Pakistani military, government warn U.S. against future raids

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Washington Post:

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Under international fire for failing to find Osama bin Laden in a garrison city, Pakistan’s army chief went on the offensive Thursday, warning the United States that any future raids would be viewed as a violation of sovereignty and imperil the allies’ military relations.

In his first statement since the U.S. helicopter operation that killed bin Laden, Gen. Ashfaq Kayani said he and his top generals had already decided to reduce U.S. military personnel in the country to the “minimum essential.” That was an apparent reference to recent demands made in Washington by Pakistan’s spy chief, who asked for a drawdown in CIA personnel and U.S. Special Forces troops following the shooting of two Pakistanis by a CIA contractor, an event that inflamed tensions in the relationship.

Thursday’s statement signaled further deterioration of ties and revealed the intense level of anger at the highest levels of Pakistan’s military, which largely controls foreign and security policy, about the distrust the United States displayed by carrying out the covert operation Monday. The American discovery of bin Laden’s refuge deepened belief in Washington that elements of Pakistan’s army provided sanctuary to terrorists, and it publicly humiliated an institution viewed as untouchable here.

But instead of chagrin, Pakistan’s military and intelligence establishment has chafed at U.S. expressions of victory and shown acute resentment about what it deems a lack of gratitude for Pakistan’s partnership. The military statement acknowledged intelligence “shortcomings” and said an investigation had been ordered. But it also described Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency as second to none, and its CIA counterparts as shifty.

“In the case of Osama bin Laden, while the CIA developed intelligence based on initial information provided by ISI, it did not share further development of intelligence on the case with ISI, contrary to the existing practice between the two services,” the statement said, adding that Pakistani spies had captured or killed about 100 al-Qaeda operatives and leaders.

U.S. officials have long alleged that elements of Pakistan’s intelligence establishment provides support to Islamist militants as assets for influence against archenemy India, probably without the knowledge of its weak civilian government, and perhaps without the direct knowledge of Kayani and Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha, the ISI chief. U.S. officials have said this week that they have no evidence of state support for bin Laden, but they have also expressed deep doubts that he could have lived in a military town without assistance from some security officials.
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They're getting mightily embarrassed by this...

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Who else are they hiding that they don't want us to find?