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Pakistan Not Cooperating in Search for Militants: US

Officials worry that terrorists can get too-easy access to US

By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 9, 2009 11:23 AM CDT

(Newser) – US intelligence officials are frustrated by what they see as Islamabad’s roadblocks in efforts to investigate terrorist cells with ties to Pakistan, the Los Angeles Times reports. Pakistanis living in European countries, who can enter the US without much scrutiny, remain a worry for the CIA and FBI, whose director was denied access last week to suspected members of the group behind the Mumbai attacks.

Pakistani officials say they would like to give more help to the US investigations, but to show too much support would risk outcry from the public and military. Of particular concern is Lashkar-e-Taiba, an al-Qaeda-linked militant group that a former counter-terrorism adviser says “has potential reach all over the world, including the US.”

Kashmiri villagers shout pro-freedom slogans after Abu Hamza, a top commander of Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, was killed in a gun battle, January 28, 2009.
Kashmiri villagers shout pro-freedom slogans after Abu Hamza, a top commander of Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, was killed in a gun battle, January 28, 2009.   (AP Photo)
Blindfolded activists of a banned radical Islamic group are presented to the media by paramilitary in Jamdrud, an area of Pakistan's Khyber tribal region, Aug. 31, 2008.
Blindfolded activists of a banned radical Islamic group are presented to the media by paramilitary in Jamdrud, an area of Pakistan's Khyber tribal region, Aug. 31, 2008.   (AP Photo)
FBI Director Robert Mueller went to Islamabad to speak with Pakistani officials about the growing militant threat, but was denied access to several suspected militants in custody.
FBI Director Robert Mueller went to Islamabad to speak with Pakistani officials about the growing militant threat, but was denied access to several suspected militants in custody.   (AP Photo)
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COMMENTS
Showing 3 of 3 comments
BackAgain
Mar 10, 2009 5:53 AM CDT
Duhhhhh! Where is left screaming we should just love and talk to them?
Guest
Mar 9, 2009 12:25 AM CDT
This is hardly a new development.
Assassin
Mar 9, 2009 12:08 AM CDT
In other words it's still Crapistan - Nuke 'em. Be done with this last homeland of the Neanderthal Caveman.

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