Monday
Dec222008
Pakistan Update: The Missile Attacks Haven't Gone Away....
Monday, December 22, 2008 at 20:26
With all the attention given to Mumbai and its aftermath --- The Washington Post had an editorial today castigating the Zardari Government for "denying the truth" --- the local situation in Pakistan has receded from attention here in Britain.
It shouldn't:
It shouldn't:
Suspected US missile strikes killed at least eight people Monday in volatile north-west Pakistan.
As The Times of London writes about the links "between [the Pakistani intelligence service] ISI and the likes of LeT [the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba]: it's a monster we created and now we can't get it back in the bottle", it may want to consider what other monsters are being created with events such as yesterday's.
tagged Asif Zardari, ISI, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Mumbai, Pakistan, The Times, Washington Post in Central & South Asia
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