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Pakistan Army Ordered to Hit Back Us Forces

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Pak army ordered to hit back US forces
Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:35:21 GMT








Pak army put on high alert to confront any US agression


The Pakistani Army has been given orders to retaliate against any unilateral strike by the Afghanistan-based US troops inside the country.

Army Spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas confirmed the orders in a brief interview with Geo News on late Thursday night.

The
decision was made on the first day of the two-day meeting of Pakistan's
top military commanders to discuss the US coalition's ground and air
assault in Waziristan region which killed dozens of civilians.

Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani chaired the meeting which
began in Rawalpindi on Thursday at the Army General Headquarters.

Pakistan's
military commanders expressed their determination to defend the
country's borders without allowing any external forces to conduct
operations inside the tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, sources said.

A
senior official said the military commanders also discussed the
implications of the American attacks inside Pakistan and took stock of
the public feeling.

"In his statement, Genral Kayani has represented the feeling of the
entire nation, as random attacks inside Pakistan have angered each and
every Pakistani," he said.

Earlier on Wednesday, Kayani
rebuffed the American policy of including Pakistani territory in their
operations against the al-Qaeda and Taliban linked militants hiding in
the areas near Afghan border.

Also, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani noted that Kayani's
remarks on country's defense were true reflection of the government
policy.

The army decision followed bloody incursions by the US ground troops into tribal
belt as well as a string of missile strikes by CIA-operated drone aircraft.

The
reaction also comes after US President George W. Bush approved US
military raids on militants inside Pakistan without Islamabad's
agreement.

The development also brought into the open the increasing mistrust
between the Americans and the Pakistanis over how to handle the Taliban
and al-Qaeda linked militants in Pakistan's tribal areas.

Some
political expert predict the break out of an all-out war between the
United States troops and Pakistani army following the Bush
administration's approval of ground and air assaults inside the
country.

posted on Sept 13, 2008 7:43 AM ()

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