Is U.S. Planning a Revenge Attack on Pakistan?
By siliconindia   |   Tuesday, 27 September 2011, 00:24 IST   |    15 Comments
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Bangalore: The U.S. 10 year alliance with Pakistan is a question of trust now. The relation between U.S., Pakistan is facing an uncertain future and many in Washington are questioning is Islamabad a reliable ally? Will U.S. ever trust Pakistan for its war against terrorism and al-Qaeda? Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday called back foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar from the U.S. amid strained ties with Washington following an accusation that Pakistan was supporting the Haqqani terror network. The gradually warming Pakistan-U.S. ties have suddenly turned sour in the aftermath of the September 13 brazen terrorist attack on the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, which senior American military and government officials have squarely blamed on the North Waziristan-based Haqqani militant network, led by Sirajuddin Haqqani. U.S. military commanders have accused Pakistan's spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence, of supporting the Haqqani network for carrying out two attacks on the U.S. embassy in Kabul and U.S. military base in Afghanistan's Wadak province this month.
U.S. 10 year alliance with Pakistan
This has prompted U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to warn that the U.S. could do everything it could to defend American forces from the Pakistan-based Haqqani militants staging attacks in Afghanistan, including operations inside Pakistan. Panetta's warning was followed by Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani's decision to cancel his planned trip to the United States that was scheduled for September 16. The killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. forces on Pakistani soil, paved way to the tensions between the two nations. It is a relationship that for years has been marred by mistrust. America has been the blessing in disguise for Pakistan with their innumerable aid for Pakistan. The alliance between the two countries began in 2001, a joint effort to fight against terrorism namely al-Qaeda and Taliban until recently, Pakistan offered support for U.S. drone strikes in tribal areas targeting al- Qaeda and Taliban leaders which became massively unpopular among the

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