Is It Over, Over There?

Oct. 7, 2010 - PRLog -- Just when it seemed that things could not get worse, they do. One would have thought that conditions in Pakistan were at a nadir along with its relationships with the US. But last week, several incidents lowered even that bar.

NATO forces in Afghanistan made two unauthorized incursions into Pakistan, the second killing three Frontier Corps soldiers. CIA drone strikes soared possibly provoked last week by threats of al Qaeda attacks in Europe using operatives trained in Pakistan carrying US and friendly passports. In response to these incidents, Pakistan closed
one of the major supply routes from Karachi to Afghanistan citing “security” concerns arising from a backlash to the NATO forays into Pakistan territory. However, the signal was unmistakable regardless of the rationale---violate our territory again and suffer the consequences.

But the potentially most damaging incident was a cell phone camera video showing Pakistani Army soldiers summarily executing a handful of prisoners in their custody. After first claiming the video was staged, the Army conceded its veracity. The impact could be as powerful in shaping public opinion as was the video of the beating of a young girl in Swat that turned Pakistanis against the Taliban enabling the Army to undertake offensive operations.

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