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| US cuts payment to Pakistan for fighting Taliban-al-Qaeda |
| 2009-01-26 |
| The United States has deducted 55 million dollars out of the 156 million dollars bill sent by Pakistan for rendering its military services to fight against Taliban and Al-Qaeda in volatile bordering tribal areas adjacent to war-torn Afghanistan. Shaukat Tarin, a financial adviser in the prime minister's office, said the US had "changed the format" for money released under the Coalition Support Fund (CSF) for Islamabad, resulting in a "massive" deduction. Pakistan, a key US ally in the fight terrorism, has mobilized its more than 100,000 troops in tribal areas to contain Islamic militants launching cross-border attacks on international forces in Afghanistan, and bills US for the expenditure. The cut in its reimbursements is a setback to the civilian government led by President Asif Ali Zardari, widower of assassinated former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto. Tarin said Islamabad had taken the matter of the deducted money with Washington. Pakistan joined the US-led international alliance against terrorism after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US, with Islamabad getting some 297 million dollars every year since 2003, in the form of Foreign Military Grants to quell the Taliban militancy. But the authorities in Washington have said repeatedly that Islamabad was not doing enough to control Islamic insurgency in its ungoverned tribal region. The new US government, led by President Barack Obama, has vowed to focus more on Pakistan in its policy to defeat Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. In its efforts, the new administration would link Pakistan's aid with the security in the border region in Afghanistan, the White House said in a policy statement last week. Pakistan, which has recently avoided default by obtaining a 7.6 billion dollar loan package from the IMF, is relying heavily on US to revive its economy. The US has so far provided between 10 and 11 billion dollars of aid for social development as well as in form of military aid. But Pakistan says it has suffered financial losses many times more than it has collectively received aid from American and its western allies after becoming front line state in the ongoing war against terrorism. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #11 Pappy? You actually read a Joe M. cipher? Should I call authorities for help? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-01-26 22:05 |
| #10 "remains doubtful"? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2009-01-26 21:16 |
| #9 CHINESE MIL FORUM > MUMBAI MYSTERY: THE US GRAND DESIGN ON PAKISTAN AND INDIA [ + CHINA]. MUMBAI as a US Covert Op and marks the beginning of a possible series of POST-MUMBAI NEW US-LED COVOPS AGZ ASIA - TWO RETIRED KGB COLONELS believe the USA = NEW OBAMA ADMIN is prepping for a MAJOR POLICY SHIFT ON PAKISTAN, + FOR OTHER "BIG/MAJOR" REGIONAL [destabilization]OPERATIONS. * PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > INDIA AS PART OF A "GREATER WEST" + RUSSIA STOPS THE US ROAD IN AFGHANISTAN [c/o Asia Times] + SIKHS HELPING KASHMIRI FREEDOM FIGHTERS? ALso on PDF > THE NAXAL INSURGENCY IN INDIA/MAOISTS ESCALATING RECRUITMENT OF FEMALES AND YOUNG MINORS [ "Blanks" = easily impressionable] FOR TERRORISM [circa 30% or 15,000 of 50,000 are females and actively participate in insurgent violence/actions agz Civilians + Police forces]???; + A NAXALITE [ + Maoist] CORRIDOR? Maoist-Naxalite "Corridor/March to the Sea" dividing most of Eastern India = insurgent troubled regions. Read, SEA/GULF OF INDIA = CHINA [OTH Chin = PLA influence in TIBET, MYANMAR, BANGLA + SRI LANKA]. POsters - it rmains doubtful iff Paki can unilaterally + successfully eliminate internal STRONGLY-HELD TALIBAN BASTIONS WIDOUT OUTSIDE MILITARY ASSISTANCE. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-01-26 20:57 |
| #8 CHINESE MIL FORUM > MUMBAI MYSTERY: THE US GRAND DESIGN ON PAKISTAN AND INDIA [ + CHINA]. MUMBAI as a US Covert Op and marks the beginning of a possible series of POST-MUMBAI NEW US-LED COVOPS AGZ ASIA - TWO RETIRED KGB COLONELS believe the USA = NEW OBAMA ADMIN is prepping for a MAJOR POLICY SHIFT ON PAKISTAN, + FOR OTHER "BIG/MAJOR" REGIONAL [destabilization]OPERATIONS. * PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > INDIA AS PART OF A "GREATER WEST" + RUSSIA STOPS THE US ROAD IN AFGHANISTAN [c/o Asia Times] + SIKHS HELPING KASHMIRI FREEDOM FIGHTERS? ALso on PDF > THE NAXAL INSURGENCY IN INDIA/MAOISTS ESCALATING RECRUITMENT OF FEMALES AND YOUNG MINORS [ "Blanks" = easily impressionable] FOR TERRORISM [circa 30% or 15,000 of 50,000 are females and actively participate in insurgent violence/actions agz Civilians + Police forces]???; + A NAXALITE [ + Maoist] CORRIDOR? Maoist-Naxalite "Corridor/March to the Sea" dividing most of Eastern India = insurgent troubled regions. Read, SEA/GULF OF INDIA = CHINA [OTH Chin = PLA influence in TIBET, MYANMAR, BANGLA + SRI LANKA]. POsters - it rmains doubtful iff Paki can unilaterally + successfully eliminate internal STRONGLY-HELD TALIBAN BASTIONS WIDOUT OUTSIDE MILITARY ASSISTANCE. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-01-26 20:56 |
| #7 Considering the number (and high cost) of bribes that had to be handed out in order to move a shipment through Pakistan, it's probably more cost effective going through Russia and Central Asia, even if they still have to pay 'incentives'. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2009-01-26 17:57 |
| #6 This may piss them off too. StrategyPage Much to the dismay of Pakistani transportation companies, the U.S. has begun getting supplies via Russian and Central Asian railroads. The inability of the Pakistanis to quickly deal with Taliban and bandit attacks on truck traffic crossing the Afghan border, led NATO and U.S. commanders to order setting up the other routes. So now Pakistan has lost its monopoly on this lucrative business, and many government officials are not happy about it. Seems like the only way to get them off their asses is to hit them in the wallet. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-01-26 14:17 |
| #5 Subtract a million for every drone attack. If they were cleaning up the border, persons unknown would not have to do it with drones. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2009-01-26 14:16 |
| #4 deduct the cost for every lost supply convoy |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-01-26 14:10 |
| #3 Gotta keep that supply route open, Zardari. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-01-26 14:04 |
| #2 And each time they kill |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-01-26 13:55 |
| #1 So coming up this week we should see: Mighty Pak Army Kills |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-01-26 13:53 |