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Sunday, May 22, 2011

Obama Troop Surge Decision Ignored Pak-Taliban Ties Analysis by Gareth Porter*

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=55736

Obama Troop Surge Decision Ignored Pak-Taliban Ties
Analysis by Gareth Porter*

WASHINGTON, May 22, 2011 (IPS) - The unilateral U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden created a spike in mutual recriminations between U.S. and Pakistani politicians, but their fundamental conflict of interest over Afghanistan was already driving the two countries toward serious confrontation.

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