Pakistan's parliament condemns U.S. bin Laden raid

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Pakistan's parliament condemns U.S. bin Laden raid

By Zeeshan Haider Zeeshan Haider – Sat May 14, 8:45 am ET

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan's parliament condemned on Saturday the U.S. raid

to find and kill Osama bin Laden, calling for a review of U.S. ties and warning

that Pakistan could cut supply lines to American forces in Afghanistan if there

were more such attacks.

Pakistan's intelligence chief was cited as saying he was ready to resign over

the bin Laden affair, which has embarrassed the country and led to suspicion

that Pakistani security agents knew where the al Qaeda chief was hiding.

On Friday, two suicide bombers attacked a military academy in a northwestern

town killing 80 people in what Pakistani Taliban militants said was their first

act of revenge for bin Laden's death on May 2.

The secret U.S. raid on bin Laden's lair in the garrison town of Abbottabad, 50

km (30 miles) north of Islamabad, has strained already prickly ties with the

United States.

It has also led to domestic criticism of the government and military, partly

because bin Laden had apparently remained undetected in Pakistan for years, but

also because of the failure to detect or stop the U.S. operation to get him.

" Parliament ... condemned the unilateral action in Abbottabad which constitutes

a violation of Pakistan's sovereignty, " it said in a resolution issued after

security chiefs briefed legislators.

Pakistan has dismissed as absurd any suggestion that authorities knew bin Laden

was holed up in a high-walled compound near the country's top military academy.

The U.S. administration has not accused Pakistan of complicity in hiding bin

Laden but has said he must have had some sort of support network, which it wants

to uncover.

U.S. Senator Kerry said the United States wanted Pakistan to be a " real "

ally in combating militants but serious questions remained in their relations.

" But we're not trying to find a way to break the relationship apart, we're

trying to find a way to build it, " said Kerry, a Democrat close to the Obama

administration and who is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,

told reporters in Afghanistan.

Kerry is due to visit Pakistan in the coming days.

Members of the two houses of parliament said the government should review ties

with the United States to safeguard Pakistan's national interests and they also

called for an end to U.S. attacks on militants with its pilotless drone

aircraft.

They also called for an independent commission to investigate the bin Laden

case.

BODY PARTS

Pakistan officially objects to the drone attacks, but U.S. officials have long

said they are carried out under an agreement between the countries.

The legislators said U.S. " unilateral actions " such as the Abbottabad raid and

drone strikes were unacceptable, and the government should consider cutting

vital U.S. lines of supply for its forces in Afghanistan unless they stopped.

Earlier, a U.S. drone fired missiles at a vehicle in North Waziristan on the

Afghan border killing five militants.

It was the fourth drone attack since bin Laden was killed.

Police in Charsadda said they had recovered for analysis body parts of the two

suicide bombers who killed at least 80 struck at a paramilitary force academy.

A Taliban spokesman said on Friday the attack was in revenge for bin Laden's

death and vowed there would be more.

The killing of bin Laden could trigger a backlash from his supporters across a

giant area surrounding Afghanistan, the Shangahi ation Council

(SCO)regional security body said.

Dominated by China and Russia, the SCO also unites the mostly Muslim ex-Soviet

Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

" Craving for revenge, the supporters of al Qaeda, the Taliban movement and other

terrorist and extremist organizations may cause a new wave of terror, " Kazakh

Foreign Minister Yerzgan Kazykhanov told a meeting with his SCO counterparts in

Almaty.

CIVILIAN CONTROL

Pakistani intelligence chief Lieutenant-General Ahmad Shuja Pasha, head of the

military's main Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency, told parliament in a

closed-door briefing he was " ready to resign " over the bin Laden affair, a

legislator said.

Pasha, who was asked tough questions by some members of parliament, told the

assembly he did not want to " hang around " if parliament deemed him responsible,

legislator Riaz Fatyana told reporters.

" I am ready to resign, " Fatyana quoted the ISI chief as saying.

Opposition leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said civilian leaders,

not the security agencies, should be deciding policy toward India, the United

States and Afghanistan.

" The elected government should formulate foreign policy. A parallel policy or

parallel government should not be allowed to work, " Sharif told a news

conference.

(Additional reporting by Dmitry Solovyov, Bashir Ansari; Writing by

Birsel; Editing by Magnowski)

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If they do that, we should pull out the troops, including from Afghanistan (which is a lost cause) and then cut foreign aid to Pakistan. At the same time, use our powers to freeze the foreign accounts of the senior politicians and other elites. It wouldn't take long for Pakistan to fall into utter chaos and likely turn into a new terror state along with Afghanistan and Iran, since they all share borders. Pakistan would likely very soon go to war with India and that would likely go nuclear.

Not a desirable turn of events but if the Pakis want to play both sides and make threats, they should know what they face without out help.

In a message dated 5/14/2011 12:06:27 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, no_reply writes:

Pakistan's parliament condemned on Saturday the U.S. raid to find and kill Osama bin Laden, calling for a review of U.S. ties and warning that Pakistan could cut supply lines to American forces in Afghanistan if there were more such attacks.

[Guest guest]

I think this is an excellent sumnation of what might happen. It's quite possible

that India would destroy Pakistan to be done with them.

Administrator

" If they do that, we should pull out the troops, including from Afghanistan

(which is a lost cause) and then cut foreign aid to Pakistan. At the same time,

use our powers to freeze the foreign accounts of the senior politicians and

other elites. It wouldn't take long for Pakistan to fall into utter chaos and

likely turn into a new terror state along with Afghanistan and Iran, since they

all share borders. Pakistan would likely very soon go to war with India and that

would likely go nuclear. "

[Guest guest]

Fill me in on as to why india would destroy pakistan and second most don't you

think that the pakistanis are maybe a little bit jealous that the United States

uprooted bin laden and not them? And do you think that the media is getting a

little too carried away with all this stuff about bin laden anyways? Just a few

questions.

Signed,

Greg

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> " If they do that, we should pull out the troops, including from Afghanistan

(which is a lost cause) and then cut foreign aid to Pakistan. At the same time,

use our powers to freeze the foreign accounts of the senior politicians and

other elites. It wouldn't take long for Pakistan to fall into utter chaos and

likely turn into a new terror state along with Afghanistan and Iran, since they

all share borders. Pakistan would likely very soon go to war with India and that

would likely go nuclear. "

>

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Pakistan used to be a part of India as the old English royal colony was drawn. After WWII, there was a partition and population migration as it was decided that Muslims couldn't live peacefully with the Hindus. Muslims were moved to the eastern and western parts of India and Hindus were moved to the center. Later, the east broke off to become Bangladesh and the west broke off to become Pakistan.

Since that time, India has fought several wars with Pakistan. Right now they are technically at war over some land in the northern part of their border and skirmishes are not uncommon there.

Pakistan also supports terrorists who attack Indian targets. The recent Mumbai attack almost certainly had Pakistani support. Some years back there was an attack against the Indian Parliament that came very close to leveling the building and killing the politicians inside. You can bet the survivors would have declared war right away. They nearly did in any case but mostly US pressure kept it from happening. Many other terror raids come across the Pakistani border as well.

I'm not sure India would attack Pakistan first. Most likely there would be some kind of provocation like a terror attack or the like. Then again, if the US leaves Pakistan and Afghanistan, it is likely that the two will join up with Iran as a real axis of evil to start their global holy war.

Fill me in on as to why india would destroy pakistan and second most don't you think that the pakistanis are maybe a little bit jealous that the United States uprooted bin laden and not them? And do you think that the media is getting a little too carried away with all this stuff about bin laden anyways? Just a few questions.Signed,Greg

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Hey , Thanks for the update on what has transpired over the past few

years or so between india and pakistan. So anyways life as usual is as drab as

it ever has been nothing new going on around here besides the fact that the

relationship department is nothing and always will be nothing. But i won't

burden you guys with my problems i have too many to worry anybody about. Anyways

i'll let you go, i hope i have a better day tomorrow than i did today.

Signed,

Greg

Again much thanks for the reply.

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> Pakistan used to be a part of India as the old English royal colony was

> drawn. After WWII, there was a partition and population migration as it was

> decided that Muslims couldn't live peacefully with the Hindus. Muslims were

> moved to the eastern and western parts of India and Hindus were moved to the

> center. Later, the east broke off to become Bangladesh and the west broke

> off to become Pakistan.

>

> Since that time, India has fought several wars with Pakistan. Right now

> they are technically at war over some land in the northern part of their

> border and skirmishes are not uncommon there.

>

> Pakistan also supports terrorists who attack Indian targets. The recent

> Mumbai attack almost certainly had Pakistani support. Some years back there

> was an attack against the Indian Parliament that came very close to leveling

> the building and killing the politicians inside. You can bet the survivors

> would have declared war right away. They nearly did in any case but mostly

> US pressure kept it from happening. Many other terror raids come across the

> Pakistani border as well.

>

> I'm not sure India would attack Pakistan first. Most likely there would be

> some kind of provocation like a terror attack or the like. Then again, if

> the US leaves Pakistan and Afghanistan, it is likely that the two will join

> up with Iran as a real axis of evil to start their global holy war.

>

>

>

>

> In a message dated 5/15/2011 6:09:51 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

> ggumina@... writes:

>

> Fill me in on as to why india would destroy pakistan and second most don't

> you think that the pakistanis are maybe a little bit jealous that the

> United States uprooted bin laden and not them? And do you think that the

media

> is getting a little too carried away with all this stuff about bin laden

> anyways? Just a few questions.

>

> Signed,

> Greg

>