Pakistan army says U.S. Media reports 'direct attack' on state:
In a wide-ranging interview, Major General Athar Abbas, the Pakistan army's chief spokesman, repeatedly criticised the Times' reporting and said it was part of a calculated plan by the United States to "weaken the state". Ref. Source 4
US turns heat on ISI, says it spies on Pakistani-Americans:
In further signs that ties between the United States and Pakistan continue to deteriorate, American interlocutors have now accused Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI of spying on the Pakistani diaspora in America and intimidating them. Ref. Source 6
Pakistan Blasts Mullen's Comments:
Pakistan's foreign minister warned the U.S. That it risked losing an ally after the U.S.'s top military commander claimed Pakistan's military spy agency was aiding a militant group believed to be responsible for an attack last week on the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. Ref. Source 3
Who Will Blink First: Islamabad or Washington?
By Salman Masood
"You cannot afford to alienate Pakistan," Hina Rabbani Khar, the Pakistani foreign minister, said in New York. - "If they are choosing to do so, it will be at their own cost," Ms Khar said, adding that "anything which is said about an ally, about a partner, publicly to recriminate it, to humiliate it, is not acceptable". Ref. Source 1
US raid in Pakistan will be against sovereignty: PM:
Asked how Islamabad would respond if there was a unilateral military operation by the United States inside Pakistan to go after the Haqqanis, Gilani responded: "We are a sovereign country. How can they come and raid in our country?" Ref. Source 5
USA Plots Operation Against Pakistan
By Sergei Balmasov
Pakistan today is the only Muslim country with nuclear weapons. And under the pretext of fighting terrorists, this arsenal could be destroyed. The Pentagon has already developed several options for such a development. Ref. Source 1
America is angry because most of the IEDs that are killing American soldiers are made by groups in Pakistan that the government there isn't doing enough to get rid of daily.
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