ISLAMABAD - a visit United States Senator warned Pakistan Monday that members of Congress were "difficult issues" economic assistance to Islamabad after bin Laden was killed on Pakistani soil.
Senator John Kerry said at a press conference that he had not come to Islamabad to apologize for secrecy may 2 U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden and enraged by Pakistan's army.
But the President of the Commission of Foreign Relations of the Senate, a Democrat close to President of Barack Obama, said U.S. - Pakistani ties are too important to be unraveled by the incident.
A veiled warning Pakistan security creation, composed of military power and the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate, he said: "the road will not defined by the words." It will be defined by actions. ?
"I emphasized our Pakistani friends - and they are friends - much to the Congress raise difficult questions about our economic assistance going to the Government of Pakistan due to events as they unfolded and by the presence of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan,"he says."
Fragile relationship of Washington with ally that islamabad has taken a beating after us special forces flew from Afghanistan on an undercover operation and killed bin Laden on 2 may, 10 years after he orchestrated the attacks of September 11 in the United States.
Pakistani intelligence officials said Monday that 12 militants were killed and four wounded in the missile attacks separated by the unmanned aircraft Americans to Waziristan in Northern Pakistan, region considered a hub for activists.
These drone operations have fuelled anti-Americanism in Pakistan because they are considered as a violation of its sovereignty.
An official of intelligence, said one of the dead militants, an Arab, was the son of a device of al Qaeda, identified as Abu Kashif. No there was no way to verify the number of deaths. Activists are often challenging official accounts of the drone attacks.
HALF PAKISTANIS OVER "SAD" BIN LADEN DEATH
Kerry told his hosts it was necessary to keep in the dark before the raid of bin Laden to ensure its success and asked Pakistan to "see it in its historical light, critical".
No one in the military or Pakistani Government was informed beforehand, shocked and humiliating the army and the Government.
Kerry said few people in the White House has prior knowledge, Commander of the war in Afghanistan operation, and even General David Petraeus, has been informed that a few days in advance.
Approximately half of Pakistanis were "sad" on the murder of Ben Laden, a survey conducted by the said Gallup Pakistan, findings that might defeat the United States which means that his country to crack down more difficult against the militants.
Kerry said there is "no evidence of the senior management of that country, be they civilian or military had had knowledge" of the presence of Osama bin Laden, but added that some members of Congress were not convinced that the links can be repaired.
Pakistani Senator made clear that any inquiry on how the bin Ladens managed to escape notice by the ISI or the military for years would be verified by report of the information collected by Navy SEALs in its compound.
"We have a treasure trove of information made available," he said. Pakistan has rarely made the results of its efforts to public inquiry or acted on them.
Kerry said that a series of measures would be taken to rebuild confidence between the two countries. It would be the return to the United States of the section of the tail of a helicopter destroyed in the raid. Its unusual design suggests a unknown of helicopter that can have stealth capabilities.
Two senior administration officials would come to Pakistan more later this week to prepare for a visit by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, he added.
Office of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, said the Special Representative for the Afghanistan and Pakistan, Marc Grossman and the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence Agency, Mark Morrel, would be made in Pakistan.
Discovery of Osama bin Laden in comfortable garrison of Abbottabad city, only 50 km (30 miles) from the capital, has deeply embarrassed the military and agency spy, reviving Pakistan suspected knew where he was and was a double game.
Pakistan dismissed as absurd, and its Parliament condemned the U.S. raid as a violation of its sovereignty and has called for a review of the links.
Compounding the reputation of Pakistan as an unstable Muslim countries infested by activists, men armed on motorcycles shot and killed a Saudi in the city of Karachi diplomat as he led him to work.
Linked to Al-Qaeda militant Pakistani Taliban, who have promised to strike for the murder of Saudi-born bin Laden, claimed responsibility.
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