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US will bomb Quetta if it gets actionable intelligence: Obama | Even as the Pakistani political and military leadership has reacted strongly to the proposed US drone
strikes inside the country, President Barack Obama has warned that America would launch missile attacks inside Pakistan if it gets actionable intelligence about
the presence of top Al Qaeda and Taliban leaders in a particular area. Obama's
latest statement clearly contradicts his earlier remarks in the US media where
he was quoted as saying that he is not is favour of bombing suspected Taliban
hideouts in and around Quetta. In an interview to CBS, Obama said Washington is
aware that it has to respect Pakistan's sovereignty, but it also expects Islamabad
to cooperate more effectively in the future that it has in the past. "Well I don't
want to comment on certain sensitive aspects to our efforts in this border region.
I think it is fair to say, number one, that my principle, and I articulated this
in the campaign, is if we've got actual war intelligence on high-ranking Al Qaeda
leaders, or for that matter high-ranking Taliban leaders who are directing actions
against US troops -then we will take action," The Dawn quoted Obama, as saying.
The US President reiterated that taking on the extremists, who are based in the
tribal regions along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, is in Pakistan 's own interests
as they are threatening the country's stability. "This isn't America 's war. This
isn't the West's war. This is a situation in which you've got a very dangerous,
extremist network that is growing, and right now is killing more Pakistanis than
anybody else," Obama said. When asked that if he believe the Pakistanis have any
appetite for going into Quetta and finding Mullah Omar?, Obama admitted that it
takes time to operationalize troops, but added that he expects to see progress
over the next couple of years. "I think that the Pakistanis recognise that these
networks are killing Pakistanis a lot more than they're killing Americans right
now, and that it's in their interest to start moving in a new direction," he added. |
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