US-Pakistan ties close to collapse: Chinese daily

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4 Dec, 2011, 01.22PM IST, PTI
US-Pakistan ties close to collapse: Chinese daily

BEIJING: The death of two dozen Pakistani soldiers in a NATO attack was a "symbolic event indicating the progressive deterioration" of US-Pakistan bilateral ties, a Chinese daily said Sunday.

Pakistan reacted to the Nov 26 NATO air strike by closing the supply lines for US and NATO troops and also demanded American troops to leave the Shamsi air base in the country.

"This is the worst setback for the US-Pakistan anti-terrorism coalition since its establishment 10 years ago, and also a symbolic event indicating the progressive deterioration of US-Pakistan relations after the (Raymond) Davis case and the death of Osama bin Laden earlier this year," the People's said wrote in an opinion piece.

Davis was a CIA contractor who shot dead two Pakistani men in Lahore. The US government had to intervene after he was arrested.

"The US-Pakistan anti-terrorism coalition is about to collapse," it said, adding that different strategic objectives were the basic causes behind the unsustainable relationship.

"An important reason leading the anti-terrorism coalition to the verge of collapse is that the US follows no rules in its anti-terrorism actions," it said.

"The US always says 'rules must be followed' on the one hand, but on the other hand it ignores basic principles of international law while conducting anti-terrorism activities in Pakistan and Afghanistan," it said.

US drones have "recklessly trampled on Pakistan's sovereignty, security and territorial integrity", and caused casualties of Pakistani civilians as well as soldiers.

The killing of bin Laden by US special troops in May reveals America's selfishness and distrust in Pakistan, the daily said.

The US never never regarded Pakistan as an equal anti-terrorism partner.

Since the beginning of 2011, the Pakistani government has been facing "heavy domestic pressure" about the anti-terrorism alliance.

Pakistani people regard the US crossing of the Pakistani border to kill bin Laden as a "public insult to their country" and have started to question the Pakistani army's capacity to defend the country.

The relationship between Pakistan and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has also "dropped to the freezing point", it said.

"If the US does not change its policies and take measures to guarantee Pakistan's sovereign and security, the alliance will inevitably come to an end," the daily concluded.




US-Pakistan ties close to collapse: Chinese daily - The Economic Times

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US-Pakistan ties at freezing point, says Chinese daily

http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/RestOfAsia/US-Pakistan-ties-at-freezing-point-says-Chinese-daily/Article1-777836.aspx

US and Nato ties with Pakistan have come to a "freezing point" and the bilateral alliance will collapse if Washington fails to guarantee Islamabad's sovereignty and security, a top Chinese daily said on Sunday.

"Currently, the relationship between Pakistan and the International Security Assistance Force of Nato has dropped to the freezing point," said a write up in state-run People's Daily online. The article, titled US-Pakistan anti-terrorism coalition close to collapse, said if the US does not change its policies and take measures to guarantee Pakistan's sovereign and security, "the US-Pakistan alliance will inevitably come to an end".
"The political and military authorities of Pakistan are facing severe challenges and are already not able to stand by and allow the United States to continue damaging Pakistan's sovereignty and security just for a little US aid any more," it said, backing the stand of China’s "all weather" ally Pakistan’s position against US.
The write up followed after Chinese foreign ministry expressed shock over Nato attacks on Pakistan outposts in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan in which 24 soldiers were killed and called on Washington to respect Pakistan's sovereignty.
Significantly, the People’s Daily write up said the US-Pak alliance is caught up in contradictions arising out of divergent objectives.
"Different strategic objectives are basic causes behind the unsustainable US-Pakistan anti-terrorism coalition. The main anti-terrorism objective of the US in Afghanistan is to strike the al-Qaeda network and ensure existing US interests in that region," it said.
"On the contrary, Pakistan's main objective is to eliminate local security troubles and obtain adequate strategic depth in the western region," it noted.
Reacting to the Nato air strike that hit Pakistani troops on November 26, Pakistan has ordered the closure of the logistical supply line for American troops in Pakistan and Nato allies within its territory.
It also demanded US troops to retreat from Shamsi air base in Balochistan and started reassessment of Pakistan-US relations.
The write up in the Chinese daily said unmanned US aerial vehicles "have recklessly trampled on Pakistan's sovereignty, security and territorial integrity, and caused casualties of Pakistani civilians, soldiers and policemen".
"The case of Bin Laden killed by the US this May reveals the United States' selfishness and distrust in Pakistan since it has not considered the feeling of Pakistan as a front-line ally of anti-terrorism at all and never regarded Pakistan as an equal anti-terrorism partner," it said.

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Stop spreading Commie lies!

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U.S.-Pakistani Relations Continue Tailspin

Posted by Mark Thompson Monday, December 5, 2011 at 10:48 am

http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/12/05/u-s-pakistani-relations-continue-tailspin/

So how well did President Obama's telephoned condolences to Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday go over? The call was intended to smooth relations between the two nations ruptured 10 days ago when NATO aircraft killed 24 Pakistani troops in a colossally snafued attack. The call, apparently, didn't go over well, according to Monday's The Express Tribune of Pakistan:

Pakistan has decided to scrap all existing anti-terror cooperation agreements with the United States in a development that may not only take the uneasy alliance between the two countries to the point of no return but also impede world efforts at bringing sustainable peace in Afghanistan.

U.S. officials have seen this kind of bluster from Islamabad before, but it appears more serious this time.
Not only has Pakistan shut down land routes into Afghanistan the U.S. relies on to supply its troops, and kicked the U.S. out of a base it was using for drone operations, but it is boycotting the international conference now underway in Bonn on Afghanistan's future.
All this is occurring as the U.S. has begun to pull troops out of Afghanistan, even as U.S. casualties have risen dramatically over the past two years. That's because Obama dramatically increased the U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan and his commanders launched offensives in the southern and eastern parts of the country.
U.S. officials continue to believe the storm with Pakistan eventually will be weathered, but concede it was a tough weekend. On Sunday, Iran claimed it had shot down a U.S. drone flying above Afghanistan's eastern border with Iran. On Monday, Islamabad made clear that because of NATO's attack on Afghanistan's eastern border that rough seas remain.


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Pakistan president's health concerns may further cloud U.S. relations

By Farhan Bokhari Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari addresses the annual World Future Energy summit in the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi on January 17, 2011.
(Credit: Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images)
ISLAMABAD - Uncertainty mounted Wednesday over the future of Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari after news of his possible cardiac ailment prompted fresh speculation over the future of democratic rule in a country considered a close ally by the United States.

Zardari, 56, who unexpectedly became the de facto leader of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) after the December 2007 assassination of his late wife Benazir Bhutto, was airlifted to Dubai at short notice on Tuesday after officials said he suffered chest pains just a day earlier on Monday.

Zardari underwent medical tests for his heart in Britain in September as well. Though the Pakistani government officially said Zardari had gone to Dubai for routine medical tests, two senior Pakistani government officials who spoke to CBS News both confirmed that the president was specifically seeking medical attention for a cardiac condition.

One of the two officials went a step further when he confirmed speculation that Zardari may have suffered a mild heart attack on Monday.
"The president has a history of cardiac ailments. On Monday, he felt discomfort in his chest and was examined by his doctors who suspected a mild cardiac episode," the official said on condition of anonymity. "He was rushed to Dubai on Tuesday to make certain that the president receives the best medical care available near our region."

The sudden concern over Zardari's health immediately prompted worries over the future of Pakistan's politics as well as relations with the West, including the United States, a European ambassador told CBS News on condition of anonymity.

For the U.S. and other Western countries, Pakistan continues to present itself as a worrisome case of a nation where Islamic militants have made inroads in mainstream politics, in opposition to Zardari's Pakistan People's Party, which is known as a mainstream and liberal political force.

Zardari and the PPP appear to be increasingly unpopular at a time when ordinary Pakistanis are braving an overall economic deterioration, compounded by the effects of a militancy backed by al Qaeda and the Taliban. The discovery and subsequent killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. Navy SEALs in Pakistan's northern city of Abbottabad in May has made the ruling structure even more unpopular, given that many Pakistanis consider the attack to have been an infringement of Pakistan's sovereignty.

The U.S. decision to withhold any advance warning of the bin Laden raid from Pakistan's civil and military officers only added to popular anger with Washington.
"President Zardari and the ruling structure are very much seen in Pakistan as cronies of the United States," the European ambassador said. "I suspect, any signs of Zardari losing his grip over the country will probably give a morale boost to Islamists and their supporters."

A Pakistani foreign ministry official, citing the latest reports on president Zardari's medical condition told CBS News Wednesday that, while Zardari's condition was serious, he was beginning to stabilize in Dubai.
"It is a serious condition but the president remains stable for now," he said.

However, the European ambassador warned that even if Zardari returns home after a fully recovery, questions over his condition will haunt him.
"Pakistan is surrounded by lots of rumors, including some that president Zardari's health will be the cause for his departure. Even if he comes back and the government lets it known to the people that he is stable, popular suspicion surrounding the president's condition will not end."

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_1...#ixzz1fsdMoeRu

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Pakistan cuts troops from liaison posts - CBS News

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Imran asks rulers to pull out of US-led war on terror

SHUJAABAD: Imran Khan said that involvement in war on terror has brought Pakistan on verge of destruction.Speaking at a public meeting in Shujaabad, Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan said that Pakistan incurred a loss of Rs 70 billion in war on terror.
Imran Khan strongly condemned the NATO attack on Salala Check Post in the Momand Agency that resulted in the death of 24 security personnel. He termed it an insane and immoral brutality.
Imran said that time had come for the government to pull out of this US-led war which has brought Pakistan on verge of destruction.
Imran Khan said that Pakistan s involvement in the war against terrorism had radicalised its society and was also breeding anti-Americanism. He said that Pakistan s continued involvement in this war would only produce more militancy and destruction.


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[Soldat_Amir]

China said the exact same things during the Qadafi-Nato war and who did China side with in the end.

Would China side with a radical fanatic banana state like Pakistan or a modern Nato?

Unknown, you do know, Pakistan harbours Anti Chinese Islamist militant groups too? and you do know, that China has massed a lot of troops on its border with Pakistan over fears Islamists will cross over and attack Chinese troops?

China doesnt trust Pakistan at all, so dont get your hopes up too much and I really doubt China will provide the same level of aid that American does to Pakistan.