‘They’re not interested in our bad guys’

Days before his forced departure President Musharraf was quoted in the local press as pointing the finger at the Americans and Indians for backing Terrorism inside Pakistan, in a meeting with the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Michael Mullen. He said Pakistan had irrefutable evidence showing the US is protecting Anti-Pakistan militants on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border while India continues to train and supply them with cash and arms, from Afghanistan. Here’s the news clipping.

Last week a report in the New York Times gives further credence to President Musharraf’s words (if any was needed). Have a look for yourself:

While the drone attacks appear to be more acceptable to the Pakistani authorities than ground incursions, government officials have complained about the intensity of the strikes and the Americans’ choice of targets.

The Americans were concentrating on Taliban and Qaeda forces that attack American and coalition troops in Afghanistan but were ignoring militants operating in Pakistan, a senior Pakistani official in the administration that oversees the tribal region said Monday.

“The Americans are not interested in our bad guys,” the official said. He was referring in particular to Baitullah Mehsud, a Pakistani Taliban leader, who Pakistani authorities say is responsible for planning many of the suicide bombings in the country in the last 18 months.

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