...if we knew where Al Qaeda's leaders were, or if we had meaningful intelligence on their whereabouts shared with us, we would act against them."

American frustration over Pakistan's handling of Al-Queda sponsored terror echoed as a prominent American newspaper wrote, "...her comments also gave voice to the longtime frustration of American officials with what they see as the Pakistani government's lack of resolve in rooting out not only Al Qaida, but also the Taliban leadership based in Quetta, and a host of militant groups that use the border region to stage attacks on American and NATO forces in Afghanistan."

Clinton questions Pakistan's real desire to get rid of Al-Queda within Pakistan
Special Correspondent
'I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and couldn't get them if they really wanted to': Clinton
READ MORE>>

Hillary Clinton faces Pakistani anger over use of American firepower over common wisdom
Kitan Chaube
Your presence in the region is not good for peace, a Pakistani man shouts at Clinton, use common wisdom before using your brutal fire power from the sky and the drones, he says.
READ MORE>>

Unlike neo con conservative Republican Bush, Obama Adminsitration tells Pakistan not to use American aid money against India
Tushar Pundit
United States has set exacting conditions on terror and not diverted for a confrontation against India.
READ MORE>>

Iran refuses nuclear slavery - can it withstand international pressure?
Preeti Singhani
U.S., Russia and France, which endorsed the U.N. plan Friday they drafted in discussions with Iran are disappointed. They will exert pressure. Iran has to find a middle ground.
READ MORE>>

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the US wants India to be a major player in working out a new non-proliferation regime
Sonal Joshi
I think it is very significant that the first official visit in the Obama Administration will be in November when Prime Minister Singh arrives: Clinton.
READ MORE>>

Did NASA scientist arrested by US FBI deliver sensitive Indian Space Research information to Israel?
Anil Rane
Why is ISRO so concerned about NASA scientist arrested by US FBI? How much data did ISRO deliver to Nozette?
READ MORE>>

MORE ARTICLES >>