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Obama sending top security aides to Pak to push harder against terrorists on its soil | President Barack Obama is likely to send two of his senior most national security aides to Pakistan this
week to pressurise the Yousuf Raza Gilani government to investigate the botched Times Square bombing plot and more importantly prevent any such similar terror schemes against the US. According to sources in the Obama Administration, Central
Investigation Agency (CIA) director Leon Panetta and National Security Advisor
General James Jones are likely to arrive in Islamabad on Tuesday (today, May 18).
This would be first such visit of top US officials to Pakistan since the bungled
terror plot. The top level American officials would prod Pakistan to take tougher
steps against the Taliban and other insurgent groups, and would convey the risks
regarding Pakistan 's relationship with the US if a deadly terrorist attack originated
in that country, The New York Times reported. "In light of the failed Times Square
terrorist attack and other terrorist attacks that trace to the border region,
we believe that it is time to redouble our efforts with our allies in Pakistan
to close this safe haven and create an environment where we and the Pakistani
people can lead safe and productive lives," National Security Council spokesman
Michael Hammer said. One of the prime concerns for the US officials, which is
likely to be discussed at length during their Islamabad visit, is the growing
interconnection between Islamic extremist groups flourishing in Pakistan 's volatile
tribal regions. Soon after the May 1 failed bombing plot, Pakistani authorities
detained a man named Muhammed Rehan from a mosque in Karachi , which is known
for its links with the banned terror group Jaish-e-Muhammed (JeM). "Shahzad was
able to connect with people (Rehan) in Pakistan who travelled with him to North
Waziristan and back. How he did that without the Pakistani intelligence service
knowing about it is a worry," the newspaper quoted another American official privy
to the probe, as saying. |
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