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According to the new Pakistani defense policy, 'Any object entering into our air space, including U.S. drones, will be treated as hostile and be shot down,'

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29946.htm



Rare Photographs Show Ground Zero of the Drone War: Be advised: Many of these pictures are disturbing. Some of them show dead children.

http://bit.ly/rYK1f0



Pak says US decision to freeze $700m aid could hurt ties further

The leaders of a US House-Senate negotiating panel said on Monday they had agreed to freeze $700 million in US aid to Pakistan until it provides some assurances of assistance in the fight against improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the region.

http://bit.ly/vRG0Ea



Pay up! Pakistan puts price on US cooperation

Pakistan s decision to impose tax on US and NATO supplies going to Afghanistan through its territory is only a part of a broader package that Pakistan is discussing at the moment, Chris Woods of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism told RT.

http://rt.com/news/pakistan-transit-tax-nato-921/



U.S. House asks for punitive measures against Iran, Pakistan

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday evening passed a massive defense bill, asking for sanctions on Iran s central bank and freezing some aid to Pakistan.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2011-12/15/c_131308103.htm



Pakistan insists air strikes were deliberate

Pakistan s embassy in Washington invited reporters to a briefing at which officials showed images and maps that they said supported Islamabad s case, despite US insistence that the November 26 incident was a regrettable mistake.

http://bit.ly/uAtPqJ



Pakistan: No compromise on sovereignty, territorial frontiers

The Prime Minister made it clear that the future rules of engagements with the US/NATO would ensure national security, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Pakistan.

http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=130354


From Information Clearing House

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Pakistan: US drones 'will be treated as hostile and be shot down'

MSNBC

12/10/11

'Pakistan will shoot down any U.S. drone that intrudes its air space per new directives, a senior Pakistani official told NBC News on Saturday. According to the new Pakistani defense policy, 'Any object entering into our air space, including U.S. drones, will be treated as hostile and be shot down,' a senior Pakistani military official told NBC News...

http://on.msnbc.com/stjl41



Pakistan: Tens of thousands rally against US

Agence France-Presse

12/18/11

Tens of thousands gathered in one of the biggest-ever protests in the Pakistani city of Lahore Sunday to condemn NATO and United States over the killing of 24 soldiers along the Afghan border. The protestors, mainly from Islamist groups and political parties, vowed they would march to the capital Islamabad if the government did not cancel agreements between the US designed to fight terrorism...

http://bit.ly/ukJScO


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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