US demands Pakistan dismantle Haqqani network

Washington Times:
The United States on Tuesday demanded that Pakistan dismantle a terrorist network blamed for attacking a U.S. embassy as Pakistanis defended efforts to fight militants and demonstrated against the increasing U.S. pressure.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said Pakistan “needs to take action to deal with the links” that U.S. officials say exist between thePakistani intelligence agency and the Haqqani Network, based alongPakistan’s border with Afghanistan.
He repeated claims by other U.S. officials that the Haqqani terrorists are “responsible for attacks on the U.S. Embassy” in Afghanistan and on other Western targets.
The United States has been publicly increasing pressure on Pakistansince Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, toldCongress last week that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency helped plan the attacks on the embassy and NATOheadquarters in the Afghan capital, Kabul, two weeks ago.
Pakistan defended its efforts to fight terrorism Tuesday, when Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar told the U.N. General Assembly that her country has lost more than 30,000 people to terrorist attacks over the past decade.
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Pakistan remains the place from which many terrorist attacks  are launched.  Terrorist as far away as the UK admit they got their training and marching orders from Pakistan.  Terrorist across the border in Afghanistan adn India come for bases and sanctuaries in Pakistan.

When it comes to dealing with these people, Pakistan needs to lead, follow or get out of the way, but they cannot keep making bogus claims of sovereignty over people they refuse to control.  That is not a reasonable or acceptable position.

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