Friday, December 23, 2011

I Smell the CIA

Without directly naming the military, [Pakistan's prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani] said on Thursday that certain institutions were behaving like a state within a state and warned that everyone should obey the elected parliament.

[...]

Two weeks ago, Interior Minister Rehman Malik dismissed rumours that a coup could overthrow the government, but Gilani's remarks appeared to show that members of the administration believe their early departure is possible.

  alJazeera
On the other hand…
The Pakistani army has rejected a US investigation that concluded mistakes on both sides led to US air strikes last month that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and severely damaged the already strained relationship between the two countries.

The response indicates the report will do little to ease tensions, a worrying development for the US because Pakistan's co-operation is critical for its conduct of the Afghan war. The Pakistani army has said its troops did nothing wrong and claimed the attack was a deliberate act of aggression.

Pakistan has retaliated by closing its Afghan border to supplies meant for Nato troops in Afghanistan and kicking the US out of a base used by American drones.

  UK Guardian
But, on the first hand…….
Pakistan’s military denied that it’s plotting to stage a coup, a day after the nation’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani warned that there is a conspiracy to remove his government.

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Pakistan’s Supreme Court, backed by military chiefs and the principal opposition party, is investigating claims that President Asif Ali Zardari’s envoy to the U.S. sought American help to prevent a possible coup following the killing of Osama bin Laden in May, an account that widened a rift between Gilani’s administration and the army.

The court’s probe into a memo requesting U.S. assistance was triggered by opposition leader Nawaz Sharif and has been supported by [military chief General Ashfaq Parvez] Kayani.

  Business Week
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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