Daily Times, Lahore
March 21, 2005
F-16s for cooperation against Iran?
LAHORE: Pakistan could have agreed to host US troops and intelligence assets near its border with Iran in preparation for a possible attack on Iran, including training US forces in Karachi, Asia Times Online reports. ATO said the real interest in Wednesday’s meeting between President Musharraf and Condoleezza Rice centered on Iran. Before Rice’s visit to India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Washington was abuzz with talk that the US had convinced President Musharraf to lend support to US action against Iran for its alleged nuclear programme, ATO said. It reported that in return, the US seemed to be more receptive to Pakistan’s long-term request for F-16 fighter aircraft. Rice thanked Musharraf for “superb support in the war on terror”, ATO quoted State Department spokesman Richard Boucher as saying. The possible sale of F-16 fighter planes came up, Boucher said, but he gave no details, ATO reported. daily times monitor
No comments:
Post a Comment