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US Officials: Bush OK'd US Raids on Pakistan
| Quote From Source: | Senior U.S. officials say President George Bush gave secret orders in July authorizing U.S. armed forces to carry out ground assaults in Pakistan without seeking approval from Pakistan's government.
Former and current officials, who spoke to U.S. reporters on the condition of anonymity, said the military will notify Pakistan's government when it conducts raids but will not seek its permission.
Pakistan's army chief General Ashfaq Kayani Wednesday criticized a recent series of suspected U.S. raids in Pakistan, vowing to defend the country's sovereignty "at all costs." Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday said the army chief's statement reflects government views.
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We've gotten our diplomats expelled from Venezuela and this too. Bush has done such a bang up job when it comes to diplomacy. What an embarrassment.
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but wait - there's more ...
| Quote From Source: | Bolivian President Evo Morales ordered the expulsion Wednesday of the U.S. ambassador to his country, accusing him of fostering divisions in the deeply fractured Andean nation.
The move comes as tensions rise and violence increases in states opposed to the leftist policies of Morales. The president has regularly accused Washington and its ambassador of plotting against him.
Morales, who took office in January 2006 as Bolivia's first Indian president, is an ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the region's preeminent critic of Washington.
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oh - here's the Venezuela story...
| Quote From Source: | President Hugo Chavez ordered the U.S. ambassador to leave Venezuela in 72 hours and said he was immediately withdrawing his ambassador from Washington.
The move by Chavez brings relations with Washington to a new low and raises questions about whether the diplomatic clash could hurt trade. Venezuela is the fourth-largest oil supplier to the United States, and Chavez threatened on Thursday to cut off crude shipments "if there's any aggression against Venezuela."
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Pakistan could end cooperation in war on terror
| Quote From Source: | The furor intensified Friday over Washington's decision to pursue Islamic militant targets inside Pakistan, with opposition lawmakers threatening the country could pull out of the war on terror if the U.S. refuses to respect its borders.
"The parliament must be convened on a one-point agenda, because the nation is under a threat of war," said lawmaker Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan. "Irrespective of where the threat is, every inch of this country is sovereign. Every inch of this country is sacred."
Defense Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar said Pakistan's armed forces were "ready to meet any such eventuality if this is repeated" and evoked Pakistan's war against India in 1965.
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coming soon - new book by GW "how to lose friends and piss off allies" ... |
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This needed its own thread...
ClimatePatrol.com - Ecuador, Honduras support Bolivia, Venezuela in expulsion of U.S. envoys
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Pakistan orders troops to open fire if US raids
| Quote From Source: | Pakistan's military has ordered its forces to open fire if U.S. troops launch another air or ground raid across the Afghan border, an army spokesman said Tuesday.
The orders, which come in response to a highly unusual Sept. 3 ground attack by U.S. commandos, are certain to heighten tensions between Washington and a key ally against terrorism. Although the ground attack was rare, there have been repeated reports of U.S. drone aircraft striking militant targets, most recently on Sept. 12.
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The region is going to rally against the imperialist army.
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like I stated earlier, the 'battle lines' are being drawn
over the entire planet - this is a very serious time.
hope for the best.
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| Quote From Source: | The United States is suddenly faced with the uncomfortable scenario of confronting the very same weapons and military hardware, including F-16 fighter jets, it has armed Pakistan with for decades.
The unsavoury prospect of having to take a crack at the its one-time ally has surfaced most starkly in the skies over the Afghan-Pakistan border this weekend after the Pakistan Air Force deployed its US-supplied F-16s to challenge the violation of its airspace by US drones, and in one case, an airborne assault that landed US Navy Seals inside Pakistani territory.
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Pakistani troops reportedly fire on US helicopters
| Quote From Source: | Pakistani troops and tribesmen opened fire on two U.S. helicopters that crossed into the country from neighboring Afghanistan, intelligence officials said Monday.
The helicopters did not return fire and re-entered Afghan airspace without landing, the officials said.
Pakistan's army and the U.S. military in Afghanistan said they had no information on the reported incursion late Sunday, which will likely add to tensions between Islamabad and Washington.
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US drone shot down
| Quote From Source: | Pakistani soldiers and tribesman shot down a suspected U.S. military drone close to the Afghan border Tuesday night, three intelligence officials said.
If verified, it apparently would be the first time a pilotless aircraft was brought down over Pakistan and likely would add to tensions between Washington and Islamabad over recent American cross-border incursions into the country's lawless tribal regions.
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Pakistani troops fire on US helicopters
| Quote From Source: | Pakistani troops fired at American reconnaissance helicopters patrolling the Afghan-Pakistan border Thursday, heightening tensions as U.S. steps up cross-border operations in a region known as a haven for Taliban and al-Qaida militants.
Two American OH-58 reconnaissance helicopters, known as Kiowas, were on a routine afternoon patrol in the eastern province of Khost when they received small arms fire from a Pakistani border post, said Tech Sgt. Kevin Wallace, a U.S. military spokesman. There was no damage to aircraft or crew, officials said.
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yeah - its goin to hell |
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Pakistani and American Troops Exchange Fire
| Quote From Source: | Pakistani and American ground troops exchanged fire along the border with Afghanistan on Thursday, a top American military official said, ratcheting up tensions as the United States increases its attacks against militants in Pakistan's restive tribal areas.
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the sides don't agree on the details - shocking huh? |
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Pakistan to US after clash: Stay away from border
| Quote From Source: | In the first serious exchange with Pakistani forces acknowledged by the U.S., American helicopters and Pakistani ground troops briefly traded fire Thursday on the border. The aircraft were not hit and no one was hurt.
U.S. officials said the two choppers were inside Afghanistan when the troops opened fire. Pakistan insisted the aircraft had crossed the ill-defined and contested border.
Pakistani government spokesman Akram Shaheedi urged U.S.-led coalition forces "not to violate (the) territorial sovereignty of Pakistan as it is counterproductive to the war on terror."
"It has been Pakistan's policy that we will not allow anyone to violate our sovereignty, and we will continue to defend our territorial sovereignty," he said.
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Can we make it to November please?
They should take the warning labels off of everything and let stupidity sort itself out.
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beginnin to wonder about that...
and I still think October is going to be big.
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Yeah, no crap, war with a nuclear power. Great. |
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